son was promoted tonight

[forever young]

as per title my son was promoted tonight and is now the proud owner of a shiny new yellow belt, complete with traditional whipping (albeit a light one :p)
anyways just thought id share his news as im proud of him and the commitment he has shown in training three times a week.
well done son next stop black :D
edit: he is thirteen and the only kid in the class full of adults

[cloudz]

Well hey hey hey man, congrats for the boy! :D

[Sam]

Aye well done to him.

Good luck in prising his new belt away from his waist over the next week though :p

[forever young]

cheers guys :D i think he will be sleeping in it tonight :cool: :love:

[inthespirit]

Nice one man! All the best to the upcoming BJJ champ! :)

[koyo]

Congrats to the boy.It will stand him in good stead as he grows up.Tell him all at the makotokai salute him.

regards koyo

[soyez efficaces]

good stuff mate

hopefully the little lad will stay in it...toughest yrs will be he hits those troublesome teenage yrs :D

paul

[KempoFist]

congratulations. If he sticks with it, he'll be a monster by the time he's an adult.

[forever young]

thanks again guys :D
here is a couple of pics of the occasion :cool:
http://i212.photobucket.com/albums/cc126/kung-fu-harry/dalenick.jpg
http://i212.photobucket.com/albums/cc126/kung-fu-harry/dalewhipping.jpg

[Louie]

Congrats...
Wish i could get my boys interested.....

Keep it up, he'll be a Black belt in no time :D

Louie

[Mitch]

Another disgraceful example of the watering down of MAs, a child gaining a belt.

It can only have happened because he attends a McDojo.

This clearly invalidates the entire art.

Mitch

oops.

sorry.

thought this was a TKD thread. ;) :D

Sincere congratulations to your son on a fabulous achievement.

[the spirit]

hell be dangerous if he sticks with bjj

[forever young]

Another disgraceful example of the watering down of MAs, a child gaining a belt.

It can only have happened because he attends a McDojo.

This clearly invalidates the entire art.

Mitch

oops.

sorry.

thought this was a TKD thread. ;) :D

Sincere congratulations to your son on a fabulous achievement.
:D

he is quite a big boy for his age and is coming along in leaps and bounds,
just the other day he was sitting on the floor in the front room and as i walked past he started playing open guard, i tried to get past and he manages get to de la riva guard then swept me from there into an achillies lock!!!!!!! wtf i cant even do that :mad: and can see im going to have to start restricting his youtube access :p ;)

[Alansmurf]

Is that Nick the brown belt ??

Smurf

[forever young]

yep, nick is my instructor, i train at mill hill (rga affiliates)

[Alansmurf]

yep, nick is my instructor, i train at mill hill (rga affiliates)


Say Hi to Nick from Alan ....
I train with him on occasion ...he is a good fighter and very good instructor ..

Your son will go far with Nicks help..

Smurf