It was a big day today at Tae-kwon-do, one Austin was more excited about than the belt test, or even passing the belt test, and that was the ceremony where Master Bell actually ties their belts on them.
Each person who passed the test gets called up one by one and they bow to each other. The student then turns around and faces the class and removes their belt, then face the master again and he ties the new belt on them.
The ceremony was short and sweet, but the boys were so proud of themselves, you should have seen Austin, he was beaming with pride.
The formality of it reminded me a lot of how the military handles promotions with the “pinning” ceremony, where the soldier is called out in front of his peers and then recognized by his commander and first line supervisor say a few words and then pin his rank on him. Of course by him I mean him/her as the military is not limited to men, “him” just comes easier to me as my husband was the “him” I was picturing.
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