The kids had their annual karate tournament and gymnastic meet. They all did great! The karate tournament has mixed emotions with me. Never did I think I would be cheering my guts out for my kids to beat the snot out of another. LOL! It goes against everything I stand for!! LOL! But it has been and is a good thing to boost confidence and to feel like if you were in a sticky situation you could handle yourself!!! Just ask Whit, you start messing with him and the first thing out of his mouth is " I KNOW KARATE"!!
Whit started the Taylor boys off with sparring. Nothing like suiting up in full combat battle to get your mean face on. They said fight and Whit lit into the kid....one punch and one kick and the poor other kids was crying! Not necessarily because of Whit, I'm pretty sure he had never done anything like that before, but I felt bad that he got Whit the first time. Only because Whit has no rhyme or reason, but if someone says fight, he's all in!!
Tate also rocked the sparring, it came down to the last point!!! It was a tough fight, right to the bitter end, and Tate ended up winning the match! I was so damn proud of him. He was shocked, fighting isn't as natural for Tate as it is for Whit, so it really meant something big for him!!! He has listened faithful to his instructors and it paid off!!
The grappling though.....EY YI YI!!!! I HATE GRAPPLING!!!!!!! I hate sitting on the side lines and watching two kids wrestle is out with each other!!! Either way you feel bad, because if your kid is killing the other kid, you feel terrible for them and if your kid is on the bottom you want nothing more than to go rip the other little shit off and give them a big hug and kiss.........and THAT IS NOT what a mom does at a Karate tournament! The kids that the boys grappled were awesome, very tough and very coached, they had moves!!!!! Tate and Whit both held their own. Whit was just there for the wrestling, he didn't even realize he was getting his trash kicked,,,,,,, came up smiling!!
Tate had a bad experience last year, but still wanted to do it, and he did awesome, but having him on the bottom and looking over to me with eyes that say " please can't you do something.....HELP!!!!" No thank you, grappling is out at the Taylor Ranch!!! Along with bull riding, barebacks, saddle broncs, and any other rough stock yearning they get.......uh no.......this mother cannot take it!!
All in all it was a good couple of nights and I think they both gained a lot of experience and want to do it again next year!!! Except grappling........I'm still the mom, and I say NO!
My crystal ball for sees A LOT of gymnastics and tumbling in our future with Miss Reese!!! SHE LOVES IT!!! She lives in a leotard, and has worn out one side of my leather couch form flipping and rolling!!! I love that she loves it...she has grit and determination, and if she wants to keep it up I can see her going far!! Good job SIS!!
The best part of both these events was that were did them with Brinlee and Rago!!! How cool is it that your best buddies forever are in the same stuff!!!
BOO-YA!!!!
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