It was great seeing some of our students at the tournament on Sunday. We did great as a dojo: 4 competed and won 2 golds, 1 silver and 1 bronze! Thanks for your support! Check out our dojo website (announcement) for details if you haven't done so yet.
I expected a little more participants this year, but it was a small tournament again. This year the nationals will be bigger, since each region (there are 10 of them) can send in 6 athletes per category. That means there are going to be some not-so-well-trained wild ones, too. I think I'm going to skip Kumite and focus on Kata...
Those who watched our tournament for the first time, let me know what you thought about it. I have to admit that it's pretty boring to watch, if you don't know what to look for. You all have been training a bit, so hopefully you could catch some fundamental elements (or lack thereof) among some of the athletes' performance.
A competition, just like an exam, is just a part of our training. It forces you to be under pressure and lets you realize how poorly you perform in such a condition... It's nice to win, but more than that, it's really important to learn from the experience and to use it for your future training. It's not for everyone, but it's pretty fun and relatively safe. Our region is planning to host small tournaments possibly a few times a year, so I'll try to spend some time on subjects related to competition in class, if any of you are interested.
The national championship is going to be on June 11-12 in Seattle, and the world championship is going to be in November in Brazil. I plan to participate in both of those, and am looking for sponsors or a travel buddy who can share a hotel room with me!
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