Tuesday, August 24, 2004

   Seattle was pretty fun, but I did horrible at my Kung Fu tournament...
I said I was going to Seattle in my last post, I did and it was fun! But... My tournament was AwFuL!!! I was horrible... I messed horribly on my forms and missed a lot of moves... And I got points deducted for no reason... It appears the judges I had for forms come from another Kung Fu school and do judging differently from my school... At the tournament, We were supposed to "Introduce Ourselves" to the judges and ask for their permission to begin our form... What a bunch of bullshit is that???!!! Why do I have to ask permission to begin my form???!!! Like they're gonna say, "No You may not do your forms and you spent 30$ on nothing"... One of the judges came up to me and my friends all from Tat Wong Kung Fu Academy and he said that it was rude to not introduce ourselves and he and the other judges deducted points from all of us... I knew I wasn't gonna win 1st, 2nd, or 3rd because I said that I messed up on my forms... But my friend Genya got points deducted from her score... She did REALLY well!!! She should of gotten 2nd place but she got 3rd... I was pretty mad... BTW, I got 4th place ( Which is really bad in my point of view )

I got 2nd place in sparring which is pretty bad since there was only 3 people in my group... I lost to a kid who trained in the Shaolin Temple ( The Birthplace of Kung Fu ) I had 4 points, he had 5... I was supposed to have 5 and we should of tied, I made a clear shot to his chest because his hands were down, but when the judge asked the other judges who got the point my instructor pointed to me ( Not because he was my intructor, but because it was a clear shot ) And the other judge said it was a tie... So no one got the point... He won about 15 seconds later... Im not being a complainer or sore loser about losing at sparring... The guy I fought was just bigger and better then me and he was really cool and gave me pointers before we fought... But the judges at the forms were just complete morons... I'm still a little pissed off about that...

Oh well let's talk about the better side of Seattle, I did a little sightseeing with my Uncle, Dad, And 2 little cousins... First, we went to Pike street and I bought some comics, which was pretty cool, Then we went to this weird, yet cool dam where salmon swam upriver on... I think the place was called The Lockes but I'm not sure... Then we went to the Space Needle ( WHICH WAS TOTALLY NOT WORTH 20$ FOR AN ADULT AND A KID ) It was fun the first 5 minutes but after that 5 minutes It's boring...

The next day ( Which is today ) I went to the Museum of Flight, which is a museum with a lot of Airplanes and Info about them. It was pretty fun there and I took some pictures of the planes that are so cool! Oh well that's my whole vacation at Seattle!!!
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