Karate continues (and ends)
There are a bunch of things I’ve failed to post about here. I’ve meant to catch up on them for some time, but failed. Today I’ll try to start to catch up.
Back in August, the girls hit another karate milestone. Leah completed yet another unit at karate, so it was time for another stripe ceremony. Leah led the class in some jumping jacks during warm up exercises.
Here she is showing off some of her skills (punching, blocking, kicking).
The preschool class even got to try out using pads, though they still didn’t make contact.
Here she is getting her stripe.
She’s now got 3 stripes on her belt. And that’s all she’ll have for a while, as she’s decided to take a break from karate. With kindergarten starting, we’ve limited her to two activities. She chose gymnastics and tennis for now, so no karate for her this Fall.
Once Leah was done, it was time for Molly’s belt test, and she’s grinning with excitement.
A minute later, she’s serious and ready to go.
Here she is doing her Elbow Kata.
Sensei even hits them in the stomach to test their strength.
Molly’s getting better at sparring.
She earned her blue stripe (half way to a blue belt).
Here she is with her yellow belt with blue stripe. And she’s not stopping there. Her sister may be taking a break from karate, but Molly plans to continue with it for the foreseeable future.
