Black Belt Test Pictures

On this day, May 13th, 2006, two people attempt to complete their journey to black belt, by taking a test. This is a chronicle in pictures of that event. Click on a small image to view a larger image. Note these are really large pictures. (Special thanks to Amy, wife of Brent one of our ukes and AFKA student, for taking pictures during the test.)

Trying to front kick Mr. Anderson hard			Back falls
Side falls	Side fall -- the other way	Front break fall	Either a front roll or rolling out of a back fall
	Probably the free fall	Yeah, that's the free fall alright	This next group of pictures is during the kata (forms) portion of the test of which there were 10 katas


		On to Judo! (Ron is my uke in this portion of the test)	Although Brent substituted for this particular move
Kase Gatame	Ron trying to get out (i.e. Judo grappling)

	Choke holds! Hey Anthony!	Scheduled break!
Self defenses Anthony is my uke in this portion of the test
			Mmmmm.......armbar


		This is the self defense my knee goes out on	I landed wrong while executing a turn
Getting all iced up!	Angelica all alone on the mat :(

The official belts are not in yet, but since we passed we were awarded a temporary belt Monday night after class. Pictures in this section were taken by June (another AFKA student).

The judges' station	The school's logo	Angelica -- the other testee	Anthony -- one of the ukes
Ron & Michael -- two of the ukes	Angelica, Anthony, Michael, me, & Brent	Another picture of us	Mr. & Mrs. Anderson -- two of the judges

Angelica getting her belt
Me getting my belt
Pictures afterwards		Kind of hard seeing the black belt with the black gi, isn't it?