Awesome let me know how the test went. So what do you do at these tests?
New to all this stuff

Generally you just perform some techniques. I think yellow belt is something like, front kick, side kick, roundhouse kick, halfstep forefist strike, halfstep forefist strike with reverse punch. Then you do some defensive techniques which includes being "attacked" and you avoiding the punch and retaliating with a punch, or 2 or a kick.

Oh and the pain in the *** this time is that they've taken back kicks out of the orange belt grading that I did last time, and put them into green belt - which I do after red. NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! I thought I'd got away! NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! Back kicks! AAAAAAAARGH!

front kick, side kick, roundhouse kick our insturctor was teaching us those last night. and something called axe kick I think thats was he called it. But what killed me he had us partner up with someone I have to sit on the floor open my legs and the other person would put their feet inside and stretch us even more open OOUUUCCCHHHH then pull us forward OOOOUUUUCCCHHH again. What the **** is that for Except for spreading me open It was fun...LOL

mmm. no back kick yet but sounds like I don't want to know

Oooh axe kick is NICE! If you can do it without ducking your body down, that's great! I usually feel like I have to put some effort in to get there!

Have you had a nice stretch where you stand against a wall and you get your leg lifted straight up? They try to get mine on the wall behind me. It's fun if my sciatica isn't playing up!

The groin stretch is majorly good for you, it'll help you kick loads higher (specially high roundhouse and side kicks). I can almost do box splits, but then I pulled my groin a fair few weeks ago and now it comes and goes how far down I can get! Some days I've only got 8 inches to go, others I can't get past putting my elbows on the floor! Ah well, I must listen to that nagging injury, don't want to bust it completely!

Oh and back kick is basically a half turn and a side kick. Some people can do it really well, some people can't. Hmm. I now have a nice mental block over it because I've been told how crap they are so many times! Then last night after he'd told me they'd be in my next belt, then he asked me to demonstrate and I really REALLY screwed them up! They're about passable now, but I'm just pissed that I have to get graded on them AGAIN! Gah!

MMM. Leg lifted straight up trying to touch the wall ARE YOU NUTS....LOL I guess something to look forward to


I am really starting to enjoy Kickboxing maybe because they are finally getting to the good stuff.

Back Kick well at least they are passable if you start working at them again you do great.

Maybe one day I can do a box split that would be cool

I passed my belt test! Woooohoooooo!

Off to green belt next!

Got my green belt sheet yesterday! It's sooooo easy! Now watch me go mess it up!

I've got till the end of May to practise it all and get it spot on, then I might do so well I can skip a belt!

WOW you are on a roll YOU GO GIRL. I had boxing last night love it. Next month I am going to add another day of it. The instructor told me I was doing great and I should take more classes Can you picture it me beating up people and liking it...LOL

yeah boxing is very addictive

Have you read "The Boxer's Heart"? by Kate Secules, it's quite good. I read another female boxing book, but I can't remember who it's by or what it's called!

I have not but I will check it out. How many times a night do you go to your class?

I teach on Mondays, train on Tuesdays, have a double class on Thursdays then a private lesson on Saturdays. It's crazy and fitting in running and weights on top of that is a bit of a push! Oh and DF gets annoyed that I'm tired when it's bed-time. HELLO? It's BED TIME! That's when we're SUPPOSED to be tired...

At the moment I'm just running once a week and weight training full body once a week, so I actually have 2 non-workout days.

I've been asked if I want to be an instructor for real from October. That means money ch-ching!

I would train more often if we lived nearer. We used to live just round the corner, then we had to move because of jobs and things but I still go. It's a 40 mile round trip but it's worth it

Oh and I was training last night and we were practising jumping side kicks and juping roundhouse kicks, I wasn't touching this guy, but he said, "It's ok, you can kick me..." So I promptly kicked him in the nuts... Not intentional of course

OH MY GOD poor guy...LOL

40miles you go girl I don't know if I would do something like that

Wow you have a busy week but you know men don't want to hear your tired I get yelled at about that to.

Wow~You are flying through your belts! Good for you! It will take me about 2-3 months per belt, but that's actually okay with me. I am sore from kick cardio last night, but it was fun!

I spent about 3 months training for my red, but the green belt test is at the end of May, so I suppose that's 2 months time. I hope to do blue quicker since it's just compass punches and kicks, which are easy!