USA TaeKwonDo is the pathway for anyone who desires to be able to represent their country at the Olympics. If an athlete has an olympic dream this is the road they have to travel to get there. Will that be the case for our son??? Honestly we don't know as of yet. There are a lot of factors that go into an athlete being able to be competitive on that level. One of which that is a huge a factor is height. Tomorrow we go see a Peds Endocrinologist to see about getting a bone age scan for T. The information having that done gives us is that all important factor of height which we need to know going forward in this sport. If his stature is going to be that of a short stature that doesn't count him out entirely in this sport but it does make the road ahead a more challenging one and one in which he will need to train harder than he ever has before in order to achieve his goals. T and his teammates are so very talented in this sport and hard work does pay off. We've seen that with his best bud and teammate Chris who is currently a scholarship athlete with the USA TaeKwonDo Olympic Team. What that means is he's a team member but he is not fully funded until he is a resident team member. Chris is on track for becoming a Resident Olympic Team Member. That is pretty much the hope and dream of T and all of his teammates. It speaks volumes that T has a teammate that is on this path and it also speaks volumes of the talent of their coach, Master Amao Wasiu Tadjou who is from Ivory Coast Africa, here at home.
T's path has not been an easy one. It took us some time to find the right coach(es) to help our son be able to be competitive in this sport. He has such an amazing coach in Master Wasiu. He also has other amazing Masters who pour into his life in this sport as well. They are all instrumental in the journey T has been on all these years and we are so incredibly thankful for them. Master Wasiu especially though. He has been major for T.
T recently fought his last fight at his currently weight division though and will be moving up a weight division. What does that mean for T? Much taller fighters. Can he fight and win? We have every confidence that if he puts in the work and really believes in himself that he can fight and win in his new division. It all boils down to this....how much does he want it?, is he willing to work incredibly hard for it?, and will he have the confidence to do it? These are all things that only T can control though. He's growing so much and maturing a ton and we feel with the right guidance he will be able to meet the challenges ahead head on and do well. It will be a learning curve at first though and he totally understands that.
At the end of May T will fight his first fight in his new weight division at an Open Tournament in Texas. Open means that fighters from other countries will be there and its a major competition. He's looking forward to this event and will be training hard to get ready for it. Be praying for us and him as we prepare for this next event and division for T.
We are so excited about what the future holds for our son. He's an amazing young man who has lots and interests and talents. The future is bright for him whatever path he decides to take in life. We love this TaeKwonDo journey that he's been on but if it happens to take on a different path and look we are fine with that too. He's done so much and accomplished so much in his young life and more so than most kids his age have accomplished. To say Scot and I are proud of T is such an understatement at this point because we are so overly ecstatic at all he's done and is doing. Looking forward to the future because it's bright for our son!!!
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