Hey guys! Wow this post is a little late but that's okay. On June 10th My uncle Glenn(above) received his master of Taekwondo rank. It was a really cool ceremony. It was really special to our family because we all used to take Teakwondo from his school. Sharon and Emily both received first degree black belts andt I received second degree black. So this was really cool because we got to see all the people who used to take with us have come so far. It made me miss it alot.
There was a great deal of variety in this ceremony. They also had testings and midterms for blackbelts and Tai Chi students. It was simply amazing to see all these people doing there forms and breaking these boards. I just sat there in disbelief that I had ever done all that stuff before. That was a long time ago! Lol! One of the neatest things was that my aunts brother coriagraphed all the forms that were shown. It was absolutely amazing!
The final ceremony was extremely touching. One of the required characteristics of a Master is gratitude and My uncle and the other man getting his masters with him had to show there gratitude to everyone that helped them get to that point. My uncle gave several little statues to members of the family including my mom, his sister. The best part was when he gave these engraved swords to two people. My uncle has several kid safety videos published and travels around the country to schools and such holding seminars on safety and bullying. The reason he started this was because he was bullied when he was in school and a friend of his that saved him from all that torture in school was at that ceremony. It was very touching to see my uncle give that sword to someone who meant so much to him. He them gave a sword to my grandfather would traveled from Illanois to be there. Talk about a sob fest. It was a really great time that I enjoyed immensly! I took some videos wiht my camera but this blogspot has trouble uploading things sometimes. I'll keep trying so keep checking in.