Delia passed her brown belt test

[pegkerr]

Delia passed her brown belt exam today, and like her sister before her, now rejoices in the honorific "Ms. _____" before her name.

Delia is awarded her brown belt

Comments

[huladavid.livejournal.com]

Congrats to her! I'm curious is gaining "Ms." status a family thing, or a "dojo" (please insert the correct term) thing?

By-the-way, I'm re-reading The Wild Swans, and this might be the first time since reading the manuscript for you.

[pegkerr.livejournal.com]

It's the custom of the dojo to address everyone at brown belt or above as Mr. or Ms. I know that it is true of National Karate nationwide, and probably other karate or Tae Kwon Do dojos have similar customs.

[beth-bernobich.livejournal.com]

In our school (Tang Soo Do, Mi Guk Kwan), we wait until black belt rank, but yeah, it's cool, and the kids here all groove on being called Mr. or Ms., and sir or ma'am.

And congrats to Delia! That is one cool achievement!