I fight!

Now you get to see me do some sparring. Satoko took this video at my karate test today. I'm on the right, with a black helmet and white gloves. I am fighting my friend Shane.



Punches to the head and kicks to the groin are against the rules. This was one of 4 parts of the test. The others are basics (showing off kicking, punching, blocking, etc), kata (performing certain memorized sequences of moves), and some physical challenges like stretching and standing on your hands (I failed those two, but did all right on the rest, so I think I'm okay...). I think I did all right overall. I probably passed. The question is if I have a chance to go up more than one rank, which only happens when you really impress the judges. Dunno.