Karate

Last Friday I went to a promotion ceremony at Karate West. I had earned my green belt the week before. The teachers at Karate West felt I was ready to test for a higher belt even though I didn't have the required number of stripes on my orange belt. To get a stripe on the belt, you have to go through a series of classes and learn a certain set of skills. The skills required are different for each belt level. I was very excited when I got my white stripe, a white stripe is a stripe that you earn after you have pre-tested and passed. This stripe lets you and others know you are moving up in rank. At the promotion ceremony, we perform all the orange belt skills we have learned and then the teachers present us with our new belt. When I got my green belt, I felt as excited as a child on Christmas morning! It will be a while before I move up in rank again, but my goal is to be a black belt!
By Hayden