It's hard to believe that Blake has been taking karate lessons for a year already!!!!! He has successfully moved through the Little Ninjas program (white belt, white w/ yellow stripe, orange stripe, purple stripe then blue stripe belts) and now is on to the Youth Karate program as of today. Blake loves that he gets an "army man" belt at this level!! (I know every form and teacher is different so this may not be familiar to everyone)
At the end of April, our instructor decided not to renew his lease in the building space and is now teaching private lessons out of his garage, which he converted into a studio. Blake only has one 30 minute lesson per week now, which makes it harder to remember the routines without practicing at home, but he does MUCH better in a one-on-one setting. The stuff that Blake is doing now is getting more complex and harder to keep straight, so I actually had to bring a clipboard and write down every single step and with which hand/arm/leg to use so *I* could help him practice in between classes!!! It took a lot of work for Blake to earn this last belt and I am so proud of how far he has come. I'm hoping that this can be a lifelong passion for Blake; he seems to do really well in the memorization and execution of each combination and technique.
My little karate kid
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That is AWESOME! GO BLAKE!
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