become a black belt in taekwondo

Tested for my black belt just a week ago. The testing was long and grueling, but it was satisfying… and even fun.
I had to sew on a patch on my unifrom right before testing, which decided to come off during forms (embarrasing, but funny). Self-defense and one-steps went fine, thought I felt I didn’t do my best on either. I surprised myself in breaking, only had to re-attempt one break out of 6, the rest broke from the first try. Caught a hard back kick to the solar-plexis during sparring and had some trouble catching my breath for the rest of that match, but when I was finally able to breathe again things went well.

Overall, had a great time at the testing and feels great to have my black belt.

Testing early August! Excited to be finally getting there, but even more excited about continuing on and venturing beyond the basics.