There was no one there to take pictures of me so this is the only picture I have of me from the whole day, Stephanie Salvini took it.
Both kids were terribly sick for 5 days each with the stomach flu. Shawn very kindly stayed home with a sick Joy and a recovering Paul while I went to the tournament. I really enjoyed watching the other kids and adults from our school compete.
I decided not to spar. Once I was there I really did want to spar. I was glad to see the scary girl from the other tournament was not there. Then, right before it was time for the adults to get under way, she showed up. I decided to just be super friendly and so I was.
Marion and I ended up in different groups because they separated by 39 and under. I still got to cheer her on for her sparring, though, because my group done.
I messed up my form at the end. Somehow I ended up going the wrong direction. I couldn't believe it because I've done the form so much I could do it in my sleep! Also, I turned my head the wrong way for the kick (Pyung Ahn E Dan), which I can't believe I did. However, I was the only one doing the senior form, and Master Ward said I did a really good job not letting the mistake bother me and finishing my form well. So, I won first place. There were only 3 girls in my group. A white belt, scary girl (Amber) and me.
My break was super awesome! I did 360 sudo - 360 back kick. It went exactly as it was supposed to go. I was so upset that i didn't have any pictures or video!!! However, Amber broke 2 boards at each station so she took first place. She deserved it, especially since one of them was a front kick.
Amber was super tough in the sparring again and I felt bad for the white belt girl. When they were done, the judges gave her a talking too about toning it down. She muttered under her breath that it's not sparring if you don't hit hard. Then she told me that she got in trouble because she took 3rd in sparring at the last tournament. I think her school must be crazy and mean.
