Taekwondo Tournament

Over the weekend, on Saturday, I competed in the first tournament of the 2015-2016 tournament year.  ATA tournament years are not a calendar year but go from mid-year to mid-year.  From the moment I woke up I had butterflies in my stomach.  I tried to explain to my son that this is hard for me to do.  As a curvy person doing anything physical in front of  a crowd is very nerve-wracking.  If you asked me to speak in front of hundreds of people I’d have no problem.  But doing Taekwondo in front of a small group is so much harder for me.  It all worked out.  I had a great group of ladies in my ring.  Because it was a small tournament we had color and black belts together.  They grouped us by age.  As you get older you are a bit slower so going against a 19 or 20-year-old is harder.  We had a lot of fun.  Giggles and all.  I ended up with a second place in weapons and second place in sparring.   It took half the ride home for the butterflies to finally go away.  I know they will always be there but as I do more tournaments maybe there will be fewer.