Martha the Red Belt

Tuesday night was a good night for Martha. She came along to the dojo with me ready to do her Shotokan Karate  red belt grading. What she didn't expect was that she'd be grading next to the club's black belts!

We were asked to line up with the senior grades - black and brown belts - before the grading began. Then we were immediately asked to perform two kata with the senior grades, making it a very high-pressure situation indeed!

After this came some simple one step sparring along with some basic blocks and kicks (mawashi geri, yoko geri and mae geri).

Martha was very brave at all times and she didn't make any mistakes. Her karate is strong.

After the lesson, we had our licenses updated and were presented with our new certificates.

I'm very proud of Martha in her second grading. I predict that she'll be a black belt before she's 19 years old!