Robert Allen Rardin, age 11, demonstrates a jo kata above. Rardin successfully tested for his children’s brown belt in Aikido Saturday, April 2. Rardin has been a student at the Aikido Club of Try-Co-Lan, LLC since December 2006, working his way through the five children’s belts. His next milestone will be his first adult rank in Aikido. (photo submitted by Anne Buchanan)