karate tournament
we got back really late last night from our 2nd karate tournament - this time taking home more brass! :-)
i had planned on being in the tournament, until i did something to my back on thursday and been on painkillers almost solid since then :-( so, i went as an official cheerleader!
it iced, snowed, and rained on the trip up. we get there, the girls and nathan get changed and begin their stretches and forms. before too long, marlin and richard join us "behind the curtains" warming up.
nathan decides to stay in stealth - being a "no belt" until right before his competition.
t places 3rd in forms, 1st in fighting!!! go t!
nathan does his form excellently and is placed 4th out of the 8 competitors!
we then rush to watch faith do her form...which we had made an executive decision for her to do basic form 1 because she is most confident with it. you've got to understand, basic form 1 has the most basic moves and i'm sure there will be others who are doing a lot more complicated moves and scored higher, but it just looked so much better! we're all hoping she places in the top 3 as there are lots of contenders and it's a popular age bracket.
after all of that, she placed 1st!
next to is to marlin's forms...
he placed 2nd!
next is faith's fight...
she fought a little boy is in the second round, and when she beat him he started crying! poor thing, he got beat by a girl and he was still crying after several more rounds. and, once again, she takes first!
next is nathan's fight...
he had some difficult competition, especially the last fight for 1st place.
the score was 4-3 when he got a sidekick in to make it a final of 4-5!
next up is marlin's fight...
in which he placed 2nd!
ibrahim also was the grand champion of the entire tournament...he's one of my instructors and an excellent fighter!
all in all, our school did very well! i think mr. ben was very pleased!
note: click on any photo to view more that i've uploaded...i've got several more to look at on my flickr site!
i had planned on being in the tournament, until i did something to my back on thursday and been on painkillers almost solid since then :-( so, i went as an official cheerleader!
it iced, snowed, and rained on the trip up. we get there, the girls and nathan get changed and begin their stretches and forms. before too long, marlin and richard join us "behind the curtains" warming up.
nathan decides to stay in stealth - being a "no belt" until right before his competition.
t places 3rd in forms, 1st in fighting!!! go t!
nathan does his form excellently and is placed 4th out of the 8 competitors!
we then rush to watch faith do her form...which we had made an executive decision for her to do basic form 1 because she is most confident with it. you've got to understand, basic form 1 has the most basic moves and i'm sure there will be others who are doing a lot more complicated moves and scored higher, but it just looked so much better! we're all hoping she places in the top 3 as there are lots of contenders and it's a popular age bracket.
after all of that, she placed 1st!
next to is to marlin's forms...
he placed 2nd!
next is faith's fight...
she fought a little boy is in the second round, and when she beat him he started crying! poor thing, he got beat by a girl and he was still crying after several more rounds. and, once again, she takes first!
next is nathan's fight...
he had some difficult competition, especially the last fight for 1st place.
the score was 4-3 when he got a sidekick in to make it a final of 4-5!
next up is marlin's fight...
in which he placed 2nd!
ibrahim also was the grand champion of the entire tournament...he's one of my instructors and an excellent fighter!
all in all, our school did very well! i think mr. ben was very pleased!
note: click on any photo to view more that i've uploaded...i've got several more to look at on my flickr site!
posted by no_average_girl at 12:20 PM
2 Comments:
I just have to say that I really enjoy your pictures. It's so nice to see your family and friends. Great pic of you and Nathan, BTW! I've answered your Ask Nic question on my blog. I also like your answers from my tag. Hope you have a wonderful week my sweet friend! Love ya. :)
WOW! I think it is awesome that your whole family is involved wiht Karate - and a HUGE CONGRATS is in order to your sister's and Nathan - and the whole school - that is really AMAZING and great! Hope you start feeling better soon ;)
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