Grading again soon

In Taekwondo today, I was kicking my mom. Max said that I did really well and that I've improved a lot lately. He also said that we need to practice  poomses. My grading is coming up, this time for blue belt. My mom needs to grade for red, and my sister has only one more belt before she's black. To grade for a black belt is really hard and complicated. First, you have to fight (sparr) with more than one opponent and know all the poomses and techniques. Second, you have to apply to Korea, where all the black belts are issued. From now on you're not a member of your national taekwondo club, but the world taekwondo club. Third, the applications take a long time to be processed and they cost $500. Ebbas black belt is already being processed, so she will probably grade for black within 6 months. Max told me, that when he was in Korea last summer, grading for his second dan black belt, he realised that we are really qualified for higher belts in Kenya. The really good taekwondo students has much lower belts than the ones in Korea. This might be because the cost of grading, but also on the examiners demands on the students.

For my next grading I need to do 3-4 poomses and manage all the kicks and combinations. I think I'm ready for it!