Considering the ideal karate tournament

 

I just selected this as a place holder for a trophy

Not intending the trophy would be for men alone.

 

The next step when I think about karate tournaments would be to consider what the ultimate tournament for black belts would be.

 

As I think about this it would be for the Senior Black belts, not for kids or new black belts.

 

It would be a black belt only event and only for those that actually know all the empty hand and kobudo kata of the system.

 

There would be no judges, the audience would decide after they watched all the competitors compete.

 

Each competitor when their name was called would advance to a drum, spin same 3 times and then select a ball with a number  on it. The numbers would be the forms of the system.

 

When they select their number they would have to immediately perform their form which they selected.

 

There would only be one chance for their form, Any incomplete performance would be scored as a 0. There would be no second chances.

 

There is only first place.

 

Of course this is very much hardball, they will really have to know their stuff.

 

It is not about being better than someone else.

 

It is all about pushing yourself in public and really knowing your system.

 

I can think of nothing better than such a tournament to push oneself to the maximum.

 

Do you have what it takes!