Copyright © 2004 by Bill Qualls. Last updated October 29, 2004.
| On October 23, 2004 I received my black belt in tae kwon do from LaFox Martial Arts in Wasco, Illinois. Here are a few photos from that day. | |
| My daughter Cora and her husband Peter live in Michigan. They surprised me by showing up...with homemade t-shirts! Shirts refer to a family joke of two years ago. |
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| Test begins with 1 mile run, 50 pushups, 100 leglifts or situps. |
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| Then line drills, which were conducted by Juan Moreno - former world champion and 2 time Olympic Silver Medalist. High point of the day was Juan telling me that my technique has really improved since he saw me last year. Then sparring. |
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| Then poomse (forms) |
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| Then board breaks and busting through concrete (photos didn't turn out well at all.) Finally, it's over! |
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| Cora and Peter made a shirt for me too! |
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| Peter, Cora, my teacher Vicky Vandiver, me, and Juan Moreno |
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| My friend from church Jamie Mather made cookies for me. The cookies were wrapped with a black ribbon (black belt.) |
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| My mom came from California to watch my test. Proud mom, loving son. |
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| It was a great journey. The test was on a Saturday. On Monday morning I got up and ran 3 miles, did 4 sets of 30 pushups, 2 sets of 50 leg lifts, and 100 crunches on the ab bench. Afterall, as I see it, it is the first day of "second dan" training! | |
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