Three months later.

Once upon a time, there was a boy named Asher who was set to finish the testing for his yellow belt in karate the very next day. He was so excited...and felt like he'd been waiting for that for months (well, he had).

Then, he fell and broke his arm and wasn't able to go to karate class for the next two months.

He finally was given the go ahead to start back...just three days after the latest round of belt promotions. Since the promotions only happen once a month, he had to wait another month. (Which, really, wasn't so bad since he was still regaining strength in his arm and refreshing his memory of the material...though that's hard to explain to an eight year old who was impatient and irked by the fact that his little brother had passed him in rank while he was out of commission.)

So. Tonight. He *finally* got that yellow belt. Here he is receiving high fives from his fellow promotees after getting his new belt:

Yeah. He was happy. ;) He's a higher rank than Micah again, so all is right with the world, lol. (Except that Micah is now determined to catch up and has decided he wants to start going twice a week also, instead of just once a week. Since he's in a different category of classes, though, he won't actually catch Asher soon, so it'll be okay. I checked, lol.)

The promotion, itself, was really quite fun. (It's a separate session from classes...just for promotions.) All those who were moving up demonstrated the skills they've been learning in class...forms, combinations, defenses, sparring (for the older kids). Not only did we get to see all of that (cool to see what's down the road!), but the school's Demo Team performed a few times (choreographed routines to show specific skills). And there was pizza at the end...which made Noah and Micah happy. ;)

In any case, so very proud of my boy. He's worked hard for this and it's wonderful to see him excited about karate. 

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Congratulations, Asher! Way to go!!! G'ma