Getting a pep talk before his first competition, breaking.
In practice earlier, he broke a board after four tries. Today, he broke three boards in a row on the first try every time!!! (We have a video; I'll post it later)
He received first place for his age group!!!! He was beaming!
And his teachers were so proud of him!
We're so thankful for the Conn family. His teachers are a family of four-- dad, mom, son, and daughter. They're all second and third degree black belts. They're so good with him. I'm bummed that I didn't get the focus right on this picture, but you can still see Mike's face. Tough! He broke through four boards.
They're in class with our friend and his son. Todd is not that far away from his black belt. I love this picture of these two.
Mike competing on his "form."
Okay, so this wasn't too fun for me. Jonah didn't get to spar today since we didn't have all the protective gear for him. It was a big deal. I think he cried, "I want to spar!" for 15 minutes. I could have watched Jonah with pride; the young kids aren't that aggressive yet. But seriously, why would I ever want to see my husband "fight" a 20-something year old? He lost one match and won the other one, 5-0.
Jonah received two first place trophies. He received a first place for his form as well, but we didn't want to make a big deal of it. He needs to practice his forms more, and it was actually a little frustrating that he was rewarded for something that he could have done better!
Guess who's ready to start Tae-Kwon-Do next summer?
4 comments:
How awesome!! Congratulations to both Jonah AND Mike! What a great thing to do together...and experience so much success at the same time!
That is awesome!!! Way to go boys. Let us know when their next tournament happens. We'd love to see the board breaking up close and personal.
T
Yea--Congratulations to Mike and Jonah for a job well done!!!!
Be careful Mike, Jonah just might catch up with you:)
I don't know how they do that and and I don't think I will try.
I love both of you.
Grandma.
are we going to have to put those huge trophies in jonah's room...tell him that a trophy case was NOT in the original design!
Congrats Jonah so proud of you!
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