Their instructor has a program where he hands out a certain number of "champion" stickers at the end of class - the number based on how well the students did that day (i.e. listening, paying attention, etc.). After they fill their sheet with these stickers (ours took almost 6wks to fill), they are able to break a board. It feels almost like a graduation of sorts...they get a star to iron on their uniform, along with the prestige of breaking the board. They shout: "1, sir... 2, sir... 3 sir... I can do it, sir!" (and then swung!) What a confidence booster - I was super proud!
after around 4 tries, Mateo broke his board
Gabby of course broke hers on the first try
Mary broke hers after 3 tries
