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Stripe Test Complete

Stripe Testing Complete

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Andy and I finished our stripe tests for Karate and Krav Maga. Because everything is being done form home now so was the stripe test. It was a little weird to do it from home but this morning Eva helped me with my gun defenses. I really felt weird about doing those with her but the alternative was to do them with no attacker and that felt even weirder.

I submitted my test today and Andy’s yesterday. We each passed out tests. andy will be moving on to his Green Belt but I missed one stripe test prior to this one and did not earn my second stripe. So instead of earning out belts at the same time we’re going to be a bit out of sync.

Yesterday I was showing Andy the requirements for stripe test before we went out to do them and we got a Facebook call from our Sensei. Sensei Wilson called us out of the blue. It was a really nice thing for him to do to check in on us. The entire school has been excellent in keeping everyone motivated while in isolation. They’re going to have friday chats with sensei and live classes next week. I am looking forward to that. It seems that schedules in isolation are getting as varied and busy as regular ones.

So, after I learned that I earned my stripe I had Andy come out to the back yard and we gave each other stripes. I was glad that I had some black electrical tape hanging around.

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Two Purple Belts

Purple Belts
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Andrew and I continue to stay on track to earn our same color belts at the same time. I’m very proud of all that he has done so far in karate. He’s doing very well. Now both of us are moving up to a higher rank and we will both have a new instructor. Our new instructor is Mr. Brochu. Yes, we will both have the same instructor for our respective classes. Mr. Brochu instructs the purple through green belts for Krav Maga and for Karate Kids.

I think this is the point where Andrew is going to have to start really focusing. He’s going to have to tone down the silliness and nonsense. He’s getting a lot better at paying attention overall but he does have his moments. We will see how he does. As for me, I’ll probably get picked a lot for demonstrations so I get knocked around more. Mr. Brochu does like using me for demos. I’m looking forward to this next round of classes and another three months of working on learning how to do more and refining the skills I have been learning. It has been a great experience so far.