Answers
to July 17th, 2004:
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Have you ever been to a tournament?
Yes 82%
No 18%
If you haven't, are you
thinking in going some day?
Yes 90%
No 10%
Why?
· A moment arrives in which you have to measure yourself against
others, in a sportive way.
· Tournaments are my life. I take part in more than 20 a year and
I have had years with even more tourneys. Maybe for the emotion, the adrenaline,
it's my white moment to enter a ring and prove me once again that I can
do it, and that I am able to get better evereyday. I've been competing
since 1986 and never while my body allows I'm gonna leave it.
· I think it's a good way to put into practice what we have learnt
in classes. Even though they ain't the teachings we get but well
· Because this way I can contrast the knowledge acquired and the
level of perfection of my techniques against people from otrher places.
· Because I like it and I go to see if I can win.
· I like contact sports "kick boxing" and it's a good way to be
fit and discharge adrenalin
· Because it's thrilling to get piqued not to lose
· Because it's something I considered needed to have a better knowledge
and to put to practice in a real way all the knowledge acquired after so
many training.
· It tries my knowledge.
· Why not?
· I want to sparr with people that hold their ground in the mat
and I know that I can losse but also learn
If you have either participated
or watched:
Do you think judges are
impartial?
Yes 53%
No 47%
How many judges do you think
there may be, and how will you distribute them? Exclude combat.
2
3
4
5 5% |
In line, as in a tribunal
21%
In opposite corners
10%
In opposite corners,
plus one as main referee 62%
Other |
Will you show marks to the public?
Yes 82%
No 18%
Why?
To follow the evolution of the competition
To have no pressure on competitors
To have no doubts
Because the public has a right to know
Because there will ever be some fellow to tell you the marks (friend, family,
etc)
This way is more transparent
It's interesting for the public to know (it gives more interest to know
what's going on).
Keeps everyone honest.
For all the pavillion to see and the people can know.
So they can follow the progression of the tournament and thus judge the
imparciality.
Pressure from the exterior will be avoided
Because this way who wins will be noticed
For more clarity
Not to have the judges' decision making be influance by public's reaction
I think the opinion of each judge is valid and besides it should be as
transparent as posible, by showing the marks to the public competitors
are not being belittled, but the quality of the competence is being enhanced.
The public should know the marks and give its opinion
So they know who wins
Because I consider the competitor and the public have the right to know
more extensely the results, to subsecuently, in the competitor's case,
being able to improve some aspects.
In all the sports the public knows how the marks go.
What diff does it make?
So they have a chance to calculate the results
To keep public involved in matches
To give more legitimacy to marks
So it's clear there's no bluff
Because the audience no need to know
So they know that im here and that i came to do my best and show them that
ive worked hard and im going to keep it that way
How will you do categories?
Belt degree
43%
Sex
Belt and sex
38%
Other How?
Belt, age, sex and weight 5%
Sex, age and weight
3%
Belt, age, sex and weight 5%
Weight and belt
5%
Weight
3%
To the kenpoist preferences (i.e., advanced browns against blacks, green
against blues, difference in habilities is in theory small).
Depending on the people applying, to give an option to women to participate
in all of the categories.
Which categories would you
like to have? Choose all you feel relevant.
Forms
82%
Self-defense techniques
77%
Musical forms
41%
Team forms
64%
Weapon forms
51%
Others Which?
Sparring
Exhibitions, team fighting, grapling, fullcontact
Sparring and team sparring
Exhibition tournaments
How many referees do you
think there must be, and how will you distribute them? Only combat and
sparring now.
1 3%
2
3 3%
4
5 8% |
One standing and the
rest sitted
36%
All standing
44%
All sitted
5%
One sitted and the
rest standing
Other
Two sitted in each corner and one standing
4 sitted (around the tatami) and 1 standing
1 in the fight and one in each corner, sitted
1 in each corner + 1 in ring |
Will you show marks to the public?
Yes 87%
No 13%
Why?
To follow the evolution of the competition
It's important, for the jackpot
To have no doubts, because this way the coach can know which strategy to
follow
They have a right to know what's going on
For all to compare the referees decissions
Because knowing how they're doing makes them being more in the show
Keeps things honest.
Because this way it is much more interesting to the spectators and the
competitors themselves. Moreover, it'll be more impartial, as the criteria
used for punctuation will be known.
To follow the fight
To give it more transparency
Not to have the judges' decision making be influance by public's reaction
For transparency and a concept of credibility
So they see who wins
Why not?
So they have a chance to keep the score
Once again to keep them involved with whats going on
To show the score to people from outside the tourney
no need no kown
so they know that im here and that i came to do my best and show them that
ive worked hard and im going to keep it that way
Will you stop after every
point?
Yes 67%
No 23%
How will you do categories?
Belt degree
13%
Sex
5%
Weight
Degree and sex
Degree and weight
18%
Weight and sex
3%
Degree, sex and age
5%
Degree, weight and sex
10%
Degree, weight, sex and age
38%
Other Which ones?
