In Portland Oscar and Calvin have been training in a mixed martial arts for almost 2 1/2 years. Calvin was 3 1/2 and Oscar was 5 1/2 when they started. It has been awesome in every way and we've become convinced that all of our boys should be trained in some form of martial arts.
Then we moved. We had to leave our beloved martial arts studio behind.
Enter Robinson's TaeKwonDo. That is where we train now. And by WE.... I mean ALL FIVE of us.
We knew all the boys would start. Jack is now 3 1/2..... the same age Calvin was when he started. Then Darren and I got talked into training too. And let me tell you..... it is HARD. I've had friends talk about cross-fit sessions that are 20m of non stop hard work until you almost want to throw up. We do that.... and THEN we do 30m of martial arts training. It has been a great family activity. Jack is in the Little Dragons program, starting as a white belt. Calvin and Oscar started at a higher belt because of their previous training. And Darren and I started at white belt. Here is Oscar and Calvin in their sparing gear. I'm not entirely sure Calvin could fight with all of this on... but never the less... here it is!
Tonight we all had our first belt test. Everyone did great. We are all so proud. And three of us got to break boards!
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