Katherine did well during her test. She demonstrated the use of five different weapons, did a self-defense test where she defended herself against five attackers, did a board breaking routine (she broke 8 boards) and did all of the forms starting with white belt (eleven different forms). She also had an hour where she performed physical tests such as 150 sit-ups in 3 minutes, 100 butterfly kicks in a minute, etc. She will find out the results of the test in 12 weeks. If she needs to redo any parts of the test she'll do it in October (for free this time!).
Wow, that sound like a very difficult test, much harder then the tests Draeden has done so far for each of his belts, where they only have to do the current belt form, some specific skills, and break one board. It makes sense that the black belt test is more challenging. Draeden (currently a green belt) is getting ready for a tournament in 3 weeks where he is planning to compete in the form competition. They are also having sparring and breaking competitions. So far Draeden is a bit intimidated when he has to spar against kids that are older or bigger than him.
I've suggested to Maryn and Nikkail the idea of starting the white belt classes, but they haven't wanted to yet.
Lisa, many of the people testing with Katherine were older than her, but some were younger, so it's not that unusual. It was pretty cool to see Katherine take down all of the guys who tried to "attack" her during her self-defense test. It made me think that I may let her date when she turns 16 after all.
Wow, that is a lot of money for the test. That will be an impressive accomplishment.
ReplyDeleteGood Luck Katherine!
ReplyDeleteKatherine did well during her test. She demonstrated the use of five different weapons, did a self-defense test where she defended herself against five attackers, did a board breaking routine (she broke 8 boards) and did all of the forms starting with white belt (eleven different forms). She also had an hour where she performed physical tests such as 150 sit-ups in 3 minutes, 100 butterfly kicks in a minute, etc. She will find out the results of the test in 12 weeks. If she needs to redo any parts of the test she'll do it in October (for free this time!).
ReplyDeleteThat's crazy. I can't believe katherine can do all that stuff. I'm very impressed. Is it usual for black belts to be so young?
ReplyDeleteWow, that sound like a very difficult test, much harder then the tests Draeden has done so far for each of his belts, where they only have to do the current belt form, some specific skills, and break one board. It makes sense that the black belt test is more challenging. Draeden (currently a green belt) is getting ready for a tournament in 3 weeks where he is planning to compete in the form competition. They are also having sparring and breaking competitions. So far Draeden is a bit intimidated when he has to spar against kids that are older or bigger than him.
ReplyDeleteI've suggested to Maryn and Nikkail the idea of starting the white belt classes, but they haven't wanted to yet.
Lisa, many of the people testing with Katherine were older than her, but some were younger, so it's not that unusual. It was pretty cool to see Katherine take down all of the guys who tried to "attack" her during her self-defense test. It made me think that I may let her date when she turns 16 after all.
ReplyDeleteGood luck Draeden! I hope you have fun. (This is Katherine, as I don't have an account here yet)
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