purple belt testing

no, we haven't quit karate! t and i actually got our test papers for the next rank - purple - and tested today! :-)



poor little faith, kids advance slower the "adults" so she was a little behind us in getting her stripe on the yellow belt. so, naturally, she'll follow us in our purple belt. when we got our test papers yesterday, and she was a little upset about it (not with a bad attitude or anything, mostly just down) and told mom, "i'm not going to back a class with maegan and tarah, i'm so used to being beside them...i'll just go to the day class and kids' class until i catch back up." she's a pretty smart kid! obviously, we were never in the kids' class and the day class is smaller so they combine all belts - which means she'll still be able to be beside us.

needless to say, we're excited. this means learning new kicks, one difficult one is the back-crescent kick...on tuesday nights our instructor "cheats" and sometimes teaches us things beyond our rank! shhhh, don't tell the head instructor! ;-) and learning a new form, one that has confused many people - one of those being my dad. hehe

i remember being a white belt and looking at a purple belt like they had been there forever and thinking, "wow, they probably know a lot and are awesome at karate!" lol now i know the truth and how far purple belts really have to go...

needless to say, we're both excited, just wishing faith could've tested with us...but her day won't be too far in the future!