Just yesterday my youngest little brother Gabriel tested for his gold belt, and broke a board for the first time- then afterwards, he broke boards with ease! He did well and passed his test with a 6.5 on his Chon-Ji and Four-Direction Block. Afterwards, we all broke boards instead of free sparring- I think that it is the best we have done in board breaking at Mt. Charleston, ever. One person once got push-ups for not breaking a board the entire time! (For those of you who do not take our class, we sometimes line up and take turns breaking boards with various kicks, and if you can't break the board after a few tries, you do 10 push-ups and then get back into the line to keep going- it is really fun!)For other tests, before Christmas my dad and brother Roman got their green belts, and my other brother Gino (current blue belt) and Richard (current gold belt) will test next week. Congratulations and good luck!
Also, I am very excited about the ITF World Cup in Las Vegas. I discovered (among other things) that the sparring rounds are two minutes long for black belts, and that the ITF is holding more than 1,500 rooms for those attending the event, and that building that they are holding it in is the Las Vegas Convention center, in the Hall N3 Hall, which has a 101,443 square feet capacity, under a 25-foot high ceiling. Wow! And so, when finding out about just how many people from all over the world they expect to attend the event, I jumped around and giggled with excitement. Yes.
YAYYYYYYYAAAAYYY!!!!!
They also have pre-arranged free sparring (which seems to be like Ho Sin Sol) for black belts, and of course the power-breaking and pattern competition. This is very exciting, and I plan to start sprinting as soon as all the snow melts and it warms up a little bit so that I will have more endurance for the free sparring.
Taekwon!
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