Recommended 2nd Degree Black Belt

Well it is official I have a recommended 2nd degree black belt in the house. Ryan has been taking karate for almost 4 years.  He worked for 2 1/2 years to get his 1st degree black belt and now a 1 1/2yr later he will be ready to test for his 2nd degree black belt in February 2014.  He has shown great commitment and dedication to karate and has made some great friends along the way.  When he was 6 years old and wanted to take karate I explained to him what commitment meant, apparently I did a good job explaining and he did a great job understanding it because here we are 4 years later and I couldn't be prouder. Below is Ryan getting ready to smash his boards for recommended 2nd black belt testing with his buddies, Alec and Blake Houff.

 Always silly after belt ceremony with his friends.