Tournament Today!

Today went really well- or better than my last one I should say. It was pretty cool. A few other students from my dojo went and so did Mr. Lafon, so that was encouraging not being the only one from my school that went. It was great having Mr. Lafon to coach me a bit too- I think it helped a lot. I placed 2nd in forms and 2nd in sparring. I missed 1st place in forms by 1/10th of a point- oh well- I know how I can improve for next time.

As for my sparring- there were only me and another guy, so 2nd place was a given since I lost. I ended up fighting the same person I lost to last time- but I think that I improved majorly since then. I had several kicks that one judge saw but the other two didn't- I have a really bad time getting myself to allow 2 judges to see my attacks. No matter-I could have won. I needed to block more as well and not give up before the break was called- don't know why I stopped. I'll beat him next time! I can't wait to start training again and seeing how I can improve so I won't lose my next match!