Yellow Stripe

 Matthew earned his third yellow belt stripe last week, which allows him to test for his (coveted) orange belt soon.  This level is, not surprisingly, more challenging than going from white to yellow -- they have to memorize and be able to do the taikiyoko drill (I have no idea if I've spelled that correctly).  There are a number of turns which are a bit tricky, but Matthew was able to get some individual time with one of the senseis, and that helped a lot.