First of all I want to say thank you to my parents for supporting me through this process, to my family for driving down to congratulate me, and to every person at the Asian Arts Center for believing in me.  When I first started training at the Asian Arts Center, I was scared it was going to be like the last place I trained at when they were mean to me.  But when I took my first class, everyone there was kind and welcomed me and that is something I love about this place.  When I became a 1st gup and got my black belt book, I saw all the things I had to do before my test.  I got overwhelmed and nervous that I wouldn’t be able to finish everything by the time I would have to move.  Later on, I was just not doing the boxes for push ups and sit ups and when my parents checked it, I ended up having to do several boxes everyday.

I think my favorite part out of all the things I had to do was my community service project. I liked the idea of helping people so I decided to help St. Vincent’s Homeless Shelter.  When it was time to test, I was super nervous about what could go wrong, and I couldn’t think about anything else besides that.  Then my parent’s reminded me that I had already passed everything on the assessment, and I should be fine.  It turned out that I did fine on everything, and I was a Black Belt.  Once again, I want to thank everyone who helped me in the process.  Kamsamida.