I’m now yellow belt! Yay me! It wasn’t as hard as thought it would be. Forms were a breeze, the kicks were somewhat easy (must work on left leg). During free (no contact) sparring, I was matched with a young kid that was about a foot or so shorter than I. It was very hard to do anything for fear that I may hurt her. We had no pads so if I were to slip up and kick her, it would hurt. So, she just about kicked my butt there. I can’t wait for the next test where it is full on sparring! No bars!
Board breaking deserves a paragraph all it’s own. We were lined up by age, white belts went first. I watched everyone break their less than half inch boards then it came my turn. My board was about as thick as four or five of the thinnest boards and, get this, they were expecting me to break it. With my hand. 1, 2, HA!! My fist went through the board and, surprising enough, I kihaped!! Me!! This one!! Or else it would have hurt like hell and my fist wouldn’t have gone anywhere. My wrist is swollen now but I’m proud.
I’m yellow belt now!! I feel so very alive! Can’t wait to experience what there is to experience as a yellow belt. I haven’t gotten the results back yet, but the judges said that everyone did well and passed. The in depth reports and such will not be available until my next class Tuesday morning.
Woohoo!! I’m pumped!!
