Made This For Arie for Tomorrows Fight Day....(Updated)

T really liked my making this in Canva for Arie for tomorrow's fight day.  He wanted to give her some encouragement as she fights at Team Trials tomorrow.  It's a pic of T and Arie from the NC Carolina Rumble that one of the moms from our team transformed into an artist rendition.  

He made her another one too.  He liked this one better.

Kukkiwon Cup….

T will get to attend the Kukkiwon Cup Tournament this year. It will be his first time attending since his Grand Championship Win in 2017. They had it last year but T couldn't attend because he was at another tournament.  He’s looking forward to being a part of this again. Here are some pictures from the 2017 win. Also here’s a picture of the poster for this years Kukkiwon Cup. I'm not sure if they are running it the same as they have in the past but either way it will be a fun tournament to attend.

Arie Going to Team Trials…

T’s teammate Arie is heading to Team Trials. T decided to not attend this go around even though he got the invite. We are praying 🙏 for a good showing for Arie at this event and we will be cheering her on from home when she fights Saturday😊.   #TeamCORE #FightWin 

12 years ago v Now…

12 years ago we were watching the Super Bowl while a 2 year old T was playing in his playroom, which it now his man cave…LOL! He had taken out every toy that he had. You couldn’t even see the floor…LOL! 

T’s BMI to Height to Weight Ratio…

Here are T’s current numbers. He’s well within normal range😊.  This is where he will always stay moving forward. In normal range!  

WT v USAT v AAU...

World Taekwondo just made a height/weight change for the Cadets that is a really great change. It's safer and healthy for our kids. USA Taekwondo is adhering to it and AAU is NOT!

AAU Taekwondo shared a statement today. I've underlined a line in their statement for you all below but it states, "This rule makes no sense in the natural development of children." This is the statement that I vehemently disagree with and here's why...

In 2021 a week prior to the National events for both AAU and USAT my son was cutting to be in a weight division with kids more his height because fighters a foot taller than him were cutting to the weight division that he should fall into "NATURALLY". He ended up in the hospital trying to adhere to the old weight division rules and it almost cost him his life because he lost all the salt in his body and ended up in ICU. He was trying to make a ridiculous weight bracket just so he could fight kids more his size. So tell me, AAU Taekwondo, how the old weight rules make more sense and are best for these kids? I'll wait!!!

He was a second year Cadet at the time.

In my opinion, World Taekwondo needs to do this for the Junior fighters as well to give the Cadets a place to go when they age up. When fighters reach Senior level they can chose whether they wanna dangerously cut or not because at that point they are adults and can make their own decisions for their life. #usataekwondo #aautaekwondo #worldtaekwondo #worldtaekwondofederation

Here's a video link that gives explanation as to why the height/weight change has happened:  https://youtu.be/vtaAnvts3Xc. Watch it because it will blow your mind.

The change WT is making wasn't a decision that was done on a whim. It has been the better part of four years in the making. Parents/Coaches alike need to use the health calculators available online and put your kids heights and weights into them and see where their BMI falls. I dare say many of you will get quite an education on how unhealthy your kids really are. I wish this rule was already present when my son was a cadet because then he'd never had been in the hospital in the first place from working out so hard that he lost all the salt in his body. People need to wake up and think of their kids health first. I can tell you with certainty that we are. No competition is worth my sons health and I'll never put him or let him put himself at risk ever again!!! At the end of the day it's just not worth it!!!

Face to Face with Dad...

Won't be long before T is as tall as his dad.

Teens🤦🏻‍♀️🤦🏻‍♀️🤦🏻‍♀️

Don’t know how he sleeps like this:

Reminiscing...

Been looking at some old pics of T today.  Been thinking about how he is going to be 15 in May and will have a permit.  Still not ready for all that but been enjoying looking at pictures.  T has changed so much.  Have fun looking at the pics and seeing how much he's changed through the years.

Early Birthday Gift….

Early Birthday gift for my nephew. He unfortunately trashed my 20 year old mountain bike in the rain yesterday. I felt so badly about that because he could have been so much more seriously injured than he was. He was banged up pretty good. The bike was not worth repairing so he got a new bicycle today. The pictures are from where he got injured and him with his new bike. We got him one that has disc brakes instead of rim brakes so that he never has an injury like this again from wet brakes that wouldn’t stop. Disc brakes stop even in the rain because the water flows right through them. His Maw Maw and I want him safe on the road when he’s riding it to school and back. I’ve never felt so badly for something like this accident happening in my life. I feel like I didn’t prepare him enough about how rim brakes act in wet weather conditions. It’s a lesson learned for me and an even harder one for him. This new bike makes sure he won’t ever have that problem again. I just hate he got hurt like he did😞.