The World.....

We have made sure T understands this to be true. He can be a light in the darkness as he continues on his TKD journey. He can walk out his faith in an arena that is need of God. He can walk out integrity for those who need a good example of what that looks like. He has a huge opportunity to be someone those younger than him can look up to. He can be a positive role model to them like his coaches are for him. The bottom line is, “The World really does need who he was made to be!!!”

Training + Hotel Stays + Fuel + US Open...

So I was reading an article where one family spent $25,000.00 alone in 2018 for everything their son did in competition that year. I thought to be for sure that was exaggerated so Scot and I started doing a spreadsheet of expenses we know for this year currently. Guess what. That persons expenses were less than ours. That about made our eyes pop out of our head. 

So here’s what we added up from what we currently know and this doesn’t add in AAU Tournaments or other USAT Tournamets T will need to do other than US Open and Nationals. 

Carolina Kicks Sparring Team Fees + Hotel Fees (For Training only) + Fuel cost (for training only) + US Open and both National events (tournament, travel, food fees) is right at $25,000.00 for the year. We still have AAU Qualifier in GA, possible AAU Qualifier NC, USAT GA, USAT NC, USAT SC, USAT ? to attend that we haven’t added in yet. Plus we haven’t added in any possible equipment costs we may run into having to get for T’s training. 

We keep getting asked do we need any help financially. The answer to that is if you want to help we certainly won’t refuse it. Just do what you feel led of the Lord to do and it will go directly into our Global Account that we have set up for everything relating to T’s training, tournaments, and travel. At least we know that we aren’t the only parents dealing with a ton of finances when it comes to their Elite Athletes expenses. It’s enough to make your head spin for sure. 

T and one of his teammates doing drills together. 

T Is Signed Up and Hotel Booked

T is signed up for US Open Las Vegas. We did the registration tonight and booked the hotel. We are still working on airfare. Fun and exciting times. 

My Awesome Coaches!

These are my Awesome Coaches. I’m so thankful for God bringing them into my life. I really trust these guys. They have made a huge difference in my fighting. #carolinakicks4life

Nationals Update

T wants to go to both National Events in July this year again. At USAT Nationals he will weigh in on July 1 and fight on July 2. At AAU Nationals he will weigh in July 4 and fight July 5th. He is really looking forward to fighting at these events this year. With all the training he’s doing we are looking forward to how he does with all his improvements from all the training he’s doing. We’ve got a taste this past weekend with how much he’s improving. It made our hearts proud. Had he not got a mild concussion there’s no telling what he would have brought home from the tournament. Looking forward though not back and enjoying having some down time while he recovers and I ease him back into school and training next weekend. 

Update on T

We went to our Chiropractor yesterday. He had to make a lot of adjustments from T’s injury from Saturday. We have been advised to keep him resting and ease him back into everything. He has to have time for his brain to bounce back from the mild concussion he received. He’s driving us crazy because he’s bored and has to rest. He’s like I feel fine but just because he’s feeling fine doesn’t mean his brain is back to normal. Try getting a very active 10 year old kid to understand that though...LOL! 

Forms Pictures from Yesterday

Such a Proud Kid

This is one time where he’s proud of how he did at a tournament even though he got Bronze because he knows he did his absolute best and left it all out on the floor. He finished his second match even though he was concussed. He showed great courage. And we had so many onlookers so impressed with how much he’s improved. That’s a win any day of the week. Now to figure out how we are going to get this thing off his neck without waking him up...LOL! 

Some Pictures from T’s 2nd Match Yesterday

Wish this hadn’t blurred but someone walked in front of me. He got a gooood side kick here. 

Some Pictures from T’s 1st Match Yesterday