I competed at an open tournament on June 6th, and thought I'd post the results here in case anyone is interested. Unfortunately, I don't have any video this time.
So, I competed in the Advanced (red and brown belt) Executive (ages 32+) Women's kata and sparring, and also in Adult (18+ years) Amateur (meaning brown belt and below) Specialty kata.
In empty hand kata, I did my new creative kata. This was my second time out with it, and I made some major changes to it over the last week, so I was pretty worried that I wouldn't remember it. I got through it well, with only one hesitation when I forgot which way to turn. I placed second--.01 points behind the first place winner.
In Specialty, I did my creative fan kata. I left a large chunk out of it--I don't know what I was thinking--but the judges couldn't tell, so I tied for first. We had to do a workoff, and I was doing really well--much better than the first time. Then I dropped my stupid fan. AAAAARGH! This is the second time in a row I've dropped it in a tie workoff. The organization's rules say the judges have to drop your score to the bottom of the range if you drop your weapon. So I got second in that, too.
In sparring, my opponent and I were tied at the end of time, so it went into sudden death. I usually enjoy competing against this woman--but she lost her temper and nailed me in the nose with a very hard backfist after the judges had called break and I dropped my guard to head back to my line. It crunched, and I had to breathe through my mouth for a while. Then she did the same thing to the back of my head at the next break. She told me she really didn't mean to do it; but I was "p*ssing her off" because I kept hitting her. I think she was having a rough day. In the sudden death, the judges called the first clean point for her, so I wound up with another 2nd. Not bad for having last sparred a month ago.
So far, I appear to be the leading point earner in kata and sparring in my division for my region, and in the top five in specialty. Yay!
So, I competed in the Advanced (red and brown belt) Executive (ages 32+) Women's kata and sparring, and also in Adult (18+ years) Amateur (meaning brown belt and below) Specialty kata.
In empty hand kata, I did my new creative kata. This was my second time out with it, and I made some major changes to it over the last week, so I was pretty worried that I wouldn't remember it. I got through it well, with only one hesitation when I forgot which way to turn. I placed second--.01 points behind the first place winner.
In Specialty, I did my creative fan kata. I left a large chunk out of it--I don't know what I was thinking--but the judges couldn't tell, so I tied for first. We had to do a workoff, and I was doing really well--much better than the first time. Then I dropped my stupid fan. AAAAARGH! This is the second time in a row I've dropped it in a tie workoff. The organization's rules say the judges have to drop your score to the bottom of the range if you drop your weapon. So I got second in that, too.
In sparring, my opponent and I were tied at the end of time, so it went into sudden death. I usually enjoy competing against this woman--but she lost her temper and nailed me in the nose with a very hard backfist after the judges had called break and I dropped my guard to head back to my line. It crunched, and I had to breathe through my mouth for a while. Then she did the same thing to the back of my head at the next break. She told me she really didn't mean to do it; but I was "p*ssing her off" because I kept hitting her. I think she was having a rough day. In the sudden death, the judges called the first clean point for her, so I wound up with another 2nd. Not bad for having last sparred a month ago.
So far, I appear to be the leading point earner in kata and sparring in my division for my region, and in the top five in specialty. Yay!
