Taekwon Do Testing

Yesterday the little martial artist tested for her green belt in Taekwon Do.  She and Rubie both did very well.    The green belt is the first intermediate belt level.  It will be her 5th level.  She is only 7 levels away from her black belt.  If she sticks with it, she could be a black belt by the time she's 9 years old.  Wow!!!

Video: orange belt testing

 The highlight of the whole night was the board breaking. We didn't realize the girls would be breaking their first boards as part of their examination. It was as exciting for the parents as it was for the kids. They were awesome!!

The way it works is their Instructor has them ask their parents to name a bad habit they need to break.  Then the Instructor writes the habit on the board.  The breaking of the board represents freedom from the bad habit. I hope it works because Leilani's board says "Don't talk back."  I simply cannot comprehend how I possibly could have a child who always has to have the last word.  Hmmmm.

Instructor Nick writing down Leilani's bad habit

Video: breaking the board
She actually breaks the board at 2:55 of the video (Right after I knock the camera out of Mike's hand and onto the floor.  Oops!)

 This is her friend Morgan who has the sweetest little face and is one tough cookie!