Friday, February 08, 2008

Hannah's First TKD Testing...and 700th Post

700 posts...that's just crazy!

Mike wanted me to ask if anyone else lost the left side of my blog because he did and didn't know if it was just him.

Anyway, tonight Hannah had her very first belt testing. She was so excited and couldn't wait to go. When we got there, we had to wait a little bit because they had a Hap Ki Do (I want to learn that!) class going on. Once she got out there, I couldn't believe how well she did. She breezed through her form and did all of the up/downs that the instructor told her to (series of different kicks and punches). When it was time for her to do her one-steps, she had the full attention of Grandmaster Lee. He was really impressed with how many one-steps she knew (5 of 6...most young white belts only know 3) and with how well she did in general. Before she was dismissed, she was asked how old she is and she holds up 4 fingers. Grandmaster Lee looked shocked. Mrs. Lee told her to tell Master Johnson that he did a great job with her. She was beaming from ear to ear. I would be surprised if she didn't get a decided yellow and not a recommended yellow(the recommended is what Daniel got when he first started while Jacob got the decided).

Hannah gets ready to test.

Doing her form.

Doing her various punches and kicks.

Hannah does one-steps.

Punching for another white belt.

More one steps. I love how she's up on her tippy toes to reach above the other kid's head.

Mike does his one steps

Mike spars.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Congrats to Hannah on a job well done. We look forward to hearing her test results. Looks like Mike did a good job too.