Photos
from the Wyoming State
Color Belt Test January 24, 2009
Held at Master Martin's in Casper.
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Notes on
the testing from Mr. Johnson, Wyoming State Director
The progress of technique improvement is something that is
clear to see whether the observer is a Taekwon-Do instructor,
student, family, or any other interested person. This improvement
of technique happens regardless of age, gender or even ability.
It is the time spent training that makes the difference in improvement.
Some will always look better than others but when we observe
over time there is an increase of awareness and understanding
across the board in all who practice the art of Taekwon-Do. |

Receiving instructions from Mr. Cunningham |

Master Martin wishing all the testers well |

Group pattern
Chon-Ji |
10th and 9th Gup to 8th - No longer innocent
as they are gaining knowledge of Taekwon-Do and beginning to have
an awareness of, and understand how their bodies work. |

White Belts warming up |

patterns... |

4-Direction Exercise
|

Chon-Ji |

Chon-Ji |

kicking |

kicking |

step sparring |

step sparring |

ho-sin-sul |

ho-sin-sul |
way to go, white belts! |
8th Gup to 7th - Comments
from the test board; this is a good group. They are working hard
at it; you can see it in their faces but they are wearing themselves
out. Now they need to work hard and learn to relax at the same
time. This will take a lifetime to perfect but will carry over
to other parts of their lives as well, a life skill. Look in the
correct direction and see the target, the blocking tool and attacking
tool or you will miss, you must see it to hit it. Rub or press
the pressure points until your partner jumps or taps to understand
the effectiveness of these points. |

Yellow belts... |

Dan-Gun |

demonstrating kicks |

step sparring |

step sparring |

ho-sin-sul |

demonstrating... |

joint locks. |

demonstrating... |

an understanding... |

of... |

pressure points. |
7th Gup to 6th - These guys
mean business! Please remember etiquette format at all times. |

High yellow belts... |

Do-San |

Do-San
|

kicking |

kicking |

kicking |

step sparring |

step sparring |
6th Gup to 5th - Technique
is much smoother now they are warming up to the way Taekwon-Do
should be performed. They are a bit more relaxed. |

Won-Hyo |

Won-Hyo
|

demonstrating.. |

kicks... |

nice tuck! |

way to fly! |

step sparring |

ho-sin-sul |

ho-sin-sul |

ho-sin-sul |

turning kick break |

side kick break |
5th Gup to 4th - Whip it,
whip it good! They are showing some balance with double, consecutive
and combination kicking. On the flying kicks they still have their
landing gear down while in the air. They need a little more confidence
in themselves and an instructor who insists on tuck to overcome
this problem. In step sparring they are showing good application
of blocks and counter attacks. |

warming up |

Yul-Gok |

Yul-Gok, x-stance |

nice pattern. |

demonstrating kicks |

flying kicks |

good height |

and hang time. |

step sparring |

counter attacks...
|

showing.. |

application, |

angle and distance. |

ho-sin-sul |

it's good they learned.. |

how to fall! |
|

everyone had foot breaks |

and hand breaks |
|
4th Gup to 3rd - A real trooper,
good intensity and quickness also shows perseverence to work through
and overcome certain medical condition. Bravo. |

warm-up pattern Yul Gok |

Toi-Gye |

Toi-Gye |

demonstrating kicks |

step sparring |

ho-sin-sul |

ho-sin-sul |

flying side kick break |
|

Best Ho-Sin-Sul - Mr. Frerie (Master Martin)
Best Break - Mr. Pike (Mr. Sisco)
Best Pattern - Mr. Waldron (Master Martin)
with Mr. Johnson, Master Martin, Mr. Sisco |

Great test, everyone! |
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