Karate

Today Benny broke a board in karate class! He was supposed to do it with sidekick, but it was more like a front kick. He broke one, and then Mr. Odom said, "That was too easy!" and set up another one for him, which he also broke. He was THRILLED. He paraded around shaking his fists in the air and hollering, "YES! I DID IT!" Hehehe. He never had to break a board before -- Mr. Odom skipped it during the impromptu yellow belt test Benny did, a couple months ago. So it was very satisfying.

The utter failure of the morning was... ME! He tried to get me to break a double thickness of boards with step sidekick, and I COULD NOT. Lame. I broke the second board, the one behind the one I was kicking, but couldn't break them both. It wasn't an official test, or I would have had to put out my eyes. In my yellow belt test, I broke a board with front kick on the first try. Today was like a dreadful nightmare, with me kicking and kicking, not doing any good. I think if I had turned my foot a little bit, to hit right in the center with my heel, and if I had maybe used my other leg, I would have done it easily. It's all psychological, this board-kicking stuff. Benny has total confidence, bless his little fist-shaking, ignorant heart.