Testing for her Blue Belt

Leilani and Rubie tested for their blue belts in Taekwon Do this week.  They are halfway to their black belts.  This time around, the girls had private testing.  It was just the two of them and their instructor.  Grandy and Poppy made the trip up to watch. 

Look at them crouched and ready for action!

 

Perfecting their back kicks.

 Listening attentively (That's Grandy in the background!)

 Preparing for one of her monster back kicks.  Look at that concentration!

 Leilani struggles a bit with her sit ups.  Even with Instructor Nick helping her along, she still can only do a few on her own. 

 What she lacks in sit ups, she certainly makes up for in "the thinking position" exercise. She can hold that position forever.  It makes my stomach hurt just watching it! 

 Breaking the board.  Each time, the instructor asks Leilani for a bad habit and he writes it on the board before she breaks it.  Last time her bad habit was talking back. This time the board said "Not listening."

 Instructor Nick with Leilani and her broken board

It's hard to imagine that those two sweet-faced little babies are skilled enough in a martial art to break boards with their bare feet.