Purple Belt Test
On March 20th, 2024 I took my Purple Belt Test. Here are some pictures: Here I broke 4 boards with a spinning back kick. Took 4 tries. I felt very much ready for this test, and while I saw improvement, I feel as if my improvement wasn't as significate as it could have been. This is my lessons learnt: 1. I was dedicated to doing particular stretches (sitting leg stretch, touch toes, butterfly stretch), but I need to expand my number of stretches. Want to add one legged swat stretch, lunge stretch, front and side splits). 2. I need to spend more time working on my 1 step sparring. My kicks were rushed and not very good. Want to work on quality of the movements, while doing them quick. In addition, while not part of testing, I want to improve my performance of the Tornado Kick, and doing get away, and counter sticking. One thing I don't want to stop is my slow 3 second breakdown of my side kick. This ha