Have you ever been to a karate tournament before?

On a sunny, warm Saturday, my parents and I went to my karate tournament in Henderson at St Dominic School.

When we got to St Dominic School, my parents and I had to wait for my team to arrive because we always take a team photo so we can recall later on. After all our team members arrived, we took a nice photo and then we hurried inside because it was going to rain.

As soon as we got inside, my parents and I quickly found a seat otherwise we might no get one. After we sat down, my silly friends and I went to the back to warm up for the tournament. Before long, the tournament started.

First we had to get into our divisions. I was in the green belt to red belt female division. After we were put into our divisions, then we did kata.

I did kata Seienchin. Seienchin is a slow and fast kata (training exercises) which we needed to move our hips a lot. Then we moved into komati. Komati is a type of fighting techniques. I had  to go up against two red belts that was good and it was hard. However I beat one if them.

After that we were awarded our medals. I was surprised because I didn't think I was going to get a medal. I received two silver medals and I was so happy.

I hope next time my papa would come because he really wanted to come with us. I was so humble to get two medals. I will train hard and hopefully I can get two gold medals next time.

Learning intention: We are learning to understand and use descriptive language in our writing.

Success criteria: I know I can do this when I use adjectives to describe my weekend of going to my karate tournament.