Taekwondo with my daughter

2 min She is the blue belt; I am the yellow.

Published

Sep 19, 2026

Anthony in a white dobok with a yellow belt and a silver medal on a patterned ribbon, standing in front of a tournament banner. — Yellow belt, silver medal.

My daughter started in the junior taekwondo class. I was helping her with it, then joined the adult class about a year later.

Now we both practice. She is the blue belt; I am the yellow.

We have our own classes and our own progression. Being her dad did not give me a head start on the belts.

On September 19, 2026 we both competed at The Warrior’s Legacy, a National Martial Arts Alliance tournament in Eagan hosted by our own school’s Senior Master Jena Bushey. My daughter took first place in her division. I took second in sparring. The order held.

A girl in a white dobok, blue belt, black headgear, chest protector, and sparring gloves, guard up on a blue mat, seen from behind and to the side; a judge sits at the left and other competitors stand along the back wall. — My daughter sparring, guard up.

A girl in a white dobok and blue belt standing barefoot on a blue mat with her back to the camera, the dobok lettered Taekwondo St. Paul MN, with competitors and spectators seated along the far wall. — On the mat.