NOPE I AM NOT A SOCCER MOM,,,But a Taekwondo Mom

January 13, 2008

As a young adult with out children I used to make fun of those mom’s with the soccer balls stuck all over the SUV’s.  Oh how I was not going to ever be like them.  Then my husband bought me an SUV to take little ones around in,,oh well,,,at least I am not a soccer mom!  However, I could be venturing down a much similar road.  I am now an official Taekwondo mom.  Yup, it has happened, we have started down the road of extra curricular activities!  Twice a week now I have to get our son suited up and to practice on time.  I have to make sure his dobok (uniform) is clean and put on correctly ( I am still trying to the belt right!).  He has a great time at class.  He lets out his “karate yell”, I can here him yell “yes sir” above all the other Tiny Tigers.  He has only been to two classes and the instructor has already given him a star for his disiplin (hey,,,did I have something to do with that???) and form.  I of course was so excited that my son got his first star.  In the true spirit of competitive parents I told my self “but of course he did he is perfect”!  No, honestly I was proud of him because the stuff he was being asked to do (kicks, punches, push ups, jumping jacks) he had never done before and we had been practicing.  And of course he was not perfect, but he tried hard and did better then the first time he went and I believe that is why the instructor recognized him.

One of the things about Taekwondo is it is Korean Martial Arts.  Our son has been watching exhibitions at Korean festivals and adoption days we take the kids to since he was first home.  He has always been fascinated with it and always wanted to take a class.  I had resolved to maybe just Karate as I could not find a Taekwondo class neare us.  It was my sister-in-laws idea to take her son and mine to a free class back in December.  Both our boys are truly Tiny Tigers (my 6 yr old is the a little smaller then her 4 yr old) so they were the smallest ones there.  However, they did the best.  My nephew will hopefully be joining us in Feb for the class.  If this is so all we as mom’s can say is thank goodness they wont be at the same school.  We can already in vision being called into the office!

Here is my Tiny Tiger!  Now I just need to find stickers for Taekwondo to put all over my SUV and I am all set!