Wednesday, February 23, 2011

Testing soon!

Students are reminded that belt testing is just around the corner (3/12). Students and parents need to let the office know if they are participating in this round of testing. Please see Vincent for "Testing request" form. Complete this form along with testing fees before the test date.

Friday, February 18, 2011

Board Breaking day

Tomorrow (Sat) is the 2nd board breaking session being held in the school. As before we are running it as a small competition to see who is the best and creative in their board breaking. Readers may wonder why board breaking? Simple, for WTF it is a requirement to demonstrate speed, accuracy and power. Board breaking is used in more advanced tests and at most all tournaments. Students need to develop keen skills to be able to perform successfully through a gauntlet of board breaking. Testing involves breaking boards at multiple locactions with a wide variety of techniques and heights. Advanced students will need to reach heights of 8-10 feet with their kicks breaking 3-4 boards with front kicks. Already our 10 yr olds can easily reach over 6 foot high.  Our board holders now are standing on anothers shoulders to get enough height.
We wonder what student will be the first to kick out a ceiling tile?! Board breaking will begin about 9:30 AM.