We now have a blue belt in the house. Grant was the first in his class to test for his belt. The kata he learned for this belt had a knife hand move that was cool. He did great.
Testing was last Friday right after school and then the belts were awarded today in class. Out of about thirty kids there are only 5 or 6 that are upper belts. After class the upper belts stood together looking at each other’s belt and talking. When they first started as white belts the group didn’t interact much, they’re too busy learning the moves. The upper belts help teach the beginners during the class, but the relationship is definitely teacher to student, not peer to peer.
The color of the belt the student’s rank. Grant started as a white belt, progressed to yellow, then orange, and now blue.
Now that Grant is an official upper belt we’ll see what the added perk of seniority brings. So far a big smile has appeared.
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