Breaking Boards

Cole continues his love for karate and just completed his required testing to become a senior brown belt. This means he has only red and black belts left to accomplish. Each of these will take several months to complete. A new requirement for Cole is breaking boards. I thought they would be chopping big planks of wood, instead the boards are different colors of plastic that snap together. Each color increases in difficulty and is determined by age and rank. Cole had to break the orange board with both his hand and his foot to pass the test, along with his forms and sparring. Judd decided that Cole needed his own boards at home for practice, so he bought three different boards. I love to see Judd breaking boards, too. We are proud of you, Cole!


It's always fun to see Cole "in the zone" before testing


Executing his brown belt forms


Are you kidding me? This is who Cole was paired with for sparring...an adult karate student!


This is much better!


Hi--yah!