Karate INTERNationals
Last Friday I managed to attend at least what I thought was the Karate Nationals in Saskatoon. Saskatoon's only a 2.5 hr drive from Moose Jaw, so I thought it'd be worth the gas to catch some wikid karate action and maybe see a few ppl from my old dojo. *misses* I managed to get a bit lost (big surprise there) but with my dad's old "Always leave yourself enough time" mantra I got there right when they were suposed to start. After 30 mins of finding exactly where I wanted to sit in the horrid wooden bleachers, they actually did start... Much to my surprise (and an answer to my question of "Why don't I see a single halifax JKA jacket?") I was attending the INTERNational Karate chamionships. Oh. Perhapps the national were a few days beforehand or something. Oops.
I tried valiantly to take pictures, but the lighting in the stadium just didn't work with my camera. All I got was this blurry picture of Sensei Hidetaka Nishiyama and a .mov of the TaiKo group that performed. TaiKo's Japanese drumming and it was a really neet show. I'm glad i know what it's formally called now so I can find some music. I can't remember the group's name though.
I got to see some kata, bounkai, and the Men's world championship match for kumite. Sugoi!! I was expecting more theatrics I supose in the sparing, but it was all punches and only one fake-out kick. It took about 10 minutes for the match to end, they kept running out of time and restarting.
It was neet to see the judges and try to learn what the flag signs meant on my own. I should have grabed a program but they always end up sitting around gathering dust so i didn't bother.
They had a few different competitions I'd never heard of: Enbu, Fuku-Go, and Ko-Go. Enbu is a coreographed fight between two team mates. It was very interesting to watch, like making up your own kata and bounkai almost.
Here is a site I found with more information about Sensei Hidetaka Nishiyama and Enbu, Fuku-Go, and Ko-Go: http://www.karate.pl/encyclopedia/compendium/
And here is the offical website for the Championships: http://www.karatecanada.com/tkc/
I tried valiantly to take pictures, but the lighting in the stadium just didn't work with my camera. All I got was this blurry picture of Sensei Hidetaka Nishiyama and a .mov of the TaiKo group that performed. TaiKo's Japanese drumming and it was a really neet show. I'm glad i know what it's formally called now so I can find some music. I can't remember the group's name though.
I got to see some kata, bounkai, and the Men's world championship match for kumite. Sugoi!! I was expecting more theatrics I supose in the sparing, but it was all punches and only one fake-out kick. It took about 10 minutes for the match to end, they kept running out of time and restarting.
It was neet to see the judges and try to learn what the flag signs meant on my own. I should have grabed a program but they always end up sitting around gathering dust so i didn't bother.
They had a few different competitions I'd never heard of: Enbu, Fuku-Go, and Ko-Go. Enbu is a coreographed fight between two team mates. It was very interesting to watch, like making up your own kata and bounkai almost.
Here is a site I found with more information about Sensei Hidetaka Nishiyama and Enbu, Fuku-Go, and Ko-Go: http://www.karate.pl/encyclopedia/compendium/
And here is the offical website for the Championships: http://www.karatecanada.com/tkc/
posted by Ann at 2:41 PM
1 Comments:
Aw this looked FUN! Y'know my older brother's black belt grading was done by Nishiyama (he's got photos with the dude too!).
I have some 'o dat KaiKo Japanese drumming downloaded... I love it, but ya gotta be in a zen frame of mind to get into it, I think.
Glad you got to take it all in... oh, and great photos too... like, were you DRUNK... again? LOL.
Miss ya!
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