get my black belt

Lol, I just got my yellow belt in Tung Soo Do (I also do Tae Kwon Do and Hapkido)! So I still have years to go. :P
Anyway, good luck everyone!

Well i am what most people would call a girly girl. i like having my hair done, my nails, ect. but i have been doing karate on and off for 7 years now. and this month i was able to test but i was not taking it seroily so i did not test. now i must wait 6 months to test. so when it comes i want to be ready. a few of the resons i did not test are because 1. i was not ready 2. i did not have the energy to make it though a 5 hour test 3. my heart was not in it. but i have done it way to long to quit not. so i am going to do it with all of my heart and just see what happens from there

Passed my second pre-test on Saturday, final test is June 20th!

I’ve been taking classes for… almost three years now. I’ve gotten my green belt in that time and should get the first-degree blue belt in a couple of months. That’s still another 2 or 3 years, depending on how consistent I am with attendance.

Half way there. Ish.

okay my sensi says i’ll take it next month.
one word: crap
my friend is getting hers too then. she started 3 weeks b4 me but i am 3 weeks older. :D anyways, I gotta practice. Put me in your thoughts and prays

I’ve been doing martial arts for 4 years. I am supposed to take my test next month (May). Me and my fellow red belt are going to have to get off our lazy butts and practice.

I was so into tae kwon do back in high school. Stopped at my brown belt when I started college, I feel awful all the time for never finishing that last little bit….

I decided to give the 43 Things site a try again to track some things I’d like to accomplish this year.

The first of those things (in no particular order regarding time or priority) is to get my black belt. I almost made it there when I was in high school taking Tae Kwon Do (yes, that was a LONG time ago). I was an assistant instructor spending 5 or 6 days a week at the school, and I made it to blue belt before life took me in a different direction.

I’ve always been a fan of martial arts, and I love all aspects of them – the physical, the spiritual, the tradition, etc. So I want to find a school that honors the art it teaches, as opposed to treating it like a sport, as many do. I also want to start at the beginning again, as I have no illusions that I’ve retained much of what I learned 20 years ago.

So, wish me luck and stay tuned for updates :)

I earned my black belt this summer!

It was one of the toughest things I’ve ever done, but it was worth every bit of the blood, sweat, and tears I poured into it (and I did bleed!) Hundreds of hours of class time, four months of intense preparation, and a three hour test later… I did it.

It was surreal to walk out on the floor of the dojang as a black belt for the first time. I felt like a kid playing dress-up for a moment! It’s the same, but different… I feel different. I feel like the leader I am.

Now I am learning a new kata, and looking forward to continuing my training. I am a martial artist. I am a black belt.

(Hooray!)

I want to get my black belt so that I can lern complet self control of myself and my actions. Also becoming a black belt resembles starting a new and also to be able to teach others.