FearlessFreep
Senior Master
Last Friday, my two kids tested in their Kids Hapkido class; my son Stephen (7) and my daughter Karina (9).
Stephen is pretty quiet usually and not always that coordinated. He is a white belt* with one stripe** and was testing simultaneosuly for his second and third stripe. He did very well and passed.
Karina is...well outside of the Donjang she is a total goofball...living in her own fun world that she shares with the rest of us on occasion. In the dojang she gets really serious and is very focused. She is a white belt with two stripes and was testing ahead to yellow. She passed....well...she blew the test away wth skill and power and aggressiveness. Her instructor awarded her a yellow belt bt said he was tempted to do more. She already knows some fighting combinations she will need for green belt. So he's going to push her ahead in testing and training because she has such natural talent and ability at it that she needs to catch up to where her belt will give her challeneges in the techniques she needs to know
I'm proud of them both.
Meanwhile, my two older kids and I will be testing next month for our own yellow belts
*all of the children and I had been in Taekwondo before we switched to Hapkdio and wen back to white belt in our new school/art
**the Kids Hapkido classes has three stripes between each belt color
Stephen is pretty quiet usually and not always that coordinated. He is a white belt* with one stripe** and was testing simultaneosuly for his second and third stripe. He did very well and passed.
Karina is...well outside of the Donjang she is a total goofball...living in her own fun world that she shares with the rest of us on occasion. In the dojang she gets really serious and is very focused. She is a white belt with two stripes and was testing ahead to yellow. She passed....well...she blew the test away wth skill and power and aggressiveness. Her instructor awarded her a yellow belt bt said he was tempted to do more. She already knows some fighting combinations she will need for green belt. So he's going to push her ahead in testing and training because she has such natural talent and ability at it that she needs to catch up to where her belt will give her challeneges in the techniques she needs to know
I'm proud of them both.
Meanwhile, my two older kids and I will be testing next month for our own yellow belts
*all of the children and I had been in Taekwondo before we switched to Hapkdio and wen back to white belt in our new school/art
**the Kids Hapkido classes has three stripes between each belt color