Yesterday, June 7, 2008 marked the 2nd quarterly Paks Karate School Promotion Test. The first Saturday of each quarter ... March, June, September, December ... the school, which teaches the Korean Marshal Art called TANG SOO DO, holds its promotion tests for everyone ranking from white belt to red belt. From lowest rank to highest rank the belts are as thus: white, yellow with white stripe, solid yellow, yellow with green tip, green with white stripe, solid green, green with blue tip ... and so on through all the colors yellow, green, blue, brown, and red. After solid red comes black with white stripe and then solid black belt. And lest you think black is the highest belt ... it isn't. There follows black belts from 1st degree through 9th degree. With the 4th degree black belt comes the title MASTER. With the 9th degree comes the title GRAND MASTER. The promotion test for these ranks are also held quarterly, but on a separate schedule: February, May, August, November.
Fish was the only member of our family to take the promotion test yesterday. He moved up from green belt with blue tip, to the blue belt with white stripe. Included in this blog is a picture of him breaking a board with his foot. He has been taking karate for 4 years now. He started in Paks program specifically for young children 4-6. It is called TINY TIGERS. Their belt system is a bit different from the program for older kids and adults. Fish did a great job yesterday as always, as did all the folks from the Fernandina Beach School ... seen here in the 3rd photo. CONGRATULATIONS TO EVERYONE!
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