USAT GEORGIA This Sunday!

We head to Matthews for team training Friday night then we head on down to GA on Saturday for weigh in and then he fights on Sunday. This weekend starts three weekends in a row of tournaments for T. He’s a very busy boy. Here are some pictures from some of last weeks training sessions. He even for some time with the electronic chest gear. 

Working on 360 to a Spin Hook Kick

T is working on making this move better.

AAU National Team Training at US Open 2019

T was blessed with being able to train with the AAU National Team while in Vegas for the US Open. He had a great time and learned a lot. 

Training, Training, Training...

We Love Carolina Kicks

Tonight the kids celebrated T’s trip to US Open. Even though he didn’t bring back a medal they celebrated his going and fighting strong and good. 

The kids are going to be signing T’s poster and he gets to take it home next week. T loves being a part of the Carolina Kicks Family. 

Pictures from US Open

T fought well at US Open 2019. He learned a lot and looks forward to going again next year and trying again. Only one person, of the 9 he knew personally, actually medaled.  

T’s Drawings

T is getting to where he likes drawing more and more. Wanted to share with you what he recently has done. 

US Open - more results

To show you how stiff the competition is the Master who coached T only got to the second round before getting beat in the senior division. One of the older girls that T respects fought in the Jr division and got beat first round. Another Master we know who fought in the senior division lost in the Quarter finals. And another guy in the Senior division that T knows and respects got knocked out first round. Competition on this level is very hard. It’s no easy task to win a medal. One must work hard, very hard, and now T knows just how hard because he knows how hard all these competitors train and still couldn’t bring home a medal. He’s learning so much at such a young age but if he’s going to be the competitor he wants to be he’s got to learn now and make changes so he can be great competition for other competitors some day. 

Home Sweet Home

We arrived home safe last night at around 11:30pm. It was a good flight. We had a tailwind coming home so the flight was much shorter than when we went to Vegas. I loved that. 

The durantion of our stay in Vegas I walked around 24-26 miles. Lots and lots of walking. Their convention center is so huge. It was connected to the Westgate Resort where we stayed. 

It feels so good to be home. Tucker was so excited to see us. I think he’s still looking for Dexter though. Breaks my heart. I know in time he will stop looking. The flowers The Fetching Post sent are still so beautiful. It was so thoughtful of them. Now that we are home it’s really hitting hard that Dexter is gone. I miss him so much. The house just isn’t the same without him. It’s been more of a double emotion for me because we had to put our other sheltie, Charlie, down at this same time of year when T was around 9 - 10 months old. Dexter would have turned 11 years old in August. 

At any rate, being back home in my own bed is so nice. I don’t get to sleep in it much these days because of T’s training schedule. It’s all good though because we are seeing huge differences in his fighting and that’s a good thing. 

The only one from our crew to bring home a medal was Chris.  He brought home Bronze. It’s a tough tournament. T will be better prepared for it next year but there’s still no quarantee he’ll win a medal. We are so proud of everyone who fought at US Open because they all fought well. For T’s first experience with going to US Open it was good. He learned a lot. And he knows now what he has to do to improve more and be better for Nationals in July. All the fighters picked up ranking points for Nationals so they didn’t walk away empty handed in the end and that makes it worth the trip. 

Now we focus on USAT Georgia State Championships on the 17th. After that is USAT NC State Championships on the 23rd and AAU Maryland Qualifier on the 30th. That’s all the competitions for March. In April he has USAT PA on the 13th and USAT VA on the 27th. In May he has his home Dojangs tournament on the 4th and on the 11th (which is T’s birthday) he has Spar Wars in VA. Then there are no more tournaments until Nationals in July. He will have two weeks of training in June before the team goes to Nationals. T will do two National events (USAT and AAU). One will be in Minnesota and the other in Florida. 

T’s Fight at US Open