Friday, May 2, 2008

Kamryn's 1st Karate Tournament

Kamryn had her first Karate Tournament last Saturday in Madera. What an event! About 100 kids from 3 years old til 18 competing for medals. Plus all thier mom's and dad's, grammas and grampas watching. The room (yes, I said ROOM) was packed!

Kamryn competed in 3 divisions: Forms, Self-defense (in the air), and Freestyle Self-defense. It was quite nerve wracking for these little kids to get up infront of all these people and introduce themselves and perform moves they had memorized. We were very proud of Kamryn. She did very well and barely showed her nerves. She earned a silver medal in Forms, a gold medal in Self-defense, and a bronze in Freestyle. We realize with this age, it isn't about getting the GOLD, it's about getting a medal and Kamryn's response was, "Wow, I've got a silver and a gold, now all I need is a bronze!" And wouldn't you know it, that was exactly what her last medal was! It was a long day, but really rewarding.


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