Oklahoma State, Day 1

Today, we shot categories, where they divide us up by age, and we we shoot against folks in our own age group.  It's kind of a warm-up to the main match tomorrow, but it's a lot of fun and we do a lot of good-natured joshing with folks in our group.

Belle, bringing smoke.

The big surprise today was the Men's Traditional category.  This category is Men, 18-48 years old.  It's a big category, and generally considered the toughest of any sanctioned shoot.  One category of shooters, the Juniors, is our kids who have demonstrated that they can dominate the youth division and want to step up and shoot with the big dogs. We don't cut them any slack, give them a test, and if they pass it, they can be Juniors, who shoot with the adults, rather than the kids.

These are generally, high-schoolers, and we expect them to take their lumps. Today, they gave out lumps, putting out some very good shooters  The one we're most proud of is our grandson, Akarate Zach, who, when the smoke cleared, was the Men's Traditional Champion.

Akarate Zach, Men's Traditional Champion, Oklahoma State Championship

His second, was also a Junior shooter, Ghost, Another high-schooler.  Congratulations to him.

Tomorrow morning, the scores get reset to even, and we start the main match.  It's going to be a lot of fun.