2010 POOM BELT GRADING

October 10, a day I waited so anxiously...more than Shawn, definitely...presumably, as all mothers will be. I have been telling Shawn..."it's RM200, you had better do it properly...practice whenever you have time....bla bla bla"...my son, I have no doubt in him, but just wanna put in some pressure - he needs that!

The Poom grading was held at M.K Taekwondo's HQ in Wisma MPL at 3pm.
Jenny, Jones, Joey & Anvie tagged along to cheer Shawn! It was a good experience to know how the grading was conducted.

There were 5 of them, 1 malay kid (Asraf), I think same age with Shawn, and 3 seniors. They were tested on Taekkyon 5, 7, 8, then with Basic moves, Kicks, 1-set sparring & 3 sets of Breakings. At the end, each one has to do Sit-ups, Pumpings & High Jumps - 20x each!

Joey and Anvie enjoying themselves while waiting for the grading to start.

Anvie & koko – as always sucking on sweets!!

Shawn practicing his Taekkyon. I believed he was a bit nervous cos’ he forgot some steps in Taekkyon 2 while practicing and Anvie had to show him. Again, as always, both not willing to give in and ended arguing!

Started with Taekkyon 8

Sir Shawn showing the next kicks that they were supposed to do

1-set sparring partnered with Asraf

Sparring, again partnered with Asraf

1st Breaking

20 times pumping

We were watching the videos over and over again at night, making so much comments and noise. Giggles and laughter filled the air at almost 11pm.

Look at Anvie imitating Koko's moves...I wonder if she can break the planks when her time comes. Cannot imagine she do sparring...OMG!! Can you imagine that she attend Ballet lessons??? LOL

Yes, no joke, every Saturday morning she attend Ballet for an hour and then doing her Taekkyon in the afternoon for 3 hrs!

They will know their results this coming Saturday, 9 October. "They" means Joey and Anvie as well. If they pass, Joey will be upgraded to Yellow 2, Anvie-Green 1 and Shawn-Poom! Again, I am always the anxious one....sigh..

See ya again!