By William Cole For Mailonline
Published: 11:57 GMT, 21 March 2019 | Updated: 11:57 GMT, 21 March 2019
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This is the beautiful moment a US soldier surprised his nine-year-old son by sneaking into the youngster's taekwondo session to be his sparring partner.
The boy went into a flood of happy tears after seeing his dad who had been away on deployment for 10 months.
Blindfolded Luca Cesternino had no idea what was about to come next as he swung punches at the mystery body in front of him, thinking it was all part of a training routine.
Staff Sgt. Rob Cesternino (centre) with his son Luca (right) and his wife Leah (left) when they reunited 10 months after Rob was deployed to the Middle East
Little did Luca know, though, his trainer at Success Martial Arts Centre in Lebanon, Tennessee, had switched places with his father, Staff Sgt. Rob Cesternino.
Towards the end of the drill on Monday, Staff Sgt. Rob Cesternino can be heard saying 'Hey Shib' - a name he used to call Luca when he was younger.
The words instantly sparking a reaction from his son, saying 'Daddy?'.
Stopping in his tracks, Luca fights to remove the blindfold before immediately diving into his father's arms and breaking down into tears.
