Iaido Rules!

Hey everyone. I just thought I'd give a little news about recent events for myself.
As you know, I practice iaido 居合道 here in Japan. I really enjoy this martial art, and hope to teach someday when I get back to the US.
Two weeks ago I competed in the All Shizuoka Iaido tournament in Shizuoka City. There were 150 people who competed from 1-kyu to 5-dan. I competed in the 3-dan group and got 3rd place overall. The top 4 people in my group were all from the Numazu dojo. We also got 1st and 3rd in the 2-dan group, and 1st in the 5-dan group. Pretty well overall I'd say!
So, now I have a small trophy at home that says 3rd place. Cool.
Also, last weekend, I went again to the same dojo in Shizuoka. It's located at gokokujinja near the mountain. It was pretty darn hot inside, but I took and passed my 4-dan test. Yeah! We had to do 5 katas that the judges chose, and also to write a small written test about the concepts of iaido. I wrote my essay in English, but it was good enough. So, I passed!