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I am testing for my black belt in a week. What are some last minute preperations i need to do. I am 12 years old and i have been doing TKD for 3 years.
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Willie
I am testing for my black belt in a week. What are some last minute preperations i need to do. I am 12 years old and i have been doing TKD for 3 years.
FELL FREE TO IM ME tkdheel.
Willie
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kali_ma17
May 11th, 2008 at 12:06 am
Martin
Just be well rested and eat a light meal before your belt testing. You have already prepared over the last three yrs.
Roger J
May 14th, 2008 at 8:30 am
Eddie
Go for It girl, like the above answer said you will do fine, you been training for 3 years after all, if there is any last minute training I would say make sure you are well stretched out. Sadly in my style it takes 5 years to get black belt (2 more years to go). Let us know how it gos.
DaMatrix
May 15th, 2008 at 12:49 am
Lucy
Just concentrate on what you need to do, and dont get nervous. instead feel focused and have a serious face like the ufc fighters or boxers have before they get into the ring..
GOOD LUCK!!!!
Xin Yao
May 16th, 2008 at 12:12 am
Roland
ooh goodluck
make sure you’ve practiced your patterns enough and be confident
be prepared for sparring and breaking
where are you testing?
Roy B
May 17th, 2008 at 12:26 pm
Mildred
Well, in my martial art of choice (judo) it can take upwards of eight or ten years to get your black belt, and i have yet to see one under the age of seventeen. If you are being tested for your blackbelt, you should need no last minute preperations, in fact, you should have been ready for this a long time ago, you should be beyond a rookie black belt and consider your black belt just a decoration on your gi. The test should not be to see if you are good enough to be a blackbelt, you should have known this for quite a while, the test for you should just be a formality now.
My honest opinion is that if you don’t believe that you deserve your black belt, then you don’t deserve it, no last minute preparations are needed now if you truly deserve it, just go hard and do what you know how to do, which should exceed your sensei’s (or if it is called something else in taknwondo, sorry.)expectations. don’t be in your martial art to obtain belt ranks and flaunt yourself, it should just be about bettering yourself, who cares if anyone else knows how good you are? they are only secondary to how good you know you are.
chuck U
May 17th, 2008 at 3:46 pm
Tara
Very cool!
As was stated above, you’ve been preparing for the last three years:
*Practice your forms (katas) to ease the tension and to reassure yourself.
*Eat something light, and get a decent night’s sleep before you test (hard to do, I know, but you’ll manage).
Good luck! Please let me know how it went, okay?
(;=]
yupchagee
May 19th, 2008 at 12:39 am
Joy
Practice a lot for the next few days, but take off the day before you test & relax. Go through everything gently on the day of the test. Make sure you get a good nights sleep before you test.
Good Luck!
Carlos C
May 21st, 2008 at 9:52 am
Gregory
I am a 3rd Degree (Sam Dan) Black Belt in Taekwondo with 16 years experience; I actually tested for my 1st Degree when I was 9 years old.
Practice, practice, practice…the way I was taught was that as a first degree, your main goal and focus is to have gained the knowledge and understanding of all of the poomses (forms) for these are the backbone of the 1st degree Black Belt course.
As far as last minute things…make sure you know more or less what your teacher and/or judges will be looking for when you test…remember to always breathe when showing forms and other material…breathing technique is a part of overall performance and makes for smoother and more flowing actions. Stay focused at the task at hand…
lollpop16
May 23rd, 2008 at 3:41 pm
Jeffery
with a black belt grading in a week the best thing i would recommend is rest because if you are going for a black belt you will have done months of vigorous training and years of background preparation. just make sure that everything you are going to do is ready in your mind so on the day you can just do it. on the day of your grading/testing make sure you eat a light meal of slow burning high energy food eg pasta but be sure to eat enough because it seriously affects the way you train. i wish you the best of luck with your grading.
Ray H
May 25th, 2008 at 1:17 am
Audrey
First , keep training .
Second, make sure your techniques are clean .
Third , relax , your only twelve , no stress .
Fourth , this is the most important one , have fun !!!
Good Luck .
sam
May 27th, 2008 at 4:31 am
Jared
I m black belt. U can call me Sam. Well last minute preparation for black belt test is to memorize all the katas,kicks, and weapons keeping in mind right stanze
quiksilver8676
May 27th, 2008 at 4:25 pm
Claudia
just make sure that you get plenty of rest the night before the testing, eat a good breakfast, stretch out and warm up real good before the testing strats.
if you feel that there are some areas: Terminology, forms, kicking or punching techniques (including breaking techniques, if any), one step sparring, and free sparring, that you may need to polish up on then give yourself a quick boot camp time each class to focus on those spots.
or just for grins and giggles, go ahead and go over them anyway, it never hurts to double up on your studies and be absolutely sure you’ve got it down.
Bard Noir
May 30th, 2008 at 4:25 pm
Rhonda
I’d recommend meditating personally, visualize your techniques and katas – teach yourself to totally relax. You don’t want your technique to look robotic and rigid. What typically happens is you get so nervous at the grading itself (especially for something huge like this) you start OVER thinking. Train your mind to just flow from one technique to the next and your body will follow.
Ace_of_spades
May 30th, 2008 at 5:06 pm
Jason
Practice all your forms 2 or 3 times and you should be fine.
Holly Jolly
June 2nd, 2008 at 6:37 pm
Clinton
Just concentrate! Don’t get nervous, stay calm, and focus. Go to bed at a good time, and eat a good meal (but not a heavy meal!). Practice your forms until you are sure you will nail them, and study any curriculum you may have! GOOD LUCK!!! : )
starswimmer425
June 3rd, 2008 at 7:08 pm
Glenn
practice your form
stretch
eat light
drink lots of water!!!! especially if youre sparring
14 y/o L3 1st degree
samurai
June 5th, 2008 at 5:23 am
Lauren
Just be well rested and eat a light meal before your belt testing. You have already prepared over the last three years.
Ninjato
June 8th, 2008 at 1:46 am
Jeanette
Congratulations, you should start from say your ready stance all the way up to all you have been taught. I do Chun Kuk Do Karate and I’m gonna be testing for my blue belt soon, so I practice like crazy. So my tip is to start from the beginning to the end and I guarantee you’ll get it.
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