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No longer green, 4 eighth-graders aim for the black: Kids will demonstrate five years of training as they vie for black belts in tae kwon do.

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| May 20, 2006 | COPYRIGHT 2007 The Baltimore Sun. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

Byline: Joe Palazzolo

May 20--Warner Lai is a rangy eighth-grader who rips through cinder blocks with his bare hand in gym class. He's almost a black belt.

Today, he and three other eighth-graders at Midtown Academy, where two mandatory tae kwon do classes each week fulfill the state's physical education requirement, will take tests needed to graduate from danbo, or black belt-in-training, to full-fledged black belt. "I'm calm, I'm ready for this," Warner, 14, said this week, after his last class before the trials. Five years ago, at the behest of parents, Midtown Academy eschewed the more traditional kickball and rope-climbing for a fluid…

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