Some of the young kids who are now yellow belts will stay yellow belts for between 6 months and a year and a half, depending on how serious they are in terms of focus, paying attention, and practicing. There is one yellow belt who still can’t tie her own belt, but otherwise is pretty good. Marilyn and I should have our orange belts next grading (March) because we are mature enough to put in the practice and effort.
Apparently, the black belts we practice with, from the Devon dojo, and other dojos around Alberta did very well in the Toronto tournament last week. We did not get first place, but almost everyone who placed second, third, and fourth were from Alberta. I guess Alberta is a force to be reckoned with. I am not really all that familiar yet with tournaments, so I am re-telling this in my own simplified way.
