testing
Class went really well and we had a lot of fun. Even though we are NOT officially Camo belts, Mr. Johnson told us to show up for it. We are doing Bo Staff or as some of you know them Long Staffs. This is one of Mr. Johnson's favorite weapons so he teaches us a lil more than normal! Since there were enough lil ones to pair with each other, I got to pair with Mr. Johnson. It was nice to actually spar and practice with someone who is just as tall if not taller then you! Normally I end up on my knees or squating down cause I get stuck with the lil guys!:D
The kids and I went to Perkins and had a nice lesurly dinner while Randy and Arjan were driving home. Spud was very happy to see Randy and from what Randy could deduce by his behavor we are going on day 3 of no seuzuries. Yay! After dinner the kids and I headed back to the Taekwondo Academy for post dated testing. There was one Brown belt, two Blue belts, 3 Yellow belts (that would be us) and one White belt. We also had 4 Tiny Tiger various colored belts testing. We did very well. And Mr. Jones and Mr. Johnson used us as an example and got right after the 3 higher ranked belts (brown and blues) on how they were too toned down and not being respectful. We got to show off our double sticks (basically swords) moves but since it was post testing we didn't get to show any of our basic sparring skills. Unlike normal testing where you get your belt that day after testing, we don't get our new camo belts till Monday evening's class. Why? Mr. Johnson likes to present the belts in front of as many students as possible for post dated testers. Simply because we are the ones that have missed regular classes for one reason or another and have had to put more work in and he likes to rub it in a nice manner to the regular class.
We also got our sparring gear tonight. I strung the kids payments out over 4 months because it was before the Holidays. I paid off mine in one shot tonight. Mr. Johnson had all my sparring gear on hand brand new but my chest protector. He has to order that. But he was nice enough to order my gear bag when he did the kids' so I could have it when I paid for my sparring gear! Tomorrow we are heading into IA about an hour and half in to watch a TKD Tournie before we partake in one. The kids want to get up at 7 am so they can make their cousin Cody a poster to cheer him on. He is 7 almost 8 and a black belt. This will be his first black belt tournie. They also plan on making Amanda, one of their rank classmates who is takign part tomorrow, a sign. And we plan on making Mr. Johnson and Mr. Jones a sign also. They are both partakign in teh black belt adult division.
Since Randy and Arjan will be up near where we will be at tomorrow we are meeting them for an early dinner after we watch Mr. Jones and Mr. Johnson in the tournie!
Hope you all have a good day tomorrow!
