Belt Testing Day

It was time again!!! Belt Testing time!!! We officially have three yellow belts. We went from white to white/yellow and now solid yellow. I couldn't be prouder. The kids have learned so much it's amazing. And they're actually getting pretty good at it. Their favorite thing they've learned is the Turtle helicopter... have them show it to you the next time you see them... but they've gotten really good at striking, kicking, guard, side control, back control, shrimping (not out at sea with nets...), turtle helicopter, and being in winning position all the time. Watch out... don't pull any fast moves on them the next time you come over!

It's so funny too, Nate is the youngest in the class and the teachers have to exercise extra patience with him. He just isn't fast like the others and tends to stare at the back of the class rather than looking at the front. So yesterday for his testing he had one on one attention. They had a little 10 yr. old girl from the older class be his helper... so when it was time to do the turtle helicopter ride poor nate was trying to spin on her back to keep top control but his little feet didn't hit the floor, so it was pretty funny. Even these tough guys couldn't keep a straight face... then at the end they awarded the belts and they told the kids to close their eyes and nate of course closed his but with all his might! He looked like he was in pain trying to close them so hard that their instructor again couldn't keep a straight face and everyone started laughing... when they opened their eyes Nate had no idea it was him who everyone was smiling and laughing about. He's so cute! He tries hard. He doesn't always get it and sometime, a lot of times, has to do push ups for not listening to the instructions, but he doesn't care... he's actually gotten really good at them and loves to do them now!

I love that they love it!