Yesterday my son participated in a Hapkido competition. It was a challenging day. His opponent in sparring made a low kick that the judges scored as hitting above the belt, but was in fact below the belt (and in tender territory) and MJM was injured early in his round, but played to a second place finish. I commended him for the determination and courage he showed in playing through his pain. And as a true competitor, he understood that complaining to the Judges about the missed call wouldn't change the outcome, so he moved on.He scored a 2nd place finish in Forms competition after making a slight mental error, but didn't allow it to compromise his whole routine.
Overall, it was a good day...positive lessons were learned, good sportsmanship was displayed and new hardware was added to the trophy case.Namasté
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How exciting MJM! I'm so proud!! I can't believe how far you've gone with your martial arts. I'm so excited for you! I showed your neice, JR the pictures, she loved the pumpkin one! Keep us updated! We will be trying to put new pictures up on JR's site... We have got a disposeable camera for Halloween and we need to finish out the camera. Probable some pumpkin pictures, she loves her little pumpkins and gourds. ((she even took a bath with them!))Silly girl.
TTYL, Surfer Girl
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