Hello everyone. I am curious about the tournament going on next year in April. Has anyone here been to previous tournaments like this? I noticed that this is a "Open" Tournament. If i wanted to do a traditional kata will I even place? I head that I must have like backflips and things in my kata to even have them notice me. Also, what should I expect fighting wise? Is this just a karate thing? Or is it open to everyone? I am a 16 yeard old Orange belt taking Okinawan Goju Ryu. In my kumite, I will use everything I learend from my karate,Wing chun, muay thai, and June Fan.