Black Belt in Training

Jonathan tests for his black belt in Tae Kwon Do on Saturday.

His test requirements consist of the following:

hand techniques:

Horse stance-triple punching,Low block,High block,Inside block,Outside block,Palm heel,Ridge hand,Inside knife hand,Outside knife hand,Double middle knife hands,High double knife hand,Low double knife hand,Tiger claw,Uppercut,Back fist,Outside hammer fist,Spear hand,Roundhouse elbow,Elbow thrust,Leopard paw,Ox jaw,Eagle claw,Tiger mouth,Bear paw,Underpunch,Downward elbow,Upward elbow,Back elbow,Outside elbow,Two finger spear, and "Bam Jumok"

kicks:

Front, Half-moon, Roundhouse, Side, Inside crescent, Outside crescent, Backside, Jump front, Back crescent, Tornado, Thunder, Backspin, Jump roundhouse, Jump reverse roundhouse, Hook, Axe, Jump backside, Drop backspin, Jump tornado, Jump outside crescent, Jump 360, Jump reverse front, Jump inside axe, Jump outside axe, Double round, Twist, Flying side, Drop backside, Drop roundhouse, and Free style combination kicking and punching (five floor lengths)

falling:

Front, Kickback front, Back, Side, Front rollout, and Back rollout

forms:

Palgue 1, Palgue 2, Palgue 3, Palgue 4, Palgue 5, Palgue 6, Palgue 7, Palgue 8, Koryo, and Neppujin Chodan

sparring:

two 3-minute rounds

Whew! I'm tired just typing all of that!

In preparation, he has been going to lots of martial arts classes as well as practicing at home. Tonight he asked Mike to help him practice by sparring with him. They looked so cute out in the front yard that I had to snap a couple pictures...

Stay tuned for pictures from his test this weekend...