The test involved some white belts moving up to orange belt, all the way to a couple of red belts moving up to red-black belts (last test before their black belt for these guys). These tests involve exercises, board-breaking, hand forms, weapon forms, and free-styling.
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| Board breaking using a stomp. |
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| Jeannie in between exercises. |
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| Performing a lesson that involves kicks from a sitting position. |
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| Miss Azieh getting ready to assist a student with a dagger lesson. |
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| Sai kata. |
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| A Broadsword kata by Victor. |
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| Jeannie staying out of the circle in her freestyle three-on-one test. |
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| Victor and Mr Pollack (Instructor) mixing it up during one-on-one freestyle. |
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| Board breaking with a left hooking heel. |
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| Modesta's turn with her left hooking heel. |
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| Dawson with a right hooking heel. |
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| Victor going through that plywood with power and technique. |
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| Goodbye Orange Belt, Hello Yellow Belt! |
Technical Notes: Gear used was a 5D with 24-70L and a 70-200 IS L. Most of the images posted here were taken with the 70-200 at ISO 800-1000 and at f 3.5. Not wanting to be a distraction with flash, all shots were with the ambient florescent lighting in the studio with white balance corrections made in Photoshop.
