Karate Belt Testing - 10/23/10

Belt testing yesterday was a lot different than usual. Not only was it regular testing but it was also black belt testing. It was insanely packed and crazy but it was so much fun to experience it. Black belts had to test for an hour straight without any breaks of sparring which meant that the under belts had to spar for that long as well. Brad and Ashlee usually only spar for about 10 - 15 minutes so this was a challenge for them as well. Ashlee who is still new to sparring did a fantastic job and Brad did awesome too. But what Brad didn't know was after the kids were done for that hour they had to spar with the black belts for another 30 minutes and well lets just say Brad accidentally walked into one of Mr.T's gloves and well he now has a black eye. After being at the dojo for 6 hours(12pm-6pm) we got home changed quickly and headed to Central Coast Pizza for the belt ceremony which was a lot of fun. We finally made it home after picking up Marisa about 11 that night. Got up early this morning and headed off for some fall ball in the rain! It was a long but fantastic weekend. Thank goodness black belt testing is only once a year! Oh, I almost forgot Ashlee is still a belt higher than Brad so he jokingly told Ashlee she couldn't test the next time so he could catch up to her!!

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