Amélie' First Taekwondo Tournament!

This morning, Amélie went to her first Taekwondo tournament! It was organized by our ATA Bloomington Club, and most of her friends from the club were there. In fact, over 200 people were there, ranging from Amélie's age to retirees, all coming to compete in various tracks: forms, sparring, and weapons. It was pretty impressive to see them all line up by belt level, and hear all of them recite the ATA oath.

I must say that seeing Amélie as part of this ocean of people was pretty impressive!


Amélie had to follow an instructor for a series of movement called 'Songham Il-Jang 2'... For the state-of-the-art way to do this series of movements, see here.

Here is part of the 3 year old version at the tournament:


Amélie received a big trophee for her efforts:


Pop corn was the reward that Amélie chose, so she received it right after she was done with her form:


Amélie also found lots of gummy animals, and other candy available only to tournament participants, she was thrilled about her loot, and can't wait to go to the next tournament!