And 2nd place goes to...

Proud brother!
Proud of those 2 trophies
WOW!
Waiting to compete
Padded up and ready to fight


Cameron competed in a karate tournament at his karate school (he is currently an orange belt). It was his first tournament. Wouldn't you know, he gets called 1st to perform his "kata" - (basically a demonstration of movements) in front of a panel of judges and a huge crowd. He stated his name and proceeded to perform great only forgetting a couple of moves. He ended up taking 5th in that part of it and took home a trophy. Then he moved into the sparring division. He has never offically sparred and was placed with kids from his class as well as the 8-10's. His first match he sparred a 9 year old and won in sudden death. He moved to the semi finals and went up against a girl who happend to be a red belt (one away from black) and won again, moving him into the finals. There he sparred a green belt and lost. He came away with 2nd place!!! Unbelievable. We were so happy for him. We are so proud that he even had the nerves to get in front of the crowd of about 100+ and perform - winning 2nd and 5th was just a bonus! (Our camera takes crappy pix in the school so ...)