| Tuesday, 15-Apr-2008 00:00 |
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Second Degree Recommended!
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Ryan tested for his second degree recommended black belt on Tuesday, April 15, 2008. We started training at a new ATA taekwondo school, Fusion Martial Arts (in Eagan), with Matt Blomquist, on April 1st, and were glad to find that Ryan could still test for his 2BR pretty much on schedule. The black belt test was very different from the tests at Rosemount ATA, with endurance tests (Ryan did 70 round kicks in a row without putting his foot down!) and physical challenges (pushups, kicks, punches, etc) in addition to forms, weapons, sparring, and board breaks. Ryan did a great job with everything, but missed his round kick board break. Even though he knew this meant a no-change, he had a great "I'll get it next time" attitude and Mr. Blomquist gave him one more chance to break it at the end of the test. Unfortunately, he missed again.
I don't have many pix of the first test because Darrin was out of town. I have it all on video, and if I have a chance to pull pix off the video and put them here I will. Otherwise I'll just try loading them to my you tube page...
On Monday, April 21, he went to the make-up test. At the make-up test he had to do more than just break the board he misses - he had to do the entire test over again. He did a great job, and broke his boards on the first try!
He should be able to test for 2nd degree black belt decided in July or September, depending on when Mr. B thinks he's ready.
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