Second Attempt - Robin's testing...

[telaryn]

Okay -- I appear to have figured out what I did. There really should be working vids under the cut.

Really.

Honestly. :)

Edit - #1 and #5 are working for everybody, but #2, #3, and #4 are apparently not. They all work for me, so let me reload them and see if that works.

Son of Edit: Denied. I'll keep working on it, but don't bother clicking 2, 3, or 4 until I re-post.

Idiot Child of Edit: Fixed.



Okay -- this is Robin doing her 2nd degree pattern. At this point she's been testing for two hours, and it's been forty-five minutes since her last break.

It's also sideways because I suck.

This is her doing her 2nd degree brown stripe pattern fifteen minutes later. This is the last pattern she learned for her testing. Also sideways.

This one is her air shield attack testing. Two minutes for her to demonstrate as many attacks as she can on a physical target.

Her favorite portion of any testing is "Red Man". This is where she gets to pull full contact on an opponent. In the past, she has done such outrageous things as head-butt the face grille. She was seriously pleased Friday night because she knocked him over -- she hasn't been able to do that for a while.

Last, but hardly least, is her board breaking. You can see the nervous energy starting to take hold in the second and third breaks. This was at the three hour and forty-five minute mark for the evening, and honestly -- I think she startled herself by taking the first board in one shot.

I am sorry I don't have pictures of last night -- the camera was screwy, and I did put out a request that anybody who got shots send me copies. Entirely of her own volition, Robin was dressed up, groomed, charming, and getting double-takes from just about everybody. Her "speech" upon receiving her black belt was smoothly delivered and well received, and she spent most of the night socializing with kids her own age.

All in all, an awesome weekend.



Okay...exhausting more than anything else. :)

Comments

[lawperry.livejournal.com]

Robin is AWESOME

Unfortunately, vids 2,3 and 4 are saying they are no longer available. Wahhhhhh!!!!

But seriously... Robin ROCKS!

[telaryn.livejournal.com]

Try again -- I'm pretty sure I got it this time. *facepalm*

[lawperry.livejournal.com]

That worked!!!

Your kid has some serious stamina... and guts!

SCORE against red man, too!! LOVE IT!

:::cheering::: Give her a big ol' smooch from Auntie Laura. This is a helluva milestone!

[telaryn.livejournal.com]

I can't believe that this is the same child a few years back (within the lifespan of this LJ) that was having to be medicated for irrational fears and panic attacks. You should see her self-confidence right now -- it's everything I could have ever wished for her.

[eccequambonum.livejournal.com]

w000t on the two i can see, and dammit, i want 2, 3 and 4 to be available because i love this girl!!

[telaryn.livejournal.com]

Fixed now!

I hope.

[eccequambonum.livejournal.com]

that is so full of awesome! :D

so. love. Robin. glomp on her some more for me. :)

[telaryn.livejournal.com]

Will do...thanks! As I told one of the mothers from Scotland: "I could literally go on and on about how wonderful I think my daughter is."

[eccequambonum.livejournal.com]

well, you should go on and on!! she IS that wonderful!

(which also means, wow, what a mom!!)

[mom23cats.livejournal.com]

saw themm...very good!!!

[telaryn.livejournal.com]

Thanks! It was incredible watching her do it.

[happygoth.livejournal.com]

Robin is teh r0x0rz.

She can has brown stripe?

[telaryn.livejournal.com]

Hee! Actually she is higher than a brown stripe -- they're only required to learn up to the belt level they currently are in their testing for the next level.

Third degree black belt. She was literally vibrating when she actually got the thing Saturday night -- it's been her goal ever since she started studying at this school.