Tuesday, December 22, 2020

The value of open karate tournaments

 


By the time I moved to New Hampshire I worked out what the purpose of the open Karate Tournament was to them.

 

I used to tell my students if you want fairness, you won’t find it by competing in an open karate tournament. Consider if the judges you have are all fools and you take first place, then what it means is that fools liked what you did that day.

 

The real person you are competing against is yourself. The open tournament just offers you a place to perform your karate under pressure,

 

You are competing to work to your best  (at that time) under pressure, no matter what the outcome

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