Orange Belt!

I finally tested for my orange belt!  I am so happy!  The black stripe on my belt signifies that I have also joined the Black Belt Club.  

 The belt tests always take between an hour and a half and two hours.  We start with warm ups.

 And then we move into punching and kicking.  Below I am waiting for my turn.

 My friend Andy is showing off his punches.  

All my good friends: Andy, Arun, and Sabrina, got their yellow belts!  I plan to keep up my karate because I really enjoy it.

Orange Belt Test

Competition Day 2014

 Competition Day happens once a year at the Goju Karate dojo. It is an all day event.  I signed up for 4 events but was listed in all of them.  We came at 9:00am.  My group had to wait for the older kids to finish the fitness competition.  In our down time we ate and played our Nintendo DS's.

Sempai Aiden (Sensei's son) was my counter.  I had to do push ups, sit ups, jumps....

Run a race.  I came in first and won the gold medal in my age bracket!

I also did paddle pads,

and flag sparring.  I lasted until 2 o'clock and I was done.  I missed several events that I really like to do.  Mom said that next year we will arrive at noon and stay until it finishes.