Black Belt Word Crawl

With Cyro getting black belt, I wanted to celebrate. See how far you can get through the black belt word crawl.
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It progressively gets harder the further you go. You can retake the test over and over, but you start at form, do breaking, and then try for sparring. If you fail at sparring you have to restart at form.

If you have any suggestions, let me know. You may change the breaking board level to whatever you wish really. If death is too easy, switch it for say weather change.

Good luck!

Earn your white belt by writing ten words.

Practice, practice, practice. (Write ten words.)

Learn how to spar and learn a form. (Write a sentence.)

Time for the test!!! Can you reach yellow belt?

1. Perfect form (write 15 words.)
2. Break the board (write an entire paragraph)
3. Successful sparring (three minute word sprint; 15 words minimum)

Time for another round of practicing. (Write 15 words.)

Learn a new form. (Write a paragraph.)

Time for the test!!! Can you reach orange belt?

1. Perfect form (write 25 words.)
2. Break the board (Write double paragraphs.)
3. Successful sparring (three minute word sprint; 25 words minimum.)

Time for another round of practicing. (Write 25 words.)

Learn a new form. (Write two paragraphs.)

Time for the test!!! Can you reach green belt?

1. Perfect form (write 35 words.)
2. Break the board (Write a five part dialogue.)
3. Successful sparring (three minute word sprint; 35 words minimum.)

Time for another round of practicing. (Write 35 words.)

Learn a new form. (Write another five part dialogue.)

Time for the test!!! Can you reach blue belt?

1. Perfect form (write 50 words.)
2. Break the board (Write a new description.)
3. Successful sparring (three minute word sprint; 50 words minimum.)

Time for another round of practicing. (Write 50 words.)

Learn a new form. (Write a new description.)

Time for the test!!! Can you reach purple belt?

1. Perfect form (write 75 words.)
2. Break the board (Write an entire scene.)
3. Successful sparring (three minute word sprint; 75 words minimum.)

Time for another round of practicing. (Write 75 words.)

Learn a new form. (Write a entire scene.)

Time for the test!!! Can you reach red belt?

1. Perfect form (write 100 words.)
2. Break the board (Write until the end of the page.)
3. Successful sparring (three minute word sprint; 100 words minimum.)

Time for another round of practicing. (Write 100 words.)

Learn a new form. (Write until the end of the page.)

Time for the test!!! Can you reach brown belt?

1. Perfect form (write 150 words.)
2. Break the board (Write in a weather change.)
3. Successful sparring (three minute word sprint; 150 words minimum.)

Time for another round of practicing. (Write 150 words.)

Learn a new form. (Write in a weather change.)

Time for the test!!! Can you reach red/black belt?

1. Perfect form (write 215 words.)
2. Break the board (Add a character.)
3. Successful sparring (three minute word sprint; 215 words minimum.)

Time for another round of practicing. (Write 215 words.)

Learn a new form. (Add a character.)

Time for the test!!! Can you reach black belt?

1. Perfect form (write 300 words.)
2. Break the board (Write in a death/ dead body/ kill someone.)
3. Successful sparring (three minute word sprint; 300 words minimum.)

How far did you make it?  300 words in three minutes means you pulled off 100 words a minute. That’s insane. There’s a reason it’s called black belt.

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