2018 Carolina AAU TaeKwonDo Open Championship Video

Two Golds and One Silver at GMaster Cann’s AAU Open Championship

T lost two matches and won two matches today. He got Golds for the rounds he won and he got a silver for his Poomsae. It was a good learning day for T.  He's always looking at what needs improvement when he watches his videos back.  We are always proud of every accomplishment.  The focus right now is US TaeKwonDo Open sometime in late January to early February.  This match and the one in GA on the 3rd of November are just warm ups to that event.  Master Wasiu, Master Hama, and Master Salim are all working hard to help him become a better fighter with every training session he does.  We may or may not go to the US TaeKwonDo Open depending on what these Masters think.  T is still very new to the Carolina Kicks Team and he is night and day different from where he was with his last team since coming to Carolina Kicks in late June so we know we've made the right move with where we have him.  He may have to sit this US Open out if they feel he's not ready yet and just train harder and perfect what he is learning.  Everything is a building block to the next with the ultimate goal being the Olympics in 2024.  T really wants to go to the US Open but it all depends on how he's doing between now and time to sign up and go.  We'd much rather put that money into more training if that's what he needs instead of going to the event.  So we'll see how everything comes out in the wash so to speak.

Haircut Day at Swave Barber Lounge in Charlotte, NC

La Meek does a great job with T’s hair. T really likes him. He really likes going to the barber now. It’s a guy thing. 

Training Today with Master Hama

Tonight at Class at BBW in Zebulon

Beginning with exercises:

Then he practiced his self-defense with DJ:





The he did Target sparring:

Pictures of T Practicing His Poomsae on 10/19/2018

On The Way Home Today

Training with W.O.W. TaeKwonDo at Carolina Kicks 10/20/2018

After the Chinese kid kept kicking T in the head last week T was ready for him this week. T fought him really good. He was the last fight video you’ll see on this video. So proud of all this kid is learning and how much better he’s fighting every week. 

Then and Now TKD Picture

The then picture showed up on my Facebook memories today. He was 5 in the picture. He’s ten now. 

Training Session with Master Hama Yesterday

Yesterday a lightbulb came on for T. He had a breakthrough in his training that is going to be huge in his future sparring. This video doesn’t show the breakthrough that happened but it does show speed. He is getting faster and stronger. Hopefully next week I can get a video of the breakthrough that happened. I couldn’t this time because I was on the floor holding the paddles while Master Hama worked with T. Next time though I’ll get video. For now enjoy this sidekick speed video.