Jake's Karate Graduation

Not sure I can write this without shedding a tear.  3 months ago Brian had the brilliant idea to sign Jake up for karate.  I was not sold on karate and the idea of spending 45 minutes 4 days a week at the studio was not appealing.  Sure enough little by little he has improved and earned stripes on his belt.  They asked him to join black belt training and he got a new uniform with patches.  Saturday he had a graduation.  He found out he was getting a new belt (white with an orange stripe).  He was beyond excited!  

So we show up and they line the kids up and do drills.  The bigger kids show off their moves and it is really fun.  The instructor told me they would be breaking boards but honestly in my mind I was thinking the plastic things they play with sometimes.  Oh no.  Every single student would be breaking an actual piece of wood.  I really thought there was no way Jake would do this.  They didn't practice it or even tell them about it in class.

   

Finally it was Jake's turn and he walked right up there.  Kicked once and didn't do it.  Then he stepped back and broke that board.  It was amazing!  I am pretty sure Brian and I were the proudest parents in the room.  And I got it all on 7 seconds of video!

Awesome job Jake!