This past weekend was the first promotion test of 2012 at Arirang Taekwondo club (the dojang I am a member of). There were lots of us grading (some for the first time ever) and even more of us watching. Grading is a time to show the "judges" what you know, and in a few days we will find out our mark. We are graded on attendance, technique, form, power, speed, combinations, poomsae... basically everything that we do is taken into account, numbers are crunched and we get a % grading. Although we do not yet know the marks, everyone did their best and that is what matters. (I am sure everyone passed!)
I could continue to write about what we do at a promotion test... or you could watch it! Below we are doing the technique portion, and poomsae (pattern) portion of the grading.
In my opinion, the best part of grading is the board breaking. We got to pick our upper body and lower body skills we showed the judges. Kimberly and I both used a knife-hand, round house kick and jumping front kick to break our boards. Ali broke her three boards with a punch to the solar plexus, front kick and jumping front kick.
A job well done by all! :)
If you are in Korea and are thinking to yourself "Hey I want to try this out!" come check it out!
Airirang Taekwondo Club
Subway Stn. Sookmyung Women's Univeristy, Exit 1
Walk straight out the exit for about 5 minutes
You will pass a gas station, outdoor stoor then a car dealership with approximately 6 cars inside. Right after the Peguot car dealership, on your right hand side there will be a door / starewell. Go up to the third floor.
Practice at 7 & 8:30 M-F, 4:30 on Saturdays & 2:00 Sundays.
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