Last night we had a belt promotion for our little ones. Our Tiny tigers who are between the ages of 3 and 5. Everything went very well. The kids were great, the parents were proud, and I was extremely proud!
Just before the test I was thinking about when my children were Tiny Tigers and I awarded them their very first earned or tested for belt. I can not explain how happy and proud I felt just by being the one to award the new well earned belt to my child (children). I thought that every parent should expirience this feeling at least once. This promted me to change the belt ceremony just a bit. At the end of the ceremony I handed out the certificates (which are cool to have but the kids do not care for them half as much as they care about getting their new belt) and the parents each handed out the new belts to their child.
This turned out to be awesome! Every child got their new belt from one of their parents along with a hug and a kiss. What a scene this was! I felt quite emotional and we just created a wonderful atmosphere.
I just want to give out a big "THANK YOU," to all of our members and their families for making belt promotions such a big deal and so special. I have friends that own martial arts schools and some of them promote their students within their regularly scheduled class. I know that this makes things very convienient for students, instructors, and parents. I know because I used to do this.
We now try to always make it a special event and schedule belt promotions at special times other than during the students regular classes. Although a bit inconvienient at times, this has been working very well and reminds us all of how important of an event it really is when we are all being promoted to a new level and continue on our path of growth in the journey we call the "Martial Arts."
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