Gold Belt!

It has taken him 2 years and 9 months to earn his gold belt in karate. This officially marks the end of the childrens program, but since Hayden is not even 7 yet he will have to remain in the same classes till he reaches 7 years old. Then the instructors will evaluate him and see if he is ready to move up.
Here he is testing with his new teacher Mr. Kook.


Our golden boy :)
We are all very proud of him for working so hard and going twice, sometimes, three times a week to get this far.
After the first of the year he will have to decide if he would like to continue on. The commitments in the youth program are different than they are now and we need to get him to like sparring as well but one battle at a time.