Yesterday Haley went to her first Kids Jiu Jitsu Tournament. Mommy had to miss it, but Daddy, Nana & Aunt Sunny were all there to cheer her on and from what I hear, she did great. The kids that she went up against had way more experience than her, but she hung in there & had a great time.
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| Aunt Sunny & Haley |
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| Nana & Haley |
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| Waiting for the tournament to start. |
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| Warming up. |
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| Haley & her Coach Mike |
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| Haley spent most of her time on the bottom. She's not use to the big crowd, so she was very distracted & wasn't really putting all her effort into getiing the kid off. She was also pretty tired, so she was being lazy. Oh well ;) |
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| Yep, still being sat on. |
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| Not worried at all about losing, she had fun! |
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| Cheering other kids on. |
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| Ready for match #2. |
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| Several different matches going on. |
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| Haley proudly receiving her medal. |
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She won second place in her bracket (there were only the 3 kids in her bracket :)
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| Haley made friends with an older girl, Summer. They both proved to be good friends to each other. Here they were waiting for Summer to get her medal. For some reason they had skipped over Summer's medal & she was very concerned about it, so Haley actually went up to a judge for her & told them Summer needed her medal. At a different point during the tournament a young boy was picking on Haley & Summer told the kid to back off & then took Haley over to a coach & told him what happened. Very proud of both those girls! |
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| A great time was had by all. |
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| EXHAUSTED! |
It was a super experience, Haley had fun & she now knows what to expect for future tournaments. We can't wait for next time!
