Karate Kids Times Three

Whew!  What a thrilling weekend - the kids are taking karate together (somewhat) and had their testing for the next level belt.  Stephanie and her friend, Syd, were orange belt working on their yellow belt while Nathan and Kristen were white belt starting to move into the orange belt level.  The big thing as getting the invitation to take the test which was the two weeks prior.  We had missed a couple of sessions and I felt that I needed to take the twins on both this past Thursday and Friday.  Fortunately, both of them got their invitation for the Saturday testing.  Stephanie and Syd got their invitation Friday night even though they didn't take the minimum number of classes.  Nathan was a bit touch and go since at times he doesn't seem to be paying attention to sensei.  We were hoping that karate would instill some discipline in listening, and following directions.  Sometimes, I think Nathan is the type of boy that if he knows it he doesn't like the repetitious work which many times the class does with all the standard blocks, kicks, and combination moves.  They all passed with fairly decent scores (Nathan and Kristen, 75; Stephanie, 78).  Only one person got a score over 80 - tough graders!

Chun Kids with their certificates

All the lower level belts group picture

Sporting their new look!