Taekwondo Tournament

We attended our first Taekwondo tournament to watch Morgan compete.  It was quite a spectacle with all of the people and all of those black belts!  Morgan competed with the 12-15 year old color belts, of which there were only 3 others.  He was a higher rank than the other 3 (Morgan is blue), but you never know who is going to attend the tournament.

Here are some shots of him in action... this first one is while he was performing his form for the judges. He wanted me to get a picture of him in one of his kicks - I'd say I did a pretty good job, even though I was far up in the stands!  You can see Michael standing on the left side of the photo by the judges - he was taking video with his phone.

This next one is of him sparring with an opponent.  Again, I captured him mid-kick!

And here he is getting scored.  The judges hold up their fingers to indicate their score.  If they hold up 7 fingers, the score is 9.7.  Morgan got a 9.7, 9.7, and a 9.8.  Michael is leaning forward to see the scores.

And finally, here are the fruits of his labor... two first place medals!  One for forms and one for sparring.

 Fun times!