Bushido Open (May 2012)

This tournament as date on Saturday the 12th of May 2012 and was located in Helsingborg in Sweden. Since Kata was my main focus and preparing to the Wado Ryu Academy European Championship in October, I have decided to only participated in Kata until that championship is over. Then I will start participating Kumite again.

Kata:
I have registered in two Kata classes, Dan and Open class.

Senior Dan Class
There were five competitors in this class. The first round was against one from Denmark. I chose Jion and did lost 2-1. I felt that my stances were unsteady and wasn’t relax in the upper body. Though my rhythm felt good. He lost his next match, therefore there wasn’t no repechage for me.

Senior Open Class
There were nine competitors in this class. The first round was also against one from Denmark. This time I chose Wanshu. I felt not relaxed and did lost the balance in one of the turns. I also felt that I did performance the Kata too fast, without any determined pause. So for this round I did lost 3-0. He also lost the next match, therefore no repechage for me.

Summary:
I was ready and focused in the beginning of the tournament, but was tired before my class started. The reason that I didn’t know the time when my class should start, the crew at that time didn’t know either. Therefore I was warming up for six hours and my legs were very tired. Though it was a good experience to know that the schedule may not be clear, so I have to adapt the next time.

What to do for the next tournament:
General

  • Be more relaxed in the upper body.
  • Do have determined pause in the Kata.

Results:
Senior Dan Class
1. Simon Kandanik
2. Luca Huelle
3. Johannes Samsom
3. Thomas Noringris

Senior Open Class
1. Simon Kandanik
2. Anders Rasmussen
3. Thomas Noringris
3. Luca Huelle