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And so it is, Luna had her second state Karate Do tournament, hello friends at HIVE, as you know Luna has been practicing this sport for 8 months now and has been promoted to yellow belt.
These days she made her debut in her second tournament, she had been training hard for the competition for weeks, it had been explained to her that soon there would be a tournament to apply everything she had learned against children from other Dojos and that she could win medals and that made her very excited, so she dedicated herself to practice a lot.
It's a nice experience to walk into the gym and see so many kids ready to compete and excited to win, getting to know their opponents, being friendly with each other. And the parents sitting in the stands with their team t-shirts on, supporting their kids, being cheerleaders, keeping them hydrated, cheering loudly, capturing those unforgettable moments with their phones.
Yes I must admit that it is very tiring to spend hours and hours sitting there hehehe, we arrived at 9am and left at 3pm, but despite that we enjoyed the competition and see the athletes striving to win, obviously as in all competitions there are winners and losers, there are those who take it positively and others not so much. I think the important thing about all this is to learn what can be improved for the next opportunity, when you are a child or a teenager you are still learning to understand your emotions and how to cope with them.
But that's where the parents and their Sensei came in to encourage them and remind them of the importance of the competitions, to understand that sometimes you win and sometimes you lose. I had told them, for those who do not know how Karate competitions are, first you must do the Kata (individual or group imaginary combat) according to your belt level and then you must do the KUMITE which is the combat applying the techniques learned against another karateka.
The smaller ones started, so it was Luna's turn to do her KATA, she was totally calm, there were many people watching her, there were the judges in front and the referees in every corner of the tatami watching her, but Luna has the quality of not being intimidated by that, she really enjoys being the center of attention hehehe and started her KATA, she had some mistakes but she didn't stop, she continued until she finished it, then her competition did her KATA but fortunately Luna had done it better so she won first place in KATA.
Then it was her turn to do the KUMITE, as usual she was excited, without nerves, as you will see in the video the competition was close, both did super well, even the judges had a little trouble deciding, but this time Luna was second place in KUMITE, she did not take it well at first haha, but I explained to her that she did everything very well and that second place is also winning, so she was encouraged and was satisfied with everything she had done.
I can not explain in words my pride as a mother for my little brave girl, I greatly admire her ability to face, expose and present herself publicly so sure of herself, I confess that I could not do it, I tend to be very embarrassing hehe, in fact many karateka and teenagers were paralyzed by nerves, I try as much as possible to keep that quality alive in her and nothing makes me so happy that she knows inside herself how valuable she is and is not afraid to let anyone know with her way of being.
Congratulations brave Luna for your achievements, many successes to you princess.
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