Karate Tournament (Part 1)

I had my first Karate Tournament on Saturday, May 16th. I competed in two events, patterns and point sparring. The morning started with Master Rine explaining the rules. He chose me from the crowd to help demonstrate.

Here I am watching the demo teams perform, waiting for my turn to compete.

My group consisted of 5 and 6 year olds with gold and orange belts from 4 different karate schools. Most of the kids did beginning pattern and pattern 1, but I chose to do pattern 2 which is more difficult. A karate pattern is a series of memorized kicks, punches and moves.

Here is a video followed by some still pictures...

I didn't make any mistakes on my pattern!

Dad and Cadence were watching from the bleachers while Mom stood beside the ring taking pictures.

It was finally time to announce the winners, and I came in first place!