Black Belt Testing - Frodo

 Frodo's First Degree Black Belt Test began with a 2 hour challenge. They started with exercises

 Bags: punches and kicks

 Forms - both groups and testers

 Exercises with partners

 More forms

Then paddle kicking

 Sparring - tag team and partner with hits to the face

Board breaks in groups of 3

 Fitness test: 3 minutes to do:

30 push-ups, 50 sit-ups, 20 kicks each side, 

10 warrior combos 1-4 (punches)

*breathe*

 Team spirit

 Now begins the actual belt test. Here is the panel of 5 fine judges

 1 - 3rd degree black belt candidate, 6 - 1st degree black belt candidates, 9 midterm black belts

 ATA!

 First they did forms, then sparring

 Board breaks

Frodo was required to break a brown board with a punch and one with a kick. He did an ax kick, I think it was called.

 Then he was asked to break black boards. 

They concluded with conditioning exercises while the panel made their decisions

 Awesome job, Frodo! Black Belt First Degree!

 Really, he IS THRILLED!

 

 TKD buddies, the best of buds!

 And a photo bomber, thoroughly enjoying himself!

 

 Since everyone was finally in one room at the same time... we got some photos!