Busy weekend for Cooper and Corey. Coop participated in his first karate tournament. He told me his stomach hurt because he was so nervous. They both did really well. Both of them got medals in all of their events. Way to go! If you have never been to a karate tournament it is quite an experience. There is a lot of formality. Bow here, bow there, bow now, wait, get back there, you forgot to bow. There is more up and down than a Catholic Mass.
Judges sit in the corners of a square ring (is that an oxymoron) and hold up scores. I don't care what anyone says, Corey is a perfect 10 (see photo). Unfortunately, I didn't see one competition that Corey was in because he and Cooper happened to be competing at the same time. I missed seeing Corey beat up guys who are half his age. Darn!
At the dinner Saturday night, Coop was awarded his yellow belt, one stripe and Corey was awarded his brown belt. So exciting. Corey has been working very hard for 3 years so it was really cool to reach that milestone. About 3 more years to a black belt. I am so proud of both of them.
