While I applaud with enthusiasm, I have a nice feeling of "déjà vu", having seen this before ... For just over a year, I wrote an article in which he promised that the future of karate would be in the hands of women ... I do not think I developed powers of clairvoyance, but the results of our competitors make me doubt ...
I am in the last few minutes of the delivery of the trophies VI Open Karate Child Catalonia in Lliçà d'Amunt, with mixed competitions in almost all categories. As a member of a sports association, I have enjoyed the spectacle. As a woman, I am glad to see the podiums (mostly female). As santboiana, I was thrilled to have 8 cups won, 6 of whom have lifted the women's hands.
Cease applause in the hall and our promising youngsters come running, exhibiting pride and satisfaction with their trophies. The image reflects a small part of the excitement that we attachment. At all. To them, because they see their efforts recognized, week by week, sweating kimono and earning success. To us, their mothers, for them, because they see the satisfaction in their eyes "is priceless." In all, women, thinking that something is changing ...
Núria Salán
Association Santboiana Shotokan
(Translated from Spanish to English by Google Translate )
Estoy en los últimos minutos de la entrega de trofeos del VI Open de Karate Infantil de Catalunya, en Lliçà d’Amunt, con competiciones mixtas en casi todas las categorías. Como miembro de una asociación deportiva, he disfrutado con el espectáculo. Como mujer, me he alegrado al ver los podios (mayoritariamente femeninos). Como santboiana, me he emocionado al contar 8 copas ganadas, 6 de las cuales, las han levantado manos femeninas.
Cesan los aplausos en el pabellón y nuestras jóvenes promesas vienen corriendo, exhibiendo con orgullo y satisfacción sus trofeos. La imagen recoge una pequeña parte de la emoción que nos embarga. A todas. A ellas, porque ven reconocido su esfuerzo, semana a semana, sudando el kimono y ganándose el éxito. A nosotras, sus madres, por ellas, porque ver la satisfacción en sus ojos “no tiene precio”. A todas, mujeres, por pensar que alguna cosa está cambiando...
