Faixa Marrom from the Council of Traveling Black Belts

sleeping quarters:

camp opening photo in the woods:

seiza, representing kokoro:

panorama from the porch of the dojo:

with the judo black belt:

special patch I got for my performance until sunrise in Heidelberg!

First rolls as a brown belt:

the black belts behind my promotion with me:

Group photo at end of camp:

Christian giving the closing ceremony before my grading:

These last three photos are credited to Steve Antoniou

Video of the promotion (visit youtube for text):

Reddit thread.