A1 had another karate tournament today. He was very excited and confident going into the event. This tournament consisted of only one match per fighter. Like always, they ask you to get there by 1 PM, and then they make you wait. This time they started with an exhibition match between a team from the Austin area against a team from the Houston area. The Austin area team won easily. Then they started lining up the kids. They start with the lowest belt and then work their way up. Since A1 is a red belt, it takes awhile. Yellow, orange, green, blue, and purple go first.
There were 8 numbered rings on the floor of the basketball arena. A1 is one of the shorter kids for his age, so he is always close to the front of his line. When it looks like they are getting close to taking his line to a ring, I gather up our stuff to move. Sometimes they bring him to a ring that is close to where I am, which makes my life a little easier. Sometimes they don't. Today, they took him to the other side of the arena. So, I had to wade through all of the kids and parents that were milling about after their matches. I made it across the concourse and through the line of people waiting to get their trophies engraved to the correct side of the arena. At that point, there were three matches ahead of A1. I took out the tripod, mounted the camera, and got everything situated just in time. Here is the result:
After the match, A1 told me that he thought that he was going to lose because his opponent was 10 years old. Thankfully, he was wrong.
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