Result for T

T lost his first round match to a more experienced competitor. He did very well though. He was calm, listening to Master Hershberger (who coached him because we had 3 kids on deck at the same time), and he used his techniques. That’s what we’ve asked of him for this year being in a new division and he’s doing just that. Win or learn as long as he does those things it’s a win in our book!!!  He’s young and still has much to learn and he will. This was a good experience for him. I will post some pictures later. 

Back in Holding

T is now back in holding with his teammates and his coach. His first fight today is against a kid that got 2nd at the Cadet Grand Slam in 2019. So needless to say he has drawn, yet again, someone who is really good but at these events there aren’t any kids who are horrible. It’s all high level competitors. 

 

Yesterday was a rough day for most of our Juniors. T’s buddy won his first and lost his second match. One of our girls lost the first round she fought but had a buy into metal rounds so I think she walked away either Bronze or Silver. Our other girl brought home Bronze at her first time out to this event. Another one of our guys lost first round. Another girl, a friend from another Dojang, walked away with Silver. 

I said all that to show you how hard this event is. It’s not easy. It’s very hard. Pray for T and his teammates today. Pray for safety as they compete and pray that regardless of results that they all walk away having learned from this event and continue to grow as competitors. 

This is our current view. 

Made Weight!!!

T weighed in at 31.3 kilos. That equates to 69 lbs. He can’t weigh over 33 kilos which equates to 72.8 lbs. Such an easy weigh in. We’ve learned how to reel his junk eating in before events then he is good to go😁.  He’s playing games while waiting to watch his friends fight. 

Getting Ready...

We are getting ready for traveling tomorrow to Florida for US Open.  It seems that I just got home and we will be heading out again.  Life is busy but we wouldn't trade it for anything.

Tomorrow we travel to the grands place in Florida.  Once there we will be in contact with T's coach to what he wants him doing and where he wants us to meet up with him.  T will still need to train to keep his cardio up and stay limber for his fight this weekend at US Open.  It is one of the biggest events of the year.  T is always learning and growing as an athlete.  He has such a great coach in Master Wasiu and we are so thankful that God brought us all together for T's benefit.  It has been the most beneficial thing we are done for T in his competition journey thus far.

T will weigh in on Saturday and fight on Sunday at US Open.  It is being held at Disney this year.  He is looking forward to also getting to see his teammates fight as well.  This will be the first year that T will have multiple team members that are attending this event as well and he is very excited about it.

After the event we are hoping to do a day at Disney.  He wants to do the park that has just open the Star Wars section.  Not sure which one that is but we will find out when we get down there.

I've been working hard to get ready for our trip.  The dog had to have a vet visit today to get a vaccine to be boarded.  T and I both had Chiropractor visits today.  I've been doing laundry and packing today and trying to make sure my home is somewhat clean for when my mom comes to watch the dog for us so that he doesn't have to be boarded the entire time that we are gone.  It's a ton of prep that has to be done and with my being gone for an entire month while T was training with his coach and team you can imagine how my house looked like a bachelor pad...LOL!  The house still may not be the best when my mom comes but it will be better than it has been and that's about the best I can hope for these days...LOL!

That's about all for now.  I'll post later on after T has competed at US Open to let everyone know of his first experience competing at this high of a level in a new age and weight division.

Haircut Today

T got a haircut today. It looks so good. Love when he gets a haircut. 

There’s more to coaching...

There’s more to coaching then just conditioning and drills. Sometimes a coach has to help athletes with sore muscles. Training to be the best is not easy. It’s hard work. T has such a great coach. But nothing happens without an entire team of coaches to help keep an athlete at their prime. 

Master Wasiu, T’s Sparring Team Coach, working with T. 

Master Calvin, T’s stretcher/body coach, working with T. (https://www.laboroflovebes.com/)

Dr. Bill, T’s Chiropractor/body coach, working with T. (https://atlasorthogonalchiro.com/)

They are all so very important to his moving forward as an elite athlete. So thankful for everything they do for T.  

Tucker Time with T and I

Scot has a commercial project tomorrow and Monday so Tucker is with us and looking all pitiful because he wants to be with his Daddy. 

2 Schools Together Training

Today the Matthews and Lake Wylie schools got to train together. It was a good training day. Here’s a picture of the 2 schools and their coaches. 

T and His Coach

Here’s a picture of T and Master Wasiu watching the video of his fight this weekend so that they can tweak things so T is at his best for US Open. 

Team Pictures

They took some team pictures tonight. The team came home from the weekends tournament with 9 Gold Medals and 3 Bronze. They all did so good. So proud of our team. We are minus one team member, Chris, in these pictures. Next time we’ll get them all in the picture(s). 

This first picture is of all the kids who participated in the tournament. 




Oh so proud of these kids and all that they are accomplishing!!!