Tae kwon do mom brag

[mom2of2]

My DS 13 competed last night in only his 2nd tournament and did great!! He was the lowest rank in his division at Sr Brown belt and took a 2nd in sparring, 3rd in forms and then in the teen/adult division against 9 black belts he took a bronze medal in board breaking!! He was shocked when they called his name since he only broke 3 boards in 3 stations while the others were breaking 2 at a time, doing flips and one broke 7 stacked high. He placed because although they scored higher then he did they had points deducted when a board didn't break and that medaled my son.
The BEST part is that after the tournament the Director approached my son and handed him an invitation to compete in a National Tournament being held in DISNEY WORLD!!! DS was shocked beyond belief and I was doing the happy dance. Well I wasted no time and called the Hilton in DTD since that is where the tournament will be held to get their "special" pricing. Well "special" is only for the night before the tournament and the night of and it's $149.00 per night and then jumps to $220.00. This is over Martin Luther King weekend, figured we'd make a long weekend and stay 3 nights. Anyway I told reservations thank you and hung up. I then called Disney Travel, told them what the Hilton told me and after checking I got an AP rate of $49 at POP. I was surprised since my dates were blackouts but I got them anyway. So guess I have to make another coutdown clock cause we are heading to WDW to compete!!!!
So is anyone elses child competing in the National Tournament January 15th???

 

[tiggersmom2]

Hi! My son is a 2nd degree black belt and we will be there! We are staying at the AKL.

 

[dzneprincess]

Congratultions! No competitions yet, as my kids have just started TaeKwonDo! But I hope they get to be great like your son! How long has he been learning? THis will be my kids 2bd week and I am soo excited to see them learning the steps and forms.

 

[doxdogy]

Wow that is great. Congratulations to your son. You have every right to brag.

 

[grinningghost]

Congratulations to your son!

 

[mom2of2]

He's been in Tae kwon do for 3yrs now and he loves it. I am very excited for him!

 

[Deb in IA]

Wow, congratulations!!!

Our son has been in Tae Kwon Do for a little over a year, and just broke his first board last month, when he was testing for his blue tips. He hasn't done any competitions yet . . .

 

[Galahad]

YES! CONGRATS! TKD is such a good thing for kids. Or DS was sn TKD for year (hasn't done it since he's been in college) and it was great! Tell him to keep of the good work!!

 

[bubba's mom]

Congrats to your son!! What competition was he competing in? We are headed to the one in NJ the Saturday before Thanksgiving. DS has noted an interest in the ATA competition WWoS held at Disney in October. Maybe we'll get there next year...used all our vacation time up for this year! Is the Nationals being held at WWoS in Disney or somewhere else? Wish your son good luck for us all!!

 

[PRINCESS VIJA]

OMG HOW COOL IS THAT????? I congratulate both of you! From another Tae Kwon Do mom, I understand your joy!

 

[jacksonsmom]

AWESOME!!!!! Brag away.

My son just started TKD this pass summer. He is only 5 but he is loving it so far. It is really neat watching him learn the patterns & such.

GOOD LUCK to your son

 

[mom2of2]

Congrats to your son!! What competition was he competing in? We are headed to the one in NJ the Saturday before Thanksgiving. DS has noted an interest in the ATA competition WWoS held at Disney in October. Maybe we'll get there next year...used all our vacation time up for this year! Is the Nationals being held at WWoS in Disney or somewhere else? Wish your son good luck for us all!!

We are UTA United Tae kwon do Association and the tourney was the UTA Fall Tournament. We have 2 tournaments a year that are pretty big for us anyway. One in the fall and one in the spring.
The Nationals that he is competing in is January 15th at the Hilton in DTD

Thanks again everyone for letting me brag. I've written about my son before and how earlier this school year he defended himself from a bully at school. I truly believe that TKD has changed my son for the better, given him confidence and belief in himself. It's very hard to stand by and watch when your child goes through daily torment and such a joy to watch him become a competant, responsible, respectful and decent young man. I am so very proud of him.