Hannah participated in her last Karate Tournament today. After she completes her belt test on Monday, followed by the awarding of a new belt the following week, she will be done with Karate and wants to try dance.
It was a long afternoon. The tournament this time was mandatory, which made for more kids competing, and longer wait times. The gym wasn't as cool as it could have been, but there were a lot of people there. Hannah had her reliable cheering section of Gramma and Papa, and Gramie, in addition to us of course.
First competition was her forms, which she did well at, but not perfect. Unlike last time she did not place. However, since the last tournament, she has learned an entirely new form. She did her best and that's what counts! The next competition was sparring, where for the first time at a tournament, her Karate instructor was the judge of her competition. This is where Hannah kicked some major butt. All the other times of having competed in sparing, Hannah is usually out after the first match and is dismissed to go home. Not this time, she won her first match 3-0!!
She did awesome with her color belt kicks, and scored a point with her back kick. She went on to spar 2 or 3 more times, just missing 4th place. She was pretty disappointed and needless to say glad this was her last tournament.
and pretty tired towards the end of the afternoon.
After Hannah was done with her events and she had her competition trophy, we all went to Applebee's to celebrate Hannah's accomplishments in Karate. We're so proud of Hannah and how far she's come in Karate, a little sad she isn't going on. But we know she'll do good in dance, she has rhythm and the body of a dancer!
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Great job, Hannah! Really neat to see video, thanks!
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