This is a throw back to when T won Gold at the NC State Championship in 2019 against Landon Peters. T fought him so well. He had just beat him and got Gold at GA State a few weeks prior and fought him again at NC State and won. The pic below is of T and his buddy Chris. They have both grown up so much since that time.
Chris has since graduated High School with an Associates Degree before even doing his first day of college classes. He's attending UNC Charlotte and he's on the Scholarship USA Taekwondo Team. He's going hard after his dream of representing USA in the 2028 Los Angles California Olympics. We still love watching him compete.
T is no longer a little boy as he was in this picture below. He's a straight A student who is going hard himself after earning a USA Taekwondo National Medal/US Open (G2) Medal. Plus he would like to make it on either the Scholarship Team or actually make USA Team someday. Once he accomplishes those goals he will set even higher goals (such as winning at Worlds/Olympics/G2 Event in other countries) but for now those are his main goals. To earn a medal at those events and possibly bring home Gold from those events is important to him. That's as high as he's setting his bar right now. Once he does that then he'll set a new bar. T is my realistic kid. He doesn't set goals that are too far fetched. Many competitors have the Olympic dream but very few get there because getting to the Olympics is no easy task. Most have a 0.0000000000000000001 percent chance of getting to the big show and T knows that is very rare and an extremely hard get. Not impossible but hard. He's putting in a lot of hard work and it shows. His mental game is really firing up right now. The way he's thinking about the fight game right now is spot on and we are looking forward to seeing all that he will accomplish with his mind so different and stronger now. Such exciting times for us.
Keep praying for our boy as he competes and goes hard after his dreams. Pray for God's hand to be on him. Pray for the courage that God gave David to defeat Goliath to be upon him. Pray for the Holy Spirits guidance as he keeps going after his goals. And pray for safety for him and his teammates as they compete this year.
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