Gold Rush Tournament

Today I competed in the Gold Rush Invitational Traditional Karate Tournament.  I demonstrated Chinto for kata and Tokumine No Kun for weapons.  I won two gold in both kata and weapons.  I had one competitor in kata and no competitors for weapons.  Every tournament for me makes me nervous, but with practice I feel a little better.  I felt like I did the kata with power and strength.  I decided to do weapons even without other competitors.  I need the practice doing the kata in front of an audience.  I really enjoyed watching all the other dojo students compete.  I am energized cheering them on.  They may or may not hear me, but I feel like I am helping them and encouraging them.  I think we did very well as a dojo team.  I saw many metals for the students of our dojo.  It was a rewarding positive day.  Most of the time I spend doing things for my family.  Today I did something towards my goal in the black belt challenge.  What a growing experience this year has been so far.  I look forward to more growing in the future.

My current Challenge progress as of January 23, 2025.