As an eleven-year-old karate student, after approximately 6 months’ practice under his orange belt, Qiuyu finally did his 6 kyu exam last Satauday.
Breaking, a practice of tameshiwari, requires speed, focus and determination, which are Qiuyu’s strength (well, parts of his many strengths). I don’t remember Qiuyu practice his breaking skills except he did constantly do his judo-chopping pencils with his school buddies.
He did surprisingly well: breaking the wood one time, clean, neat, quick, that’s it:
