Greenbelt Testing

Last Friday Emily and Michael had

their TaeKwonDo testing to go up

to Green Belt. I've included some

photos of them during their testing.

Here they are awaiting the

testing to begin.

At each level of TaeKwonDo we

have a form to learn. This is a

very artistic demonstration of

a mock fight. The form will

include punches, blocks and

kicks. White and Yellow belts

are considered beginner and there

aren't any kicks in these forms.

Here is Michael getting

ready to do a double knifehand

strike. He looks to be very

serious in his concentration. This is Emily in her Ready Stance.

There are four different stances

that White and Yellow belts need

to know. I haven't learned if there

are more as you move toward black belt.

Emily is getting ready to begin

her form in this picture.

In addition to our forms, we learn

different one-steps. This are mini

fights in very specific combinations.

For examble: kick, block, punch, punch

These are incorporated to get us

ready for sparring. As a Green belt

we begin to spar. It'll be interesting to

see what Emily does the first time

she gets punched!

We'll find out today whether or not

we passed to our Green Belts. I

am very confident that we did.