Caleb's Yellow Belt Test

Caleb hasn't officially gotten his belt yet, but I'm sure he passed. Although, he wasn't on his best behavior and it's a good thing he wasn't being judged solely on his performance that day. They observed ranking order and so Caleb was last to go and waited two hours for his turn!

I did, at one point, yell "Stop it! Pay attention!". But, we weren't too hard on him because, you know, he's a five year old boy. I was impressed that he actually waited for two hours.

Anyway, his test consisted of some punching, kicking and blocking sequences...

Some gymnastics-type movements...

And sparring...

At the very end, all the kids kicked and broke a wood board. Caleb was the youngest and smallest and couldn't get it done. His teacher asked for a different board and Caleb started crying. It was so so so sad. He calmed Caleb down and explained that he would be punching the board instead.

So, after a few practices, Caleb punched the board and broke it! He actually broke it so hard that it hit his teacher in the face and board broke into three! Everyone cheered and Caleb was so happy! It was so cute!!

We have video of is, but it'll be about 20 years before we manage to get it on the computer. Sorry.