Emilee has been taking Taekwondo since she was 9 years old. She is now a blue belt with three stripes. That means that the next time she tests, she should be a red belt. The next belt after that is black. She really likes it. Of course there are times, she doesn't want to go, but for the most part, she likes it a lot. This is the third year in a row that she has participated in the Alabama Sports Festival in Birmingham, Alabama. It is a little like the Olympics, but on a state level. Most of the time she competes in sparring and forms. She always does really well in forms, but she gets very frustrated when she competes in sparring. This year she decided to take a break from sparring and try board breaking. So she competed in forms and board breaking this year.
In forms she did AWESOME! She came in first place. She was extremely happy. Board breaking was another story.
They don't really focus a lot on breaking boards in her class. She had only tried it a few times and the boards were a lot thinner then this. She found out, because she was 12, that she had to use the thicker boards. She panicked a lot. She became very nervous. Even though people assured her that the boards break very easily. Still, she lacked experience. I told her, I wasn't going to make her do it, but she did anyway. I was very proud of her. She did so well on the first board. (You break three). The other two, she just couldn't do and she hurt her foot. She came in second though. So not bad for a first time.
I guess I am a mean mom. I made her smile for a picture anyway. Though this is right after. She is not up for smiling too much.
She did a little better here.
Afterwards, we went for ice cream by the river and let her soak her sore feet in the cold water. She cheered up quite a bit.
Hunter stayed with a friend who lives in Birmingham now and Megan came down with us. She was a trooper. I know that she really didn't want to go and was bored out of her mind at the competition, but she came to support Emilee and for that, I am very proud of her. She is a good sister.
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