Almost DOES Count
This Saturday is my second ever Karate Tournament, so our instructors forced us to practice Wednesday and Thursday night. We had mini sparring matches and on Wednesday night I achieved my first short term goal by beating my good friend (who, in my opinion, is the best female sparrer in our school) and winning "first" place in the "women's division".
Last night...I was so so close. I made it through two rounds and won both to get into the "finals" (all the quotation marks are because these matches didn't really mean anything except learning from mistakes and improving technique). In the final round, I went up against a black belt that's a little more than half my age, so we have to account for speed and endurance...remember that I'm asthmatic. However, with this being point-sparring, 5 points wins, we actually had to go to sudden death because the score was 4-4 and time was up. She got me in the end, but I'm insanely proud of myself for going that far.
So anyway, wish me luck tomorrow and hope I don't injure myself any further than I already have.
I need a karate icon...(that was a hint)
Last night...I was so so close. I made it through two rounds and won both to get into the "finals" (all the quotation marks are because these matches didn't really mean anything except learning from mistakes and improving technique). In the final round, I went up against a black belt that's a little more than half my age, so we have to account for speed and endurance...remember that I'm asthmatic. However, with this being point-sparring, 5 points wins, we actually had to go to sudden death because the score was 4-4 and time was up. She got me in the end, but I'm insanely proud of myself for going that far.
So anyway, wish me luck tomorrow and hope I don't injure myself any further than I already have.
I need a karate icon...(that was a hint)