Age (benjamin, infants, junior, absolute, senior) and freedon in degree
(a grren belt could go agianst a brown belt in a tournament, i.e.).
Depending on the people applying.
Which categories you'd rather
be? Choose all you feel relevant.
Semicontact 67%
Full contact 44%
How would you like the rules
to be?
· Similar to other association semicontact
· Punctuating from groin to head (except front strikes) and only
the helmet as compulsory protection. Non stop between points to allow counters,
and sweeping and techniques to/from ground allowed.
· Well, low blows not allowed to be able to give a good show, and
kicks earning 2 points and fights being to 5 points.
· Always beeing semicontact for not injuring each other. The rules
under which I have toook part seem right (I.K.K.A.) but as I've said begore
I'll include more judges or referees.
· Throw back to the earlier years where the opponent could be taken
down then struck for a piont.
· The current ones.
· I like the International NASKA rules.
· Internationals. Like IKKA or LTKKA. Semicontact with groin.
· Ikka's
· The ones in each tourney, it doesn't mind.
· Strikes can be: fists, knees, head, shin, elbows. Every part of
the body can be hitted, except for: groin, neck, nape, back, knee. It would
be 3 assaults, 2 minutes each and 1.5 rest. There would be 5 judges, one
in each corner and other sitted in front.
· Hitting from waist above
· As they're now
· Accumulative score.
· Disqualifying for ill-intentioned contact.
· Points should be scored through pulsers, and points awarded only
when all pulse at the same time
· No take downs or shots to knees or lower. Light head shots from
all angles.
Iternational Kenpo Championship
rules
· Full contact, K.o. combat in the purest Dragon Ball style, to
me, point sparring is a bit light
· no blood drawing...
groin shots open
full contact...
no DQ
accessive contact if thta guy hit really hard
· no full contact head shots....groin may be a target shot....must
have all sparring equipment(gloves, helmet, groin protector, shin guards,
booties, mouth pieces, and breast protector for women and small children)....
If you have any comment,
write it below:
· I have experience as competitor, referee and coach. No-contact
favors the fastest, I'll keep full contact for pros, semi-contact
without stopping doesn't let techniques to be correctly seen, and semi-contact
stopping after points is the most complete.
· I have seen that imparciality in a championship grows with its
importance, being more imparcial judges in international events than in
national or regional.
· In spain there are many good competitors, you have force, but
in technique you're far from what you can be, you're very conservative
in your fighting and your forms and by what I see nobody has the intention
of getting better in its competence style, that's it, you have to maintain
karate traditions, but the "SPORT KARATE" is other story, for example there're
many points you don't mark because you don't know them, like a blitz,
that is you ask for strikes to be as in karate do and that's boring, I
gave a seminar in illescas and I swear nobody knew the techniques they
were seeing and even less the kind of training, and let me tell you this
school razed in the ikka 2002, my recomendation is to go out more and know
more, because it's true that you're fighters who have temper, but there's
a moment in which courage, temper and force are of no value.
Invite me whenever you want
and we'll work a fighting by points seminar so you know a different style
of training, thanks god we have excellent fighters for example the winning
fighting team was from mexico, and in the ed parker memorial tournament
the grandchampion was won by ruben valenzuela from the same ikka mexico
and I won the ikka 2002 thanks god, but this victories took their time
to arrive, until we inverted a lot in learning uptodate techniques, follow
this way, you're really very good, you have ignacio serapio there, he's
really the one who knows more about sport karate in spain, he's just been
champion in las vegas, in florida and in new orleans, he can help
you a lot
well brothers I'll see you
in the future
· I'd like to comment that I have took part in a few events of this
kind but even so in the last international I.K.K.A. championship I was
2º in sparring (purple-green +75Kg) and 1º in team sparring.
Greeteings to all the practitioners
of this great sport
Raul Nicolas
ESCUELA HAWAII(ESPAÑA)
· Above all, people not getting obsesed with "winning trophies"
as it is much better to be centered in enjoying the event and learning
from the rest of the participants. In a tourney a series of lessons impossible
to teach in a school are learnt.
Ignacio Serapio.
Kakuto Bugei
· I think it's awesome ikka's seriousness in their tournaments,
but its way to treat its affiliates lacks. I have belonged to it and I
have the sensation that they seem to have a treasure that shouldn't go
outside the circle, not giving facilities for the ones who aren't near
them to train even proving that we have a very good level at tournaments,
being nationals or internationals and belonging to the same organization.
My only complain of them is that, wnot making any comment about its president.
A hug to everyone.
· I thank everybody, and obviously you, for the advancement of Kempo.
· Get rid of this worthless tag stuff. Many competitors win trophys
for strikes that would be worthless in the real world. Its foolish
to reward such behavior, you wouldnt award a black belt for that type of
fighting so dont award a point either. Fights should be 5pts.
Points should be awarded based on hitting an actual target with a proper
strike. Not tagging the target, but actually striking it with correct
technique. No bonus for kick over a punch, a strike is a strike.
The only reason its a kick vs a punch is based on range and height not
anything else.
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