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On April 19, 2008 I achieved my First degree Black Belt
This had to be the most important test of my life
Like in my red belt test, after bowing in, We started off with 100 jumping jacks,
Then we did line work:

kicks(front snap kick, roundhouse kick, step behind and scoop sidekicks, step behind hook kicks, rear kicks, spinning wheel kicks, spinning heel kicks)

Hand work(punchs, eye strikes, grab throat break jaw, strike throat break nose, spinning back hand, ridge hand strikes, Suto moki's)

Then we got a 45 second break. Then I had to do all 12 of my Kata's(an exercise consisting of several of the specific movements of a martial art, for those who dont know what a kata is)
Then we broke some boards i did a open palm strike and successfuly broke one, inch thick 8 by 8, then i had to break another one with a Front snap kick

Then i had to break a arrow(25lbs draw back) with the point of it at the bottum of my neck, i had to lean forward and break it, i did

Then i had to fight 7 black belts that were watching the test 1 after another.
There were at least 15 Black belts on the board.

The scariest thing is if one black belt doesn't think you did good enough, YOU FAIL

I PASSED