At our dojo the instrutors and families go on a camping trip about twice a year. We have done basic tia chi moves on the break waters on Lake Michigan in northern Wisconsin. This was very cool and gives us somthing to talk about on those cold winter day. So on a cold winter day we will go to the beach the wavves going in, the wavvves going out. We are required to take written test for promotions up to black belt, but they are not pass/fail. They are for knowledge only.