Abby had to shift over from karate to tae kwon do since we moved to Virginia. She really likes it though. In this class they get to spar on Thursdays. Abby is pretty tall for her age, so she usually gets paired up with kids that are older. She often spars with the little girl in the pink helmet (Quintin told me she is ten years old!!) in the video - Abby is in the red helmet.
When she first started Abby was getting pushed around a lot. The other little girl has quite a weight advantage over Abby, and she was using that to help her. Abby has been practicing and can hold her own now!! They tend to do a lot of pushing, almost like sumo wrestlers, but she does get in a couple of kicks, punches, and some pretty good blocks.
The other night Quintin said they ran some drills where they started sitting down with their backs touching. Then they had to jump up and push the other one down. Abby beat her 3 out of the 5 times and was so proud of herself!!
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