We had a lot of wax on wax off activity this week.....Brady had his test to get his yellow belt this past week and proudly so earned it, at his last class on Thursday. He was super excited to wear his new color proud at his first ever karate tournament over the weekend. Below he is accepting his certificate to become a yellow belt from his sensi' Ms. Rachel, a pretty big deal in this five year old's eyes!
Yellow Belt Brady......he told me tonight he wants to be a Karate Master when he grows up....he has committed to signing up again to earn his green belt!
This was warm ups for the tourney and it makes me laugh every time when I watch my once little shy, intimidated boyfriend get out there and yell Kiai and punch with enthusiasm and confidence!
This was Brady's first "event" it was for best kick. You had to name your kick, he chose the "front snap kick" and perform it three times......and lo and behold he took home 2nd place!
Then to continue on with the confidence building they teach in the class, if you win you are required to go up accept your trophy and say your name in the microphone, something that would have never happened a year ago! Congrats bugaboo!
To say the least the trophy was a big hit, I mean the thing is half his size and he thought he was hot stuff, I don't think he has stopped carrying it around with him since he got it, I won't be surprised if he sneaks it into his school backpack tomorrow.
Accepting his trophy at the winners table.
This was "event" number two, called "show what you know" where the judge yells out commands or "moves" and they are supposed to replicate what they learned in class.......we could have practiced this one a little more in hind sight, he didn't place even though Chris and I thought he was a shoe in for 3rd....but that's why they don't have parents as judges I guess. Still did good.
Event number three: "walk with confidence" This is where you have to walk up to the judge and state your name, age, and what school you attend. Let's be honest eye contact with adults/strangers isn't Brady's strong suit, but he did us proud. (you may have to turn the volume up as you can see he might need another session to be a bit more confident) I am gonna go ahead and say the shrug of the shoulders at the end could have knocked him out of running....hahaha.....gotta love him.....the walk with confidence and he is shrugging his shoulders as if he is unsure that is really his name......ugh I could eat that little cutie!
Fourth and last event "Sparring" (ie dueling with another contestant)
Bring it on.......
Hilarious.....
Here is one of the sparring rounds......he won the first out of three......I will spare you and only include the one he actually won. He did good since he never really understood until about 5 minutes prior to the spar how you got points and actually won a "bout". I also have to be honest Chris and I had to resist with everything that we had from yelling out absurd things from Karate Kid like "FINISH HIM" and "SWEEP THE LEG" but we held back realizing we were watching two five year olds
Brady ended up placing Third in sparring and again, thought he was walking on water with these trophies, mentioning every 3 to 4 minutes that they were way "huge-er" than the "one" Brookie has at home.
So to say the least the tourney was a HIT and I have a feeling we have not seen our last days of Karate.
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