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Saturday February 03, 2007
Black Belt Candidate
Today I succeeded in passing my red, three stripe belt test and
so now I am a Black Belt Candidate. Even thought the test was
exhausting it was fun! I had a move in "one step sparring" which
involved a take down which the judges appreciated. The
board break was a combination two board axe kick
followed by breaking two boards by ridge-hand strike.
Now begins an intense six month period of training for the Black Belt test. In addition to having memorized the definition of Tae Kwon Do, the school roles, the school code, the school tenets and a small vocabulary in Korean I now must learn a ninth form as I prepare to demonstrate all of the eight previous forms. Of course I should be able to reproduce any of the previous eight levels of "one step" sparring as well as participate in my second sparring tournament and write an essay.![[Candidate Belt]](http://mediacast.sun.com/share/tmarble/CandidateBelt.jpg)
The August test always takes place outside in a local park. Imagine a humid Minnesota summer day in the hot sun... (a little tricky at the moment as it's -25'C). I can't wait!
Posted by tmarble ( Feb 03 2007, 06:29:13 PM CST ) Permalink Comments [4]