Well today is a new day in the life of a couple of our members. That’s right! Promotions!!!!
Testing went great yesterday, and I am happy to tell those that tested, you are due to be promoted! Hooray! Tomorrow’s practice will involve ceremonial promotions along with a light practice.
A couple of things to keep in mind during promotions:
- Be ready to cheer on your fellow members and especially those ranked higher than you.
- You will be asked to remove your old belt; however, when you do so, do NOT let it touch the floor. Very important!
- Promotions will go by ranks. Sorry we don’t have time to promote and honor each and every person individually.
- There will be a lot of bowing. It is part of the honor of martial arts.
- When you are promoted, the class will bow to you and you will bow back to them.
- When your fellow members are promoted, you will bow to them and they will bow back to you.
I was very pleased by the respect Brandon JKN was greeted with and he was extremely pleased by everybody’s performance during testing.
After we get through promotions, we will review set #1 of Ssang Jool Bong, which is single. For those of you that would like, we have Ssang Jool Bong and you may purchase them from Bret. Next week, we will go over the set for doubles and it is optional practices. We may or may not be teaching new material that week depending on who attends practices. Study for your finals, and then come take a break and practice Kuk Sool before break!!!
One last note. Dave is graduating and so be sure to wish him luck after graduation if you see him around. I will try and see if he can come to practice.
Good Luck to everyone on their finals if I don’t see you after tomorrow!!!
Dan DBN
