We're back !

Thankfully our trip to Cherry Hill NJ went very well. Getting there took a couple hours more than anticipated and even though we would have been on time( barely ) for the boys to practice with our region in a night before practice, we got a call an hour early asking where we were. Here I guess that someone changed the time without giving any thought or notification to us. Anyway, it was disheartening to have literally ran into rest stop bathrooms, rushing to get done and run back in order stay on time,and eating taco bell( in the car) for dinner to receive a call an hour early telling us not to hurry because the training was starting and we were not there. WE did arrive at about five minutes until eight( right on schedule) which was good . The tournament itself went well. Michael took third place in Kumite(fighting) after having a wrongful disqualification overturned. If the disqualification had not been wrongfully called, he probably would have taken the Gold or silver ( the disqualification took him out of a round of fighting that he should have been in ) but sometimes things happen that way and there are judges who simply make mistakes and that is just how it goes ! As for Robby, though he woke congested and adding that to his anxiety had him pretty high strung, he took a musinex , spent some solo practice time before his event and ended up with third place in kata( form) and second place in Kumite( fighting) which was wonderful ! Since they boys' events were done by noon, we had the rest of Saturday and Sunday to relax and watch the rest of the tournament. Though I seen a couple glitches in sportsmanship ( another post for another day) Overall, the tournament was good. As always, Mike took thousands (literally)of pictures , which I haven't even looked at yet so I will be posting as soon as I get through them.
For now though please join me in saying Congratulations to my boys ! Michael and Robby, you guys did great and I am so proud! Michael is scheduled for his second degree(Nidan)black belt test in a couple weeks when the head of the ISKF himself will be in Ohio. Best of luck Michael !