As we approach the end of the year, we typically hold a belt test, and this year is no different.  On Nov 23rd, we will be having ~10 students testing for yellow belt, and 5 students testing for orange belt, making this the largest test to date at Goldsmith Kung Fu.  While running a belt test is always daunting, such a large test presents a whole new set of challenges, namely making sure each student is properly evaluated.  To meet this challenge, I have to decided to ask my senior students to help sit on the testing board to serve as secondary evaluators for a subset of the total testing population.  It is my hope that through this scheme, each student will get enough personal attention, while simultaneously enabling me to teach my senior students how to run a belt test, which is an art in and of itself, and something that should not be learned only after a student has their own school. 

Once the test is over, be sure to come back for pictures, video, and student responses to the belt test!