She did it

[bruinsBoxers]

This past weekend my daughter took and passed her black belt test in tae kwon do . She has been taking classes for about 5 years . It has been a long road with lots of training and commitment .


She had to first pass a fitness test which was doing 2 sets of 50 push ups in 1 1/2 minutes per set . 100 jumping jacks in

1 1/2 minutes and 100 sit ups in 1 1/2 minutes.


Then she was able to pre test . The pre test was a private test that included every self defense she has learned for all belt levels and all forms for all belt levels . It took an hour just to pre test .


Then she was able to take the written test , to pass you must have scored at least 80 %.


The final phase was a approx 3 hour test in front of an audience .


She did all her forms with no mistakes , it was amazing . Watching her brought tears to my eyes .


She did all her kicks that she has learned and did well .


She then did her self defense , she made a few mistakes but she was able to recover and defend herself / get away from her attacker . The worst part is the knife self defense where another black belt tries to stab them with a knife . She had to deflect the blows and be able to disarm the attacker . That always stresses me out even though it is not real they are really trying to hit you with the dull metal blade .


Then it came to board breaking . She had to break 2 one inch thick boards held together . And break with 3 different kicks .

She was able to do all 3 breaks . A quick video of 1 of her kicks.

flyingSidekickLoop.wmv - YouTube


Failing even 1 area of the test meant that she would not have gotten her belt .


There are no words to express how proud I am of her .

[Doreen]

Congratulations!!!!!

Nice video too!!!

[Ruby Red]

Wow, I bet you are proud Missi, that is such a great achievement. My goodness - 50 press ups in a minute and a half............I could maybe manage 2 and then I would collapse...........

The video was very impressive - does kicking the board like that hurt her feet though?

Now she is a black belt, where does she go next? will she enter into competitions? or does she have any interest in teaching?

Once again, please pass on my congrats to her, very well done!

[superpimp]

wow, freaken awesome!

[Annie]

that is so impressive, the amount of committment to the sport! she must be passionate about it!
congratulations!

[Ron]

Congrats!

[bruinsBoxers]

does kicking the board like that hurt her feet though?
If you miss breaking it , yes it does hurt a bit ( I have tried it) . But if you have the right technique and power to break the board it does not hurt as you go right through it.[/B]

Now she is a black belt, where does she go next?
She wants to work towards her second degree black belt . The average time to get to the next level is 2 1/2 years . So wee will see if she stays interested.

will she enter into competitions?
She has been in 1 tournament so far . Not too sure if she will do more .

does she have any interest in teaching?
She is actually a student teacher now ,helping out in lower level classes .
She did say she wanted to teach as a job but it will be a few years away for her to be old enough to get paid to teach.

This is a picture of her trophies from her tournament . First place for forms , second place for sparring and 3rd place( medal) for board breaking .

[purplelori]

That is just awesome! How old is she? I am incredibly impressed, that takes a huge amount of dedication and talent. Good for her!

[bruinsBoxers]

Originally Posted by purplelori

That is just awesome! How old is she?

She is 10 .

[Annie]

WOW! Just 10 with such an impressive work ethic and dedication