Maddux 2nd Birthday Party

Well as if one birthday party wasn't enough, Maddux had his second birthday party yesterday. His dojo decided to throw him a karate birthday party for him and 12 of his friends. They all came for a free karate session and then had pizza and pop afterwards. They did a lot of fun stuff and got to run around and get tired. It was kind of cool because we had the whole place to ourselves and the kids could run all over the place.



They made Maddux an honorary black belt for the day and let him lead the class with Shihan. I think he had a lot of fun although he liked to see what everyone else was doing rather than lead. They went through some punches, blocks, kicks and then had some fun punching and kicking sheets of paper. Then, unbeknown to me, Shihan had Maddux and I put on padded helmets and gave us padded swords to spar with each other. You could hit anywhere on the body or head to get a point. First he let us just practice striking each other. Then he made me go down on one knee to spar. Finally we had a little tournament with the first one to accumulate three points was the winner. The points were decided by all of Maddux's friends so I never really had a shot. They did give me one point but I lost 3 to 1. I guess that is how it should be at his party. The party lasted about an hour and a half and I know all the kids had a fun time. I am sure that his teacher does that to try and bring new students into his dojo but it was really a nice gesture of him and I know Maddux enjoyed it. Here are some various pictures from the day.



Brooklyn working on her back break fall. It is meant to protect your head when you fall.



Working on their front kicks which was probably their favorite thing to do.



Practicing their knife-hand strike.




Maddux being awarded his black belt.



The start of class. They have to sit in seiza and show that they can sit still.



Maddux bear crawling towards the paper to hit. He is actually very fast this way.



Brooklyn punching the paper. The kids love this because it makes a loud sound when you hit it.



Brooklyn giving the paper a giant front kick.



Bubba taking a swing. Look at the look on his face before he hits it. You can't tell me he isn't having any fun.



Again working on the front kick.

Well I am sorry to disappoint everyone but that was Maddux's last birthday party of the year. Two was more than enough and he is a very lucky boy. We are grateful to have him in our family and look forward to having him start school and baseball this year. He has been waiting for quite some time.