Hello everyone! I just started karate a couple a months ago, but I have been doing kickboxing for a year. I have my first test on monday, I hope to get yellow 2nd degree.

Welcome

Welcome to Karateforums.com, and good luck on your test.

Hi Pooh - Welcome & good luck on Monday. Be sure to tell us how you get on!

 

 

Hi welcome to the forum. Actually I think we are all improved from the very first day we enter the dojo.

 

 

welcome pooh bear to the forums

 

 

Good luck with your belt testing

 

 

Thank you for the welcome

 

I will let everyone know how I do on the test. I have been practicing all week. (about an hour a day) Do you think I should practice longer?

At your level an hour a day may be more than many of your classmates are doing. So for the time being what you are doing time wise is probably very good. The basics are so important. It is hard to do the same thing over and over because we want to get to the really neat stuff. But the basics count for so much. The danger at this point is to do too much and burn out.

 

 

An hour a day is fine - the key is consistency. It's much better to do an hour a day for a week than to cram 7 hours in the day before.

 

 

 

 

Welcome to the forums and the best of luck on your test.