I'm so proud of how Elana performed at her first TKD tournament, not because she took first place in both event (although that is of course awesome), but because how hard she worked. With a little encouragement from her mom :) she practiced her forms 10 times before school and 10 times after school for several weeks leading up to the big day. You can see how it paid off in the video below, because she completed the routine in about 30 seconds while the other girls took significantly longer. She didn't hesitate or have to stop and think about the moves at all.
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