We are so very very proud of David. He has been taking it so seriously and working very hard. He attends classes two or three times a week and practices at home. He has shown a great deal of maturity and demonstrated real responsibility. We are lucky to have found such a great karate school. (Locals, I cannot recommend Karate America Verona enough!)
David's goal was to earn his gold belt before we moved, and he knew he would have to work hard to accomplish that goal.
Here he is about halfway to his goal. As he and the other white belts worked towards their gold belts, they earned stripes to mark their progress.
Then, after much hard work and dedication, David was awarded his gold belt on Friday, June 14. Hooray!!
The students displayed their skills at the belt graduation ceremony ...
David receives his gold belt from Mr. C ...
... along with the requisite pat on the head ...
Congratulations to David!!
(After putting our kids in this that and the other activity and camp and whatnot, I think they are each settling into interests they want to pursue, at least for the time being, and, importantly, we found wonderful programs for them.....and now we are moving. Boo hoo. We will definitely miss Ballet U and Karate America Verona. Sigh.)
