tae kwan do

As of 4 August, Azraf is now officially registered in the tae kwan do club. I think there's someone else his age, unless she's just small for a 4 y.o.

He has been so eager to enrol. This guy would be TKD'ing by himself at home, following the moves he saw when watching the older ones in their TKD class. We were thinking July but July just rolled through and we just waited for August.

So I had him registered, and he got his uniforms straight away. But then shyness struck. He didn't want to change into the uniform and joined the class that was already going on. But I managed to coax him by promising to stand just outside the training area. So he changed, and went in, I don't think the Master was quite thrilled at first to have another newbie who seemed just too young to take in his instructions :). But he was pretty patient. And a few steps (or whatever you call their moves), Azraf went into the swing of things. Too enthusiastic especially when they were doing the kicking moves in twos. His favourite part of course was when they got to shout 'tae kwon do.'

We've been teasing Hania that soon Azraf will catch up with her, and at the rate she is going, that's not impossible!

current standings.
Ilya & Syazmi: Black Belt 1st Poomse

(congratulations! they just earned their black belt this month, and are justifiably proud, they're asking to have the certs framed on the living room wall for everyone to see).

Amjad: Red
Syakira: Blue
Hania: Yellow Green
Azraf: White

the grades: white - white yellow - yellow - yellow green - green - green blue - blue - blue red - red - red black - black belt 1st poomse - (I'm not sure what they call the upper grades of black belt, I'll know when the kids move up :)).