The boys were approved for testing on Tue to advance to Purple 1.  The Tuesday class is quite large; the testing was done as a group as usual, thus it was not that easy to watch the boys closely.  Their junior level curriculum is more challenging now and requires quite a bit of memorization.  Both boys did well.  The instructors pointed out that both of them have good techniques, good kicks, and they both could benefit from working on improving their speed.  Now they are Purple 1 belt, no longer the lowest level at their junior classes, so they would have to work harder to keep up with the levels.