Every year, sometime in mid-May, competition day happens at the dojo. This is my 3rd year of competing. The day starts at 8:00 am and goes to 6:00 pm. This year, I came at noon, because most of the events that I was interested in happen in the afternoon. Some of my friends spent all TEN hours at the dojo, I'm not there yet. I started out with wrestling, and unfortunately, got pinned down by my first two opponents, who were 2 + years older than me and bigger kids...
Here I am getting pinned by Elliot.
Now I am fighting Sean (9 or 10 years), I made it harder for him, but he still got me pinned.
Now I am fighting Olivia. She always grabs my helmet to pull over my eyes. That always bugs me.
Olivia is 8 and a little bigger that myself, but more of a fair fight.
Fighting Olivia was close, but she won.
Dad came right at the end of wrestling to cheer me up.
Sensei pulled me in for balance kicking. I didn't medal, but I did well.
Next was team kata. I did it with Andy & Elliot. We were named the "Del Tacos".
We got gold!
Next was individual katas. I competed with the other kids in the black belt club.
I did my kata....
and got the silver medal!
The last competition of the day was Kumite or point sparring. I fought against David and won. I then fought against Olivia and lost. I got silver in this too. We left the dojo at 6:15. It was a long day, but I felt happy with my accomplishments.
