Getting your black belt is a big deal. All the other color belts get their new belts and then Master Yun does a special ceremony just for the about-to-be-minted black belts. He calls up the bo dans, there's a lot of bowing, he calls us the family members, and then Master Yun personally ties each black belt himself. There's more bowing to family members and then comes the talent show.
Each new black belt reads his/her essay about what it TKD means to him/her. This is the essay that students submitted six months earlier, when they submitted their applications to take the black belt test.
Afterward, each new black belt has to perform a talent. Giulam played the violin and CJ did a magic show. Nobody had ever done a magic show before during a black belt ceremony so CJ's talent was a treat. The little kids were especially blown away. One little girl said, "That's so totally magic!" It was so cute. CJ loves magic. He took a magic camp over the summer and he's learning magic from the head of his school, who is a master magician.
I decided to come to the black belt ceremony in regular clothes. For one, I didn't test and I wanted this belt ceremony to be all about CJ. The black belts are really special at the studio. There's a special class just for them, we lower belts bow to them at the beginning and end of class, and they are asked to teach the lower belts during class.
It was an incredible day for CJ. He had trained so hard for the black belt test and now he's a black belt. A black belt can never be taken away from you.
Before the ceremony began, Master Yun shows the bo dans how to bow.
Here's CJ right before the ceremony began. This will be the last day he wears his bo black belt.
Love this photo of MJ, CJ and CJ's buddy, Ewan.
Now it's CJ and Giualem's turn to get their belts.
Normally, parents or SOs tie the new belts. The Master himself ties the belts for the new black belts.
Master Yun always asks the students to bow to family members and thank them for their support.
Here's CJ doing a card trick during his magic show.
Master Yun presenting the new black belts to the studio.
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