On Nov 14, 2009, at 10:32 AM, John Fereira wrote:

>> On 13-Nov-09, at 10:29 AM, Cary Gordon wrote:
>>> I might be able to help with the white belt. Do I get to wear one of
>>> those padded suits?
>
> It should probably be mandatory.  Aren't you glad they're modeling  
> the pre-conf after karate, and not sumo wresting?

We can take care of that in Hacker 101/102/201/202 - where everyone  
can progress from sekiwake to ozeki!