BB Candidates - 8 Weeks Until Exam

Next Black Belt Exam Dates:
Sparring & Conditioning is Wednesday 8/6 (6:45-7:45pm)
Curriculum & Run is Saturday 8/9 (9:30am-2:30pm)

Time to ramp up your training! Only 8 weeks until your exam.

Black Belt Candidates should be training 6 days/week until their exam.

At AMA Training Checklist:
•Attend Advanced BBT Class 2x/week
•Attend BB Prep and Sparring on Fridays
•Do your best on everything (from the moment you enter the school until you exit) -- 100% effort and execution
•Make your basics perfect (stances, cambers, foot/hand positions, etc.)
•Improve your power, speed & accuracy
•Black Belt Conditioning: 50 reps of each exercise minimum every day
(Don’t cheat! Make sure your form is correct.)

At Home Training Checklist:
•2 months before: 1 mile run (2-3x/week), 1 month before: 2 mile runs (2-3x/week)
•Reviewing curriculum at home on days you are not at AMA
There are many ways to do this. The most important thing is consistency and that you are getting lots of reps of each form & technique.
EX: Review 1 of the BB prep dvd’s each day for 1 hour (3x total) – You will have reviewed the entire curriculum by the end of the week.
•Black Belt Conditioning: 50 reps of each exercise minimum every day
(Don’t cheat! Make sure your form is correct.)
•Ask your parent’s to be the attacker so you can practice your self-defense on a body (Be Nice!)
•Make plans to practice outside of class with another BB Candidate 1x/week