Combat Ready!
Today was the first day of sparring classes for Duncan and was he excited to finally be sparring! Of all the areas of Taekwondo he could have been interested in, he has been drawn to the sparring class since his first day of class. Today was the first day since October of 2004 that he has had the chance to participate and he loved it!
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Of course, safety is the primary concern in the sparring class and everyone in the class is padded up with the official TKD safety gear. This gear is typically the same gear that is used in the Olympic sparring matches as well so should he choose to compete, he won't have to get used to new equipment. For whatever reason, he was most fascinated by the cup and just didn't understand at first what it was for. When it was explained to him what it would be protecting, he seemed confused and began to ask how someone would get hit there. But to his credit, he figured it out by himself and stopped in mid sentence as it dawned on him and he said "Snap kick!". Some kids practice the moves in class and never understand what they are practicing. He figured it out by himself. Way to go, buddy!!
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posted by Bonzai @ 7:47 PM
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He asked today if he could go to sparring class again. He was disappointed when I told him it wasn't until Thursday. I didn't think he'd like the sparring, but he sure does! He even kept commenting on how the sparring class was shorter than his other class. It's not, it's the same 45 minutes, but he wouldn't believe me!!
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