Monday, September 28, 2009

Karate Kid.

So I went to my routine taekwondo class today and was presented a letter that read a little something like this:

September 21, 2009

CONGRATULATIONS!

You have qualified to compete in your NATIONAL Championship division at the Choong Sil Taekwondo Nationals on November 14, 2009. etc etc etc etc etc.

GOOD LUCK TO YOU!
Signed by: National Administrator

Here is the sequence of events that lead to my qualifying for nationals apparently:
1. I am a black belt recommended. (Testing for my black belt end of October).
2. I am a female between the age of 18-34.
3. I competed in Spar Wars & won two 3rd place metals which gave me 1 of the 3 tickets into nationals *gasp*!

I swear I am humble about this.

Quick excerpt about Spar Wars.

Spar Wars is an all-sparring competition. I decided to go about 1 hr before the competition because this would be my first year to compete in the black belt division. SCARY. And it truly was scary. Can I please tell you that the 2 "chicks" who got the 1st and 2nd place medal either a) owned a taekwondo school in florida-not kidding or b) was enrolled in her first class when she first started walking. Both were second degree black belts which automatically means they have at least 2 years of experience on me. But to be quite honest, I didn't get completely slaughtered, both rounds were 4 points against 2 (I got 2 points!). So I was proud at the end of the day. I will admit there were a few tearful moments when I got in the car with Landon right after the competition. These tears were probably a combination of disappointment that I'm not the best (shocking I know), the stress & intimidation of the day, and relief that I did not leave with a spinal cord injury.

So what the blog comes down to is....
SHOULD I COMPETE IN NATIONALS?
There is probably only an actual 1% chance I will attend and that figure of 1%, is also representative of my survival rate should I go. I will definitely save the congrats letter to show my grandkids that their grammy was really something.

Here is a little video footage of my sparring (very brief and uneventful), but it will humor you:

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7 comments:

  1. Molly and Kevin StromSeptember 30, 2009 at 5:10 AM

    I think you should do it! I mean come on you have already seen 2 really good girls and one owned the place for crying out loud haha! Good luck it's a once in a lifetime opportunity!

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  2. The Putnam FamilySeptember 30, 2009 at 6:11 AM

    i like it...i like it a lot.

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  3. Ben and KristenSeptember 30, 2009 at 10:12 AM

    that was 100% awesome and you should 100% go. did that other chick in the video punch you? is she allowed to punch you?

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  4. UnknownSeptember 30, 2009 at 2:27 PM

    By the way, the girl with kaleidoscope eyes died Monday (aka Lucy).

    http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,556580,00.html

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  5. DeannaSeptember 30, 2009 at 2:35 PM

    wow people are reading my blog, don't usually get comments but I guess I don't leave um either. yes punching is allowed, that's the best way to score points actually. i get too nervous to throw punches at tournaments. i'm better with my legs. working on it though my friends. janna thx for info. my blog will live on in tribute.

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  6. AshleighOctober 5, 2009 at 6:37 PM

    D! You are so awesome. You HAVE to go. It will be the best blog post ever. Seriously I can't believe that chick tried to punch you. What a b. Congrats friend!

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  7. ConfidentUntilCompletionOctober 7, 2009 at 4:47 PM

    This is super awesome, Deanna. I would totally go for it just to say you did. Yeah, peeps are reading it. We just don't always comment.

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