Back in January, Zoey's school had an outing at a local Tae Kwon Do place. She attended with her BFF, Abbie, and had a blast.
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| Crazy Girls |
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| PUNCH |
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| KICK |
Since Zoey seemed to enjoy herself, we went ahead and signed her up for a two week trial. Once the trial ended, we went ahead and signed her up for real. She was super excited when she got her gi. I still haven't figured out how to tie her belt so that it won't come undone.
After about a week of officially being in class, so three weeks total, we were all informed that testing would be coming up. The expectation was that if the child had just recently started classes that they would not test this cycle, so we weren't expecting Zoey to get a testing letter. However, one of the last classes before testing week, she was given a testing letter.
I was super nervous on the night of testing. I'm still not really sure why. I think I was just worried that since she hadn't been there that long that she wouldn't do very well. However, I need not worry. Since she was just moving from a white belt to a white belt with a black stripe, the testing was pretty mild. She just had to show that she knew which moves were which when they were called out to her. She did well, but was off balance on her front kick and side kick. She struggles a lot with balance in general.
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| High Block |
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| Pizza Strike |
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| Front Kick |
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| Zoey's Testing Group |
We had to wait a week to see if she would receive a belt promotion or not. I was again nervous that night because I knew she didn't really understand the whole testing concept and worried that she would be upset if she didn't get a new belt. Luckily I didn't have to find out how she would do because she was promoted a half belt, which is between white and yellow. She was very excited when her name was called and when she ran up to receive her belt she started jumping up and down with her fists up in the air. LOL!
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| She has a super excited look on her face in this pic |
So now Zoey is working towards her yellow belt. The next testing is scheduled for May. I'm not sure if she will get a testing letter or not. She's been struggling a little bit with staying focused and listening in class lately. At times she seems overwhelmed by the noise and has been covering her ears. Other times, she is just messing off. We'll have to see how the next month goes. I'm just glad she is having fun.
