Orange Belt Decided

Jaxton & Cooper and excelling in Tae Kwon Do!  They have loved it, so we have kept up their classes.  It is a great opportunity for them to learn values, which they emphasize and teach weekly, and to learn to to respect and honor their instructors.  They also have to learn choreographed "forms" with different Taekwondo moves.  They are "Tiny Tigers," which is the classification for kids under 6, so each color belt takes them twice as long as a big kid since they are so young.  So, for each color belt, they have to learn that color's "form" or choreographed moves.  For Tiny Tigers, they break the entire "form" into two parts and the kids get tested on half of it the first time and then the entire form the second time to then earn the next color, yellow.  This testing was the first half of the orange belt form.  They performed well and felt so honored to be sitting with the black belts and other big kids who have earned things too.  They keep their orange belt color, but they received a tiger patch on the end of their belt, signifying that they have completed the first half of the orange belt form.  Next, they will work on the second half and at the next testing they will perform the entire orange belt choreography.  It is a very fun "sport" for them and allows them to compete against themselves more or less.  It does bring them confidence in knowing they have this "sport" they know and enjoy that is a bit unique amongst their friends!