That's a real accomplishment that you'll both treasure for years to come. Hopefully that'll encourage him to keep with it. 
Definitely. He's already talking about working toward the next belt. He seems to do well with structures that are set up for levels of achievement.
While I haven't heard him talk about getting a black belt, I will probably start hearing about it after he gets his next belt.
Here's my chance to brag even more about him.
He joined a local Boy Scout troop just less than one year ago. He came in several months later than the other boys, had no prior scout experience, and is already ahead of some of Troop in level. He has his eye on achieving Eagle Scout. He knows that he has to get their one piece at a time.
He also gets good grades. He makes all A's except for B's in Language Arts. The reading part drags him down from an A. I had a similar problem. We can read a novel/story and recount all of the events that took place. The problem is with the flighty, Liberal-artsy questions that they ask. Such as, How did character X FEEL about the way in which character Z FELT when talking to character Y. Like me, his response is, "Why should I care?"
Back to sports. His favorite sports are basketball and baseball. It's tough to make the school basketball team in this area at the middle school level. If he had not already been spread between scouts (1 nite per week) and Martial Arts (3 nites per week), I would have signed up with a local youth league. He is going to try to make the school baseball team and if that doesn't work he will go into a youth league. However, it will most likely clash with his Martial Arts. So, he will probably have some tough decisions to make.
