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a_ninja
Orange Belt
Joined: 18 Dec 2006
Posts: 174
Location: Laurel, Mississippi
Styles: Green belt in shotokan karte, and know a little about alot of other styles, but not from schools such as kung fu, muay thai, tai kwon do, and weapons
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 Posted: Thu Mar 08, 2007 2:37 pm Post subject: Tournament |
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I have a tournament saturday and im kind of nervous. I dont know how things will go. but i am confident that i will rank high in the sparring part of the competition, because one day in karate class we started sparring and they put me up against a brown belt (im a yellow) and i beat him!!!
Well guys any advice before i go?
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DWx
KF Sensei
Joined: 17 Jan 2007
Posts: 1323
Location: UK
Styles: Tae Kwon Do & Yang family Tai Chi
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| Posted: Thu Mar 08, 2007 2:51 pm Post subject: |
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Just have a positive attitude and believe that you will do the best that you can do!
What type of tournament is it?
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obiwansbane
Blue Belt
Joined: 14 Nov 2006
Posts: 284
Location: Canada
Styles: Open Shotokan,
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dont get nervous... it bugs me to no end to see people freakin out (even in the highbelt divisions) over a tournament...
You're just there to enjoy yourself and learn some valuable lessons on sparring, and how good forms should look like.
MY BIGGEST PIECE OF ADVICE TO YOU!
since ure a yellow belt you should be done pretty soon, unless ure in the adult division when u may be near the end... but my best advice is stay and watch the blackbelts compete. Study what they do, think about their techniques and then think about yours, strive to do a kata, handle a weapon, spar an opponent, etc. Like they do...
when you watch a black belt it gives you a much better understanding of strategy, clean form, proper technique usage, etc...
good luck to you
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bushido_man96
KF Sensei
Joined: 31 Mar 2006
Posts: 13977
Location: Hays, KS
Styles: Taekwondo, Combat Hapkido, Aikido, and I research Medieval Combat
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Being nervous is natural. Before you go out to compete, take a few deep breaths, and then let it all hang out.
Trust in your training, and do your best. Good luck! 
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a_ninja
Orange Belt
Joined: 18 Dec 2006
Posts: 174
Location: Laurel, Mississippi
Styles: Green belt in shotokan karte, and know a little about alot of other styles, but not from schools such as kung fu, muay thai, tai kwon do, and weapons
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| Posted: Fri Mar 09, 2007 9:48 am Post subject: |
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It will have sparring open hand kata, and weapons kata as far as i know. For my open hand i will be doing heyon Nidan(It means peacful mind kata 2 but im not sure i spelled it right)Which is a open hand kata, and a Bo Staff kata, bo form 1 it has and authentic name, but its too hard to remember. I will also be competing in sparring which i think is my best bet.
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lordtariel
Black Belt
Joined: 19 Jan 2006
Posts: 1709
Location: Oregon
Styles: (Past)Judo, Yang Family Tai Chi, (Current)Shito-Ryu Karate, Kobudo(Tonfajitsu)
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As everyone else said, the biggest thing to do is make sure you relax and enjoy it. The first tournament is a learning experience. Don't go into it thinking about how well you're going to do, go into it thinking about how much you're going to learn. I remember spending so much time obsessing about how I was going to do in my first tournament that I tripped myself up when it finally came down to my turn.
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on the post.
