Kilted Black Belt

[JayFilomena]

In October my three oldest children tested for their Tae Kwon Do Blackbelts. There was a 60 day probation period and two weeks ago was the Tea Ceremony. Anakin, my 8 year old wore his Kilt. Matt Newsome says Anakins tarten is a Ferster or Forester. No relation to us, it was the only kilt at the Celtic Festival that fit the boy.









Jay-David, the 12 year old with the striped shirt, did not want to wear his kilt even with the $20 offer



, and I didn't even think to have Cheyenne wear her mothers sash.





Here are the three oldest children at the Testing in October with their first instructor from 5 years ago.

[mbhandy]

Must be my monitor but the last pic. is the only good pic of your son But that is still quite an achievement.

MrBill

[Galician]

Yes, most of them are VERY dark. But it certainly shows what beautiful children you have! Thanks for sharing your pride in them.

[Dirk Skene]

Way cool! I know you are proud of the kids. I studied that as a kid too. It builds discipline & character. Not that I retained it in my old age

[McMurdo]

Nice photos, congratulations to them all. Anakin looks great in his kilt.

[James MacMillan]

Totally off the wall question: Was Anakin a real name before Star Wars?

I like it, but I never heard it used before then.

[Galician]

A search on the G site gave this Wiki entry as the closest connection, which would make sense, given Lukas' mythic/Scriptural orientation.

"Anakim are the descendants of Anak, and dwelt in the south of Canaan, in the neighbourhood of Hebron. In the days of Abraham, they inhabited the region afterwards known as Edom and Moab, east of the Jordan river. They are mentioned during the report of the spies about the inhabitants of the land of Canaan. The book of Joshua states that Joshua finally expelled them from the land, excepting a remnant that found a refuge in the cities of Gaza, Gath, and Ashdod. The Philistine giant Goliath, whom David, or Elhanan,[13] later encountered, was supposedly a descendant of the Anakim.

“The land, through which we have gone to spy it out, is a land that devours its inhabitants, and all the people that we saw in it are of great height. And there we saw the Nephilim (the sons of Anak, who come from the Nephilim), and we seemed to ourselves like grasshoppers, and so we seemed to them.[14] ”

The Sumerians called their gods the Anunaki; according to a Midrash [2], Abraham was the son of an idol manufacturer in the Sumerian city of Ur, and so could reasonably be expected to have known about these gods[citation needed]. Whether via the knowledge of a historical Abraham, or via folk memory that passed down to the Yahwist, the words Anak and its plural (Anakim) could simply be corrupted versions of Anunaki; this would equate the Nephilim with the Sumerian demigods such as Gilgamesh.

Note that it is more commonly suggested by traditional Jewish sources (such as the Midrash) that the spies saw large and powerful inhabitants in Canaan and because of their own fears, cowardice, and inadequate faith in Yahweh, saw themselves as grasshoppers in the eyes of the Canaanites, whether they were actual 'giants' or not."

Nothing comes up for AnakiN.

[JayFilomena]

Thank you Galician for the information. Ummm, I just named him after the Dark Lord of the Sith, but all the other stuff is cool also. Now I get to tell him that he is named after the children of men and Angels in the old testemant. I think there was a mini-Series on not to long ago about the Nephrim. (?), the boys saw the trailer and asked if they could watch it. The trailer didn't look too bad, but I get very cautious when Hollywood mixes Christianity and Folklore. And of course...how accurate could it be if no one was wearing a Kilt?

[rdjmchris]

Jay,
I bow at the feet of one who got to name a child after a SW character. I wanted to name our oldest son Boba, but my wife wasn't having any of it. The closest I got was to name our youngest after John Wayne's Cole Thornton (my favorite Wayne movie). And congrats to the kids, my nephew is trying for his black belt and I know how hard that is. Looking good.

[James MacMillan]

That's neat - I did a search, but never thought of chnaging the N to M. Cool!