I am so proud to say that my little scrapper (Kevin) ended up competing in his first ever Karate (sparring) competition Saturday!

We ended up driving over to Madison Heights Friday night so we wouldn’t have to drive that 2 1/2 hours Saturday morning.  Kevin woke up bright and early Saturday morning.  I’m not sure if it was due to us sleeping some place different or because he was excited/nervous for the unknown.

I got the kids dressed and went downstairs and had breakfast.  (We stayed at the Hampton Inn and highly recommend them, before staying though check out Room Saver as we ended up saving $12 by using a coupon off there!)   After breakfast we went back upstairs and I told Kevin to start changing into his uniform and he started crying saying he didn’t want to go.  (I knew it was only the nerves talking so I let him just be for awhile)   Paul ended up waking up and took Katie back downstairs so he could have breakfast and while they were gone Mr. Joe called to say they were 25 minutes away.     At that point Kevin was willing to get into his uniform.  While he got ready, I got everything packed so when Paul came back up we could take off. 

We got to the competition and it was quite busy.  Thankfully someone had welcomed us when we walked in and showed us where we needed to go.  I’m so glad we pre-registered as it was a long line to get in otherwise.   We ended up finding Team Rade no problem (thankfully they called us to tell us which ring they were by) and the kids each got a package of crayons and coloring book to keep them busy while we waited for their turn to spar.   We got there at 10am and I should of looked at the time when they finally sparred, but it was quite awhile after lunch as they did forms and weapons first.   It was way to much for Katie so Paul ended up taking her away for awhile.  They ended up finding a target to shop at so life was good for her.     Thankfully they made it back in time to watch Kevin spar.  

There ended up being 12 kids in the 6 yr old novice divsion and I had no clue how Kevin was going to do.  I had watched Jessie & Jake give what they had, but it ended up being not enough.  So I honestly thought the same would happen to Kevin since he had never done this before and they had.   Then they called his name and my heart started pounded.  I told him it was his turn and he started walking out in the ring while I quick hurried to the other side so I could get a good video.  

This is his first match

All I was hoping for was that he would be able to at least score.  If he scored, then I would of felt like he won.  It turned out that he actually won the match!  So then he was going to be able to fight again.  Once again all I was wishing for was for him to score and low and behold, he ended up winning again and then was going to be fighting for the 1st or 2nd place!  GULP!!  My little boy?!?  Fighting in the “champion round” for the 6 yr olds!  I couldn’t believe it.

Kevin’s 2nd match

Once again I was wishing for just one point, but unfortantly that didn’t happen this time and he ended up loosing 0-5, but I was still proud as a peacock for my son since he had never done this before.   They called his name for 2nd place and he went out there and then the top 4 walked over to the trophy table where they handed him his REAL trophy. 

Kevin with his first ever trohpy for sparring!

Kevin & Katie.  (She was so proud of her big brother)

Jessie, Kevin & Jake after their matches. 

What was really funny was the next morning when Kevin woke up and went running to his trophy and just sat with it on the couch looking at it and saying…  “It’s real mom!  It’s a real trophy!”. 

Needless to say he is excited to go to class tonight as his instructors told him to bring his trophy!  He also can’t wait until his sound sharing day (like show & tell) for the letter T as he wants to bring this as well.  I told him he could, but Momma will be bringing it for him as I would rather him not carry it on the bus.  (I’m sure you know why)

So that was our exciting weekend!  One I know we will never forget!

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