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KickChick, He has started to see the benifits of me taking Karate. He likes the way my body is starting to tone up after having our second child! He has also helped me train and has noticed I am lot faster than I used to be!

I really am in the "over 25" bunch! 31 to be exact. I am an Orange belt in American Kempo Karate so far I have tested twice, getting ready to test December 14th for my Blue Belt. 3 months per belt up to Blue after that I'm not sure how long it will be inbetween testing.

SuperLeeds, I get nervous to! Make sure you get plenty of sleep the night before, eat at least 45 minutes prior to testing, are well hydrated, Go to the bathroom prior to testing. Do your best! That's all you can do. If you mess up don't stop! Keep going! Best of luck to you! I test for my Blue Belt the 2nd week of December.

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How is your relationship at home other than Karate? Are you meeting each others "needs"? Our relationship is great. I can honestly say "yes" we are meeting each others needs in my opinion. We have 4 children, ages are 9, 7, 2, and 10 months. I am 32 and she is 31. Now, she is a stay at home mom, the most underrated, underpaid, thankless job in the world. BUT, one of the most important! We have 2 children, ages 3 1/2, and one. I am 31 and he is 37. I am also a stay at home mom (Thank you for the compliment about stay at home moms) I asked him if he felt we needed me to or wanted me to work part time and he said absolutely not. Now you can imagine what kind of energy level we have for one another. Sometimes ZERO! You need to worry about your marriage first and foremost if you love each other. Sometimes zero is right! He and I have talked and we both feel our marriage and family come first. If my wife said tomorrow, which she wouldn't, QUIT! I wouldn't hesitate. What makes my wife happy makes me happy. Would I regret? Yeah, but I would get over it. There is generally a tomorrow. If my husband quit, I would say why did you push me to get a hobby outside the house. Then once I find one and am into it and enjoy it you tell me not ask me to quit. I have tried to get him to get outside hobbies but he doesn't want to. Best advice, get him to talk about his misgivings about you learning Karate. If it just has to do with the children, he needs to suck it up and watch them for a little bit twice a week. I have asked him to talk about his "Misgivings" about me learning Karate and he says he was fine with it until I needed to attend class 3 times in a one week period. I missed a class the week prior and was told by the instructor that I needed to make up the class before I could advance. (I never did make up the class!) I am still goimg twice per week but he knows the days and time (Monday and Wednesday 7- 7:45) He comes home at 6:30 every other night he gets home at 6 sharp and spends the first 15 minutes in the bathroom. then when he comes back to the kitchen and I say I'm ready to go he pulls this B.S. about me taking the kids with me. They don't have any child care at the dojo I study at)

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The axe kick is one that I have to know for my next belt. I really need some suggestions on how to do this technique better. I can bring my knee up to my chest but when I try to extend my leg out everything goes kaput!

I train at the dojo on Monday and Thursdays.

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I've only point sparred a handful of times. It has really helped me with distance, combos.

White - Orange Belts White Uniform Only Blue - Sec. Purple White or Blue Uniform Red - Sec. Brown White, Blue or Red Uniform Black Any Color white top with white pants, blue top with blue pants, red top with red pants, etc. You will not be allowed to mix and match colors. Only Black Belts may make an exception and mix colors, as it is an honor and privilege of rank.

I told my husband that we really needed to talk about the Karate topic. This is what I got After I told him my side I also told him this: I would prefer to go to class by myself, afterall this is suposed to be for me. But since I am going twice a week I will take one child with me one of the two nights. Response So I guess he can't handle two kids under 4 years of age for 45 minutes 2 times per week.

Thank you everyone for all of the advice(SP?)! KSN Doug - I asked him to go with me and he said hevwould think about it. A few months went by and I asked him again, he said he wasn't interested at the time. So, I have stopped asking him about going to Karate. KickChick - I hear you! I think my husband is jealous of the fact that I have a hobby outside the house that I enjoy and excel at. Not to mention the fact that I have made numerous friends in my nine months of training. I just want to do something for myself, I am training to: get more self confidence, exercise, and God forbid be able to protect myself and my two children if the times comes. I just wish he would get a hobby or if he doesn't want to take up a hobby be happy for me that I have one! My husband and children come first and I have told him that until I'm blue in the face, I've even told him that I would put off training for awhile if that would make him feel better.

shotochem, Thanks for the kind words! Our daughter was also taking Karate (She was in the Tiny Tiger class) she is 3 1/2. This was a bad idea. She started to misbehave at preschool, home and Karate class. We took her out of it. (Maybe when she's older we'll try again.) You are right though about making up the class and the grading period. Thank you!