Karate Chop

Saturday was Rionn's second tournament.  I was sure he'd do great and he did.  And although he didn't come home with a trophy, he was so much improved that I was actually shocked even though I sit through several classes through the week.  Anyways, this tournament was in Pasadena.  And boy am I glad I do have to deal with LA traffic on a regular basis.  It would literally drive me to the looney bin.

He only competed in forms and sparring.  He did great in forms.  And I had high hopes for him in sparring.  But he went up against that 10 year old girl standing next to him in the picture.  I think he would have had a pretty good chance of placing if he had drawn an easier competitor in the first round.  But he held his own.  He wasn't aggressive enough until she got him pinned to the ground.  Once he got out of it, he went out swinging.  Now we just have to figure out how to channel that "madness" without him being mad or getting beat up first.