On Friday, October 26, Fischer got to take his first belt test for karate! When he started, his belt was plain white. His test was so that he could get the white belt with a black stripe! Here he is with Addison waiting on everything to start.
It wasn't just him - it was a large group with a variety of belt colors, so it was fun to watch all of them do their different skills.
Fischer was the youngest one there! There are several other 3 years olds in his classes but he was the only one testing on this particular night, so that made me a little nervous! But he didn't seem to notice he was the youngest one...
The whole thing took about an hour. There was a lot of waiting involved, but overall, he did a pretty good job. The instructor, Mr. Mike, was good about making sure he got to move around and go first on some of the things.
He ran laps (all alone, and ended up just falling flat out on the floor once he got too tired... it was so funny!)...
He grappled (wrestled)...
Fought the purple man...
Did jumping jacks and push ups (he got his own little red square because he kept venturing into the other squares)...
And finally, got his new belt! Here he with with Mr. Mike!
Jim and Dianne came to watch and support him too, and they treated him (and us) to a delicious pizza dinner to celebrate. I'm so sad I didn't get a picture of Fischer with them!!
We are so proud of Fischer and can't wait until his next belt test!
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