white belt

I feel like I just did a post about our Taekwondo class... hmm... On Tuesday, the trio's instructor, Master Park, informed me that he thought the kids were ready to test for their white belt. (This is the first belt in the series to obtaining the highest level- black belt. Or, blue belt if you are Mateo. When the instructor asked him last week what belt he wanted, Mateo responded with "blue!" After a short coaxing Mateo realized that he was supposed to want a black belt.)

The main criteria in passing was good attention/focus and confidence... and all three passed with flying colors!

Mary had to break another board... and I am not sure if she was distracted because Daddy was holding the board...but it took several attempts before she broke it.

Mateo really surprised me during his test. His focus was the BEST I had ever seen from him and he broke his board on the very first try!

Gabby, who had broken her board on the first try last week, had to take a break from trying to break it during her test because her hand hurt so bad. Again, not sure if it was a distraction to have Daddy hold the board that she was breaking or she just wasn't hitting it hard enough... but the little trooper didn't give up and eventually broke her board the 2nd time around.