Poomsae with GMaster Wu 8/10/2019

Training Week

T is getting ready for the Atlanta Open this weekend with his team. Training is more intense these days as his coach is trying to get T ready for his first year as a cadet starting in January. Lots of preparation going on. We are doing our best to work with his coach to get him to his best potential for his first Cadet year. Lots of mental training is happening too. You can have all the moves and techniques but if your mind isn’t where it needs to be for fighting then your matches are going to be even more difficult. It’s being stressed big time right now from us and his coach for him to work/train very hard so that he is ready for what’s coming when he ages up to his new division in January. It’s natural for there to be a little nervousness but the goal is to help him be less nervous and more ready for his new division. I know he’s going to be learning a ton this next year. It is my hope and prayer that what he learns helps him to be the best TaeKwonDo fighter that he can be. He’s such a talented kid. I don’t want to see that talent go to waste. I’m praying that in the weeks and months ahead that he really pushes himself harder than he ever has so that he can fight the best he ever has. TaeKwonDo has changed the direction we thought our lives were going. We may have our plans but God has His own plans that override ours. I’ll try to get some pictures tomorrow. I’ve been paying such close attention to all that he’s learning that I haven’t taken hardly any pictures. 

Pics from the Poomsae Seminar Yesterday

It was a long full day of training yesterday at Carolina Kicks. T loves every chance we get to have back down here Training.  T loved getting to spend some time with GMaster Wu learning how to be even sharper with his forms. 

GMaster Wu and T from Earlier Today

T loves Grand Master Wu and really enjoyed the Poomsae Seminar with her this morning at Carolina Kicks. He learned a lot from her today. Hoping that he remembers everything she taught. 

T Working on His Leadership Skills (8/8/2019)

T got to do more leadership with the Phoenix kids. He enjoys helping teach class. He got to lead stretching exercises with them and do kicking combinations with paddles and they got to kick his chest gear doing their kicking combos. He’s really beginning to learn how to be a good leader. I love watching him help with class. Here are some pictures that I took with my phone. 

Drawing...

T loves to doodle and draw in his spare time. He’s working on a graffiti sketch right now. 

Wish I could stretch like this...

With T being in a testing cycle at Black Belt World for his 3rd degree Black Belt he has to attend all the classes. Even the sparring ones. He mainly does his sparring training with Carolina Kick’s and not Black Belt World. Most of what his home Dojang does is more old school sparring. Most of what T does with his sparring team is new school and what is currently being used in competitions today. What always impresses me is how limber this kid is. I wish I was as limber as he is. 

Black Belt Testing Cycle Pretest #1 (8/2/2019)

Here’s the video:

T’s 1st Pretest is Done!!!

T did his first pretest for his 3rd Dan black belt testing cycle tonight. He did awesome. His Masters were very pleased with his performance of his poomsae (Forms) and his creative poomsae (Forms).   Here are some pictures and I’ll post a video in a little bit of all his forms that he did. 

Black Belt World Zebulon NC

T is working on his leadership skills tonight with a Phoenix kid😁. So proud of our kid.