Tournament results
Out_of_Bubblegum
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1st in board breaking
2nd in sparring
This was a fun tournament - we had competitors from a lot of different schools, different styles (American Kenpo, Karate, 2 different styles of Taekwondo, Tang Soo Do) and some competitors from Wales - so an international open tournament.
I had 2 fights...
1st fight was against a VERY aggressive Kenpo 1st dan. He got in an early shot and rang my bell with a right hook punch (I still have a headache!)... but after that I settled in and figured him out. Ended 13 to 5 in my favor.
2nd fight was against someone I spar with regularly, a very talented Taekwondo 2nd dan. It could have easily gone either way as we were very evenly matched.
I'm happy to have lost to him. He's a good guy, and works really hard - just today wasn't my day.
I wasn't planning on competing in board breaking. I had signed up for forms, but luck would have it that I was the only person assigned to my ring who signed up for forms, and the other adult black belt ring was already finished with their forms competition.
One of the tournament directors asked if I'd like to compete in board breaking to make up for the lost event. I always enjoy breaking, and though I hadn't prepared for that event I figured it would be fun, so agreed.
There were 4 competitors in the board breaking event, which is a single score based on completion and difficulty of the break - more advanced techniques, faster execution, and more boards broken = more points.... The interesting part is that competitors must break all stations on first try or they get no score, which tends to make people go conservative with their breaks...
I won with a 2 station break, 3 boards per station - jump front kick and palm heel.
My daughter took a video of the board break.. I'll post it tomorrow.
2nd in sparring
This was a fun tournament - we had competitors from a lot of different schools, different styles (American Kenpo, Karate, 2 different styles of Taekwondo, Tang Soo Do) and some competitors from Wales - so an international open tournament.
I had 2 fights...
1st fight was against a VERY aggressive Kenpo 1st dan. He got in an early shot and rang my bell with a right hook punch (I still have a headache!)... but after that I settled in and figured him out. Ended 13 to 5 in my favor.
2nd fight was against someone I spar with regularly, a very talented Taekwondo 2nd dan. It could have easily gone either way as we were very evenly matched.
I'm happy to have lost to him. He's a good guy, and works really hard - just today wasn't my day.
I wasn't planning on competing in board breaking. I had signed up for forms, but luck would have it that I was the only person assigned to my ring who signed up for forms, and the other adult black belt ring was already finished with their forms competition.
One of the tournament directors asked if I'd like to compete in board breaking to make up for the lost event. I always enjoy breaking, and though I hadn't prepared for that event I figured it would be fun, so agreed.
There were 4 competitors in the board breaking event, which is a single score based on completion and difficulty of the break - more advanced techniques, faster execution, and more boards broken = more points.... The interesting part is that competitors must break all stations on first try or they get no score, which tends to make people go conservative with their breaks...
I won with a 2 station break, 3 boards per station - jump front kick and palm heel.
My daughter took a video of the board break.. I'll post it tomorrow.
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Awesome job! At one tournament, I had to compete against higher belts, because no one signed up in my belt group. I ended up winning sparring! I was surprised.
Always fun when you have to switch events like that. Keeps you on your toes, I guess.0 -
I wish we could have seen it! Definitely want to see the video!
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Awesome.
I'd love to go to a tournament with a mix of different styles like that. I didn't know that was a thing.0 -
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Geocitiesuser wrote: »Awesome.
I'd love to go to a tournament with a mix of different styles like that. I didn't know that was a thing.
If you have any local martial arts supply shops, call them (or visit) and ask about what tournaments they have flyers for... traditionally this is the kind of place where open tournament organizers advertise. Unfortunately Amazon has killed most of these establishments, so you may have to do some digging to find them (you may even find them being run out of the back room of someone's school to share rent).
It used to be pretty common up through the 80's, and it was not unheard of for cash purses for upper divisions to attract really good fighters... I'm really happy I've run into a group of schools that are keeping that tradition alive (and even growing it).
One of the really cool things about this tournament was getting to meet some of the school owners in the area, as well as very high ranking masters - there was some real solid relationship building and networking going on in this tournament that I haven't seen in years.
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Video of my board break from tournament.
Palm heel strike and jump front kick. 3 boards each station.
I wanted to do a much higher jump front kick (my original plan was to kick just above head level) - but the ring judge would not allow it, as he was worried about safety of the holders. Made them get up on chairs and hold below their belt level, and had backup holders in case I pushed them over.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oMFz-KG5uR8 2 -
awesome breaks. I'm surprised the bald guy was such a lousy holder (no offense to him). He flinched hard, if he unlocked his arm or if there wasn't the other guy holding with him, it would have ruined your break.1
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oo yeah awesome! thank you for sharing!1
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Geocitiesuser wrote: »awesome breaks. I'm surprised the bald guy was such a lousy holder (no offense to him). He flinched hard, if he unlocked his arm or if there wasn't the other guy holding with him, it would have ruined your break.
I hadn't noticed - was too focused on the boards. The guys holding my palm heel weren't any better.. They were holding on the grain side, and didn't understand when I wanted them to switch their hand locations.0 -
^ That drives me nuts.
For whatever reasons, I've grown into a "helping out a lot" role, and one of the things I do constantly is hold for breaking. A lot of times if someone breaks their boards or not will be a direct result of the holders! We even have a whole curriculum on holding for the people on the "helping out a lot" team that I am on.0 -
Geocitiesuser wrote: »^ That drives me nuts.
For whatever reasons, I've grown into a "helping out a lot" role, and one of the things I do constantly is hold for breaking. A lot of times if someone breaks their boards or not will be a direct result of the holders! We even have a whole curriculum on holding for the people on the "helping out a lot" team that I am on.
I have the same experience.. Holders take a very important role in successful breaking. I am also a big proponent of making sure breakers know how to spot bad holding before the break, and how to correct the holders.
Bad holding can also lead to a lot of injuries!0
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