Guest guest Posted December 15, 2001 Report Share Posted December 15, 2001 > Well! Tommy received gold medals for two of the three events he competed in > (breaking boards and forms); Sam got a silver in breaking and a bronze in forms > and sparring. Of course, the fact that they were the only deaf/hoh kid there > made it all that much cooler! I was so proud!!!!! Barbara - Congrats to both your boys!! Those accomplishments are worth a good brag! Thanks for sharing the story with us. Pam Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 15, 2001 Report Share Posted December 15, 2001 Dear Barbara, That's just wonderful! Congratulations to your boys and to you for being brave enough to let them try. take care, Pat mom of Eamon, 4 (Hoh) and four older hearing kids... > Hi - I'm so proud of my boys I just have to share! They both are students of > Taekwando, which is a Korean martial art. Sam just started in September as a > white belt (10th gup), Tom has been studying for a year and is a yellow belt, > soon to test for his yellow/green belt (so he's currently 8th gup)(there are 10 > color belts before the black belt). One of our best friends has a black belt > and has really encouraged the boys in TKD and to that end, talked me into > enrolling them in the Vermont state tournament last weekend. I was skeptical - > I'm not terribly competitive in that regard - and of course gave them the mommy > talk about having a good time and learning and that maybe they wouldn't get a > medal.... > > Well! Tommy received gold medals for two of the three events he competed in > (breaking boards and forms); Sam got a silver in breaking and a bronze in forms > and sparring. Of course, the fact that they were the only deaf/hoh kid there > made it all that much cooler! I was so proud!!!!! > > Just had to share! > > Barbara Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 15, 2001 Report Share Posted December 15, 2001 Our HA daughter is also in Taekwondo, and there is not a division for handicapped or special needs. These kids compete with all people. We have found out it is a wonderful sport for all kids. Pam, how do you handle interpreting? We have decided (actually our daughter decided) she did not want us to interpret. And it seems to work OK for her. Re: Gotta brag! > > Well! Tommy received gold medals for two of the three events he competed > in > > (breaking boards and forms); Sam got a silver in breaking and a bronze in > forms > > and sparring. Of course, the fact that they were the only deaf/hoh kid > there > > made it all that much cooler! I was so proud!!!!! > > Barbara - Congrats to both your boys!! Those accomplishments are worth a > good brag! Thanks for sharing the story with us. > Pam > > > > All messages posted to this list are private and confidential. Each post is the intellectual property of the author and therefore subject to copyright restrictions. > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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