i put a post about NAS round 2, so ill post about seaford last year before i post abouttodays comp
SEAFORD CUP 2006
I remeber it like it was yesterday, i had just competed in my first ever NAS and was looking foward to the Ishinryu only comp, it was also going to be my first fighting comp, needless to say, i was s***ing myself, i got there expecting to be fighting people my age and belt...and i was horrified to learn that i was the youngest in my division.........BY AT LEAST 15 YEARS!!!!, every single person could have ripped my head off with there pinky finger, i wasnt looking forward to my first (and maybe last) fight.
After ages of little kiddies divisions, it was the Adult Kata division, the judges asked me if i was sure i wanted to verse the oldies, i say yes but i was thinking no... So i did my Kata and managed to get though to the final, my opponent was maybe a foot taller and one belt above, he was a scary tall green belt, we both chose to do the same kata (pinan-sono-ichi) and we started, i tried not to look at him doing his kata and focused on my own, it was he longest 30 seconds of my life, we finished at the same time and waited for the judges desicion...........the head judge gave the green belt the win.....BUT THE OTHER 2 GAVE ME THE WIN, i bowed, shook my opponents hand, and got my first medal for karate.
we had a little break before the fighting would begin, my mum went our for a smoke at one point and overheard the green belt i just beat saying he hoped he would fight me for the gold medal in sparring, i didnt let it get to me and keeped warming up.
the first round came, i would be fighting a yellow belt 15 years older than me, we started and i went in with a punch, but he came in aswell and i coped one in the nose, he got a warning for excessive contact, but did that stop him, nooooooo, as sound as we restarted, he punched my in the nose again.....he got another warning and i was awarded a point.. i was pissed now and when i came in, i scored, we got a good fight going and i won, 4-2.
But my day wasnt over, the green belt that wanted to kill me also won so it was me and him in the final....gulp......
we stepped on the map, bowed and shook hands, as soon as we started he came straight off the mark at me, ibroke line out to the side and punched to his midsection, before i knew what i did, i was winning. he got a kick in and got ahead 3-1, he tried again, (6 points orhighest in a min and a half wins) but i got out to the side and punched him in the back 3 POINTS, when the next round started, i moved back and started to run down the clock, but he was too fast and came forward with a HUGE kick, i managed to just get out of the way and set a kick of my own to his other leg, he went down and i came in with a punch to the head, 3 POINTS, i won 7-3 againts an angry green belt whowanted to kill me andwas twice my size and age, for the next couple of weeks i earned the nickname "the giant slayer"
a few weeks later i won the inagural COMPEDITOR OF THE YEAR AWARD and the way im going this year, i might just in it 2 times ina row,
IN MY NEXT POST: seaford cup 07 and NAS round 3
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