USAT Eastern Academy Sparring Training Camp - Sunday’s Sparring (T is in Red)

Here’s the video from Sunday’s sparring session. 

USAT Eastern Sparring Training Camp 2022 Lots of Paddle Drills!!!

Here’s a video with clips of several of the drills T did at the training camp. 

Day 3 (Sunday) at USAT Academy Sparring Training Camp

Such a great training camp with great coaches. It reminded us so much of a training camp T attended in Canada when he was eight/nine years old. It was a crazy hard training but T loved it.   The mad dash out the door to get to the dog spa before they closed and avoid another overnight charge was intense. I sweated so much boogieing to get him in order to avoid that charge…LOL! Just glad T learned a lot. We talked a lot about everything on the drive to pick up Tucker.  T shared more than he ever has as we talked. So glad he’s getting older and talking more. It helps us to be able to be there better for him and to help him where we can. We aren’t the coaches so our help, many times, is limited but we can help where we are knowledgeable and leave the rest to the coaches.  I’ll post a video tomorrow once I put several of them together in one video and upload it to YouTube. 

Day 2 PM Session at USAT Eastern Academy Sparring Training Camp

T has a good day. There was a ton of drills today. T is sore and having muscle cramps tonight. His shin is bother him also. So we have him soaking in an epsom salt bath. We’ve had him laser his leg. He’s getting ibuprofen. Then he’s resting so he’s ready to go for the AM and PM training tomorrow. 

This is just a partial group shot. 86 sparring candidates represented at this training camp. 

Day 2 AM Session at USAT Eastern Sparring Training Camp

AM Session today. T is loving it. When he came off the mat the first thing he says to us is his teeth hurt. He just got them adjusted at the orthodontist right before he had to come to this training camp. Didn’t complain about hard the training was though. He’s so in his element here. #NoPainNoGain #TaeKwonDo4Life 

Day 1 PM Session of USAT Eastern Academy Sparring Training Camp 2022

Day 1 has gone swimmingly. T had lots of fun. Because all the kids have been tested and had negative tests T gets to train without a mask 😷 on. He’s loving that. Here’s some pics I got of T. Some are of the team stretching after training was over. 

Learning to Shave

T is learning to shave with an electric shaver😊. His first shave. My boy’s growing up😩😢. 

T’s Competition/Training Camp Dates for 2022 Thus Far

I wanted to give everyone the list of all the comps/training camps T has so far for 2022:

1. AAU NC National Qualifier January 15th - ✅ Won Gold🥇 

2.  USAT Eastern Academy Training Camp January 28th-30th

3.  AAU VA National Qualifier February 19th 

4.  AAU Maryland National Qualifier April 9th

5.  AAU SC National Qualifier April 23rd

6.  Georgia Rumble May 21st ? 

7.  USAT Grand Prix Date and Place TBD (thinking sometime in June)

8.  AAU Nationals Las Vegas July 4th-9th 

9.  USAT Nationals Date and Place TBD (should happen end of  July/August time frame)

Just wanted to let everyone know so they could keep us all in their prayers as we travel and T competes. 

Orthodontist Appointment Today

T’s Ortho appointment went well today. They were pleased with how his teeth are doing and how well he’s brushing his teeth😊. He choose teal this time for his band color. 

UPDATE:  He’s a whining 😩 in pain. They had to put three connected bands on two of his back teeth. On either side so the teeth would turn into the correct position. Ouch 😣!!! 

New Radiator For The Truck

The boys had a busy day today taking a radiator off the truck and putting a new radiator in. Scot noticed a crack in it this morning. More than likely the freezing temps caused it. T’s school for the day was learning life skills he’ll carry with him all of his life. #homeschoolWin 

Meet Earle

Earle is a 26 year old staghorn fern that traveled from Florida to Magnolia Market (Chip and Joanna Gaines) in Texas. This is the biggest fern I’ve ever seen. 

Thank God For Snow Day’s

Here’s a comparison picture. 

Winter Storm Jasper 2022 Take Two!

We had some fun in the snow today and I got some cool pics😊. T hasn’t had snow to play in like this since he was 8-9 years old. Now we are all inside staying warm😊. 

Winter Storm Jasper 2022

Looks like we might end up getting the 4-6” that Brad Panovich said we’d probably get. We are probably at 3” now. A friend posted this pic of downtown Wendell on social media and I wanted to share it here because it’s so beautiful. It was taken about 11pm. 

This next one is from out our front door just a few moments ago. 

AAU North Carolina State Qualifier Pics from Video

I got these screen shots from the video for everyone to see. At least two of these kicks were not given to T and he clearly got the headshot too. These are a little blurry because they are screen shots from a video. 

This last one is the beautiful foot on head of the opponent from his spinning hook kick. 

T is loving 🥰 this win after not having sparred in almost a year. He’s loving watching and rewatching his video so he can fix his mistakes and do even better if they fight again.