Green Belt Girls!

We did it!

The weekend in general was a whirlwind with an earthquake waking us up on Saturday morning and a tsunami warning on Sunday. Our Karate testing began on Sunday morning, so it was smack dab in the middle of a just crazy couple of days.

It was a wonderful day. The adults all tested in the morning and the kids followed suit.

It was so wonderful to see my classmates after all of their hard work - be greatly successful. I feel thankful to be a part of this experience. They have all taught me so much about myself - and things that I never thought I would/could know.

The kata that Olivia and I had to perform was Seisan. This kata is one of the oldest in karate of all forms (and if you look it up on youtube.com it looks a little different with each person that performs it.

Here I am:


I felt good about my performance (although I was REALLY nervous).

Here is Olivia:

She did wonderfully. It's hard to tell sometimes, but she really does KNOW her kata.

Because of the tsunami warning, we didn't get to take too many other photos. I did get a couple...

Here are all of the adults that tested this past weekend.

My friend Cinda and I both received our Green Belts

Alessandra and mommy

Olivia shaking hands with all of the Black Belts

Receiving her Green Belt

Here is what little sister's do during karate testing. Playing Doctor I think - Lauren (on the left) was the doctor and Alessandra and Sophia were the patients.

Karate Kids!

Happy Day for all!