ON the September 20 the Esperance Tae Kwon Do Academy had its term three grading at the Bay of Isles Leisure Centre. The 25 students who attempted grading to their next level had to perform their patterns and show defensive skills they have learned.

The day was awesome with Peter McCleave going for his black belt level. Pete defended himself against attackers with knives and bats, smashed boards with his devastating axe kick, and punched through roofing tiles.

Yellow belt 1: Robert Beker 73.5, Michael Brown 71, Cameron Parkins 69, Tayla Neville 75, Brock Neville 77.5, Max Bracken 71, Jess Taylor 74.5, Chad Livingstone 65, Kasey Garvey 75.5.

Yellow belt 11: Bree Hirt 75.14, Kayleah LaTouche 68.14, Brodie-Jo Taylor 70.28, Jack Timmins 68, Gerrit Speelman 73.5.

Blue 1: Ethan Upton 66.86, Georgina Ashworth 68, Riley Totterdell 74.14, Nathan Paparone 77.71, Simon Haclin 75.

Blue 111: Peter Carey 65.71, Larissa Barlow 68.71, Kerri-Anne Barlow 71.28.

Blue 11: Tom King 70.71.

Red 1: Russell Palmer 72.28.

It was fantastic to see the students who put the hard work into their training show that they can perform at a higher level. Brock Neville and Nathan Paparone showed they had been practicing hard by the way their techniques were demonstrated and handled the pressure very well.