Movin' On Up

Nate is really enjoying tae kwon do.  Way more than we anticipated.  Every ten weeks, the students test in front of a panel of judges and all of the parents/family members.  It can be pretty intimidating.

Last testing, Nate just had to answer some questions, do kicks, punches and stances.  This time he had to do those things as well as "one steps" with other students.  One steps are a series of punches and kicks (no contact) you do with another student.  One steps are his favorite!

Nate's group (ages 4-6) are called the Little Ninjas. This is most of them with Miss Allie, one of the student instructors.  You have to be a black belt to be a student instructor.  She does a great job with the kids.

They test on the weekend, but don't find out if they pass until the following week.  Thursday night, Nate officially moved up to orange belt. 

I wish you could have seen the excitement on his face.  We were even surprised by his excitement.  Now he will be doing "forms." His first form has 17 moves.  We'll see how excited he is when he's memorizing all of those moves. :)