On Saturday, December 10th Georgie and Thea, after almost 4 years of training, took their Black Belt test. It consisted of writing 10 essays, fasting for three days, carrying and protecting an egg for 10 days, push ups, sit ups, jump roping, 11 Taeguek forms, 10 one step sparring combinations, 3 rounds of sparring, two board breaks (one hand and one foot technique), and 30 minutes of mediation. There were only 8 others testing that day, 6 for their 1st Dan and 2 for their 2nd Dan.
Thea said that I would make her nervous if I stayed and watched, so I left for the 3 hours of the test. When I returned after several hours the test was still going on. I quietly took a few pictures, while trying to stay out of sight.
Here are the girls doing their last test, the 30 minutes of meditation:
Here is a picture from Greg's phone of the girls as no belts on their very first day at Capitol Martial Arts in Virginia. This was almost 4 years ago:
And here are the newest Black Belts at Iron Horse Tae Kwon Do Academy in Colorado Springs!
Congratulations girls! I am so proud of all your hard work!
That's wonderful : ) So proud of our K-girls! (Did they REALLY look that little in VA? hee hee)
Posted by: Elizabeth | December 13, 2011 at 07:25 PM
What you said about the days spinning by so fast? This illustrates that too. But, how fabulous. Big congratulations on completing all the steps in this accomplishment. It is so cool to see how it all has come together ;)
Posted by: jill | December 13, 2011 at 08:37 PM