T’s Creative 5 Knife Self Defense Practice Session 8/22/2019

Last night T practiced all of his knife self defenses with Madison. She’s such a good sport to be doing these with T. She really enjoys his energy and how much he loves TaeKwonDo like she does. In this video are all five of what he’s doing. Somewhere amping then Master Amy wants him to add his flip in them. I’m sure he and Madison will figure it out before pretest day September 6th. 

T’s Favorite of His Creative 5 Knife Self Defenses

Having A Little Fun

Made this Collage from Atlanta Open 2019. 

Some Action Shots from Atlanta Open 2019

Tried to get some good action shots of T’s first ever Cadet Fight. 

Atlanta Open 2019

T’s 1st ever Cadet Fight. He did really good. Enjoy watching. 

Atlanta Open In The Books!

T got to fight a Cadet exhibition match today and won 18-3. So proud of all he’s doing. Wish he’d gotten to fight more but at least he got to fight a Cadet today. So proud of the team as a whole. They all did really good. 

Training This Week

Here’s a video of some of the training T did this week with his coach. 

Bruise Heel

T bruised his heel yesterday while training. He babied it from yesterday until this afternoon because it hurt so bad. But then at his afternoon training session today something in his foot popped and it began to feel better. Woohoo!!!

Seeing his injury though made me think of Gen. 3:15,  “I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your offspring and her offspring; he shall bruise your head, and you shall bruise his heel.”  Has nothing to do with anything other than I just thought of this bible verse when he got hurt.  Funny how when things happen it will trigger a thought/memory of something else. 

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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.