tae kwon do tests

the officer and my son had a tae kwon do test on saturday. the officer tested for his blue stripe on his green belt and my son tested for his black stripe on his red belt. this test wasn't as long as most of them are. master lee was aware that a lot of people wanted to get home to watch the OU/texas game (way to go sooners).

one of the first things they do is stretch out. my son always gets a little giggle from the stretching. when they do the splits, they are supposed to go down as far as they can. in this picture below the officer is in the background and he is literally as far down as he can go. my son is in the foreground and smiling because he can go further down than his dad. he can go all the way to the ground when he is in sitting splits.

when the angle was just right, i was able to get them both in the picture.

after they did their forms, they had to spar and break boards.

don't know if you can see it, but there is a board, right above the officer's head to the left. he sent his board flying to the ceiling!