So my life right now is all about working and training. I dont really care for anything else anyway so I dont mind.

This weekend was fun. NAS Nationals is so weird now, actually compared to what I remember, NAS in general is just weird. I competed in my 3 events and came 2nd (Senior Demo with Master Cheri) 4th (Senior Weapons) and 6th ( Advanced Female forms). I started with my forms division and it quickly went into mayhem. I ended up bouncing form ring to ring to compete in my other events. eventually they held off the senior weapons so we didn't have to stress out so much, but unfortunately because of the bouncing I rushed my open hand form.

Okay onto what annoys me about tournaments.


While I didn't compete this year, I will next year. And I've been a competative fighter before. There are a few things that shit me:-

Judges: You are judging a non contact fight. I do understand the difficulty in seeing some things considering you don't have the physical reaction of a hit to gage what is going on. But when someone blocks a punch and kicks to someones head, thats pretty freaking obvious. To not score correctly means that either you have never been in a fight yourself OR you're biased. When someone is sloppy it shouldn't be scored. If you know someone fakes being hit hard you shouldn't allow their competitor a warning, and especially a disqualification. There's a difference between a tap and excessive force. These people are SPARRING. Even if its shadow boxing with someone else, punches and kicks are going to come through.


Competitors: FAKING BEING HIT IS BULLSHIT. If I see one more Oscar worthy performance I am going to end up exploding. AND if you go get hit, don't act so shocked. You're in a ring with someone, often someone whom unlike you doesnt train exclusively in non contact fighting. YOU ARE DOING MARTIAL ARTS. Harden the fuck up. Rolling punches; There is no technique in martial arts that involves rolling your punches. You look retarded. Running someone out of the ring is bad sportsman ship, be honorable, you're a martial artist. Also, allowing someone to run you out of the ring is bad form. Your instructor has obviously not taught you ring craft.

XMA: Sorry, but..thats martial arts since when? yes, I think its cool that you do back flips and stuff. But I don't consider it martial arts. I think there's such a thing as flashy but GOOD martial arts and what you do is just flashy crap. You mock the rest of us for being traditional, out loud, in a room full of people who could kick your ass. Your gymnastics is impressive but that is all it is. Its showy without a point. That is why real martial artists who are impressive while still doing martial arts kick your ass in forms. Despite not having idiotic music playing.



Dont get me wrong. I love tournaments. But Mixed style tournaments have their draw backs. Its why I plan on moving back to Melbourne by sep next year. I want to train with the best in a style that I love. I want to compete against people who know what they are doing without all the political bullshit and bias.

Ah well. Next year I fight in NAS. So hopefully I can be better. I just need my hip to heal and my fight training to actually start.

Oh and work kind of blows, but its fun. The people there are kind of cool. Well most of them.