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A New Book and Two New Belts

Travis Daventhorpe for the Win
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Our friend Wes Molebash published a new book and Allison pre-ordered it for Andy. I went over to An Unlikely Story to pick up the book and I ended up reading the whole thing before I even gave it to Andy to read. The book is very good with Wes’ amazing artwork and his sense of humor spread throughout. I made sure to snap a photo outside of the store so that we could send it to Wes. It would be great if he could come up here and do a book signing and maybe an interview with Jeff Kinney. I also took a photo of the display inside where the book was out for everyone to buy. I hope that it does well and am looking forward to the next one.

shoulder taps

Tonight we had Krav graduation and both kids were able to move up to new belts. Andy did not have to make up the test that he missed on Tuesday and that is because of the level that he is at. He is definitely ready to advance. Eva had to redo the gun defenses after the graduation in order to be promoted. This I also understand because she is at a much higher level and is going to be going for her black belt next. Whether that be in six months or a year or more, that is her next step. And in order to be ready for that she has to be able to show proper technique and a proper amount of aggression. We worked on those techniques the past couple of days and she was ready. I got to be the one who partnered with her when she retested. She always goes more aggressive on me than anyone else.

I went to both the morning class and the night class today. Morning to support my friends in the morning who were graduating and night because the kids were nervous that the classes were going to be mixed with adults and teens. The night class was tougher than the morning. We did some of the same fun drills but we also did a not so fun drill called Sally. That one is rough.

I also went to the night class because directly afterwards there was a Krav social out at Angle Tree Brewery in North Attleboro. It was nice to chat with people outside of class. Of course we talked mostly about class and injuries and getting ready for the black belt test.

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Getting Banged Up at Stripe Test

Eva's Stripe Test
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Today was stripe test for me and for Eva. Andy came home sick from school so he could not go to class today. He’ll have to make up his stripe test before graduation. I had my stripe test this morning and it was tough. We did a lot of drills and in one of the drills my partner drilled me right in the face. Luckily I just got a couple of scratches that don’t look that bad right now.

banged up

I didn’t even notice them until I was about to shave and wen I looked in the mirror I was wondering why my eye kind of hurt and where I had gotten the scratches. Then I remembered the stripe test and Dave catching me pretty good on one technique. We are usually very controlled and careful. We’ve been working together a lot lately, too. He’s much faster than me, though.

Eva had her stripe test in the afternoon and in the end she got half a stripe because she had to work on her gun defenses. She did a few things that would get you dropped from a Black Belt test immediately. I know what that is all about so it is a good thing I’ll be helping her drill those techniques at home before the graduation on Thursday. It is a tough thing to have to try again but at this level I can understand why she’s got to work harder. Luckily she’s got a great attitude about that.