Help needed to Survive a tournament!!!

[Ariq]

Hey Everbody!

 

Heres the situation....

 

Tournaments due next month and its a little different than the ones you guys do.Here, no gaurds, only foot and hand covers, full power to the chest,stomach,ribs and you can hit as hard as you want to the face as long as it does not bleed.No strikes to the groin and neck.Judges may be biased sometimes.Compeititors are mostly brutes going with max power rather than speed or technic.Guess my style? WADO RYU!!!Shocked???

 

Anyway I need some serious advice on surviving this tournament.I CANNOT back out now because I have been telling everyone how I am gonna win this tournament because I am so fast and all that. So please give me any advice on practical and effective technics the I need to master to win the tournament.I am a lead leg kicker with a really fast hitch sidekick and round kick, also my reverse is really fast.I can easily counter any push tecnics and my defence is definatly better than my attacks. I am a 56Kg Brown belt in Wado Ryu.

 

Also can you people tell me how to get max power in the reverse without a compromise to speed?(For some reason I can't because I never practice with power only technic and speed) _Ariq

[Chirath]

R.I.P Ariq

 

j/k

 

Well Wado Ryu teaches that the punch is 30% power and 70% retraction. The trick is is to punch as fast as possible then at the last moment tense it. This doesn't waste energy and is fast as well as powerful. Also clenching your fists hard wastes energy. You should clench it as if you have a fly in it which you don't wan't to escape but you don't want to kill. You are the only person who I know that does Wado Ryu full contact. Good luck. Maybe one day I'll be as good as you ato enter a full contact tournament . Im not quite show if thats the answer you wanted. But hey any advice is good enough.Good luck Ariq.

[Ariq]

Hey Chirath thanks for tip man. But let me make it clear that I do full contact because those are the only tournaments happening around my place.The others are on a small scale so thats not much of a challenge.

[Shorinryu Sensei]

I CANNOT back out now because I have been telling everyone how I am gonna win this tournament because I am so fast and all that.

 

Well, as I see it...YOU opened your mouth and said the words, so you have two choices.

 

1. Go to the tournament and pray you win and show "everyone" that you are as good as you think (thought?) you are.

 

or...

 

2. Back out of the tournament and admit that maybe you're NOT as good as you thought you were, and face your friends like a man.

 

Nobody on this forum is going to be able to help you win. It appears that this tournament isn't required, but optional, so either get in there and do your best, or back out and eat your words. Either way, I think you've learned a very important lesson. Good luck with your decision and I wish I lived where you do in case you do compete, because I love nothing better than to see a braggor eat his words.

 

And one other thing. Have you ever heard the quote (Winston Churchill perhaps?) that says..."Walk softly and carry a big stick"? Think about that if you decide to go ahead and enter the tournament ... and as you step up to meet your first opponent. Keep saying that quote each time you get hit, each bruise that you get, each star that you see circling your head, and when you hear every "someone" that you told how good you were laughing at you as you pick yourself up off the floor...or get carried out of the ring.

 

Man, I'm an unfeeling and unsympathetic guy this morning, aren't I?

[Coco]

I know what you mean man, i got some friends that go all out on me, no control, speed or technique whatsoever, just power and unchontrolled blows trying to take you down. I would advice yo to first, never move back, always move in circles around your opponent. Say he is coming at you full power, use his own force against him, slightly move to a side and punch him in the ribs area, the more power he is using the more hurt he will get. Also, use your speed and technique wisely, dont get scared when they go all out of you. Remember that the goal is not to kill your opponent, but show better overall technique/speed and power. Finally, if they hit you really hard, dont get intimidated, OR angry, those are the biggest mistakes you can make, always keep it cool man, and good luck!

[Ariq]

Thanks for all your advice people.

 

Now listen: I have always had the odds against me since I have been sparring. I am NOT just another 3 classes a week Karate guy who’s happy just the way he is going. I had to struggle hard to get to where I am now, and I had often failed and humiliated myself before but the only thing that kept me going was purely my willpower. Some people say that it was not willpower; it was me being obsessive, whatever you call it, that is what works for me to push my limits each time. With all due respect Sensei you don’t know me, and you don’t know some of my fellow Karate Ka who are going to trash me like anything, in the dojo and especially outside the dojo( that itself is dangerous becaouse then probably I'll have a fight wih them). Sorry Sensei, but I will train extra hard now and I will participate in this tournament, winning or losing comes later, I have to at least try my best, if that’s not good enough, I DESERVE to lose.

 

And Coco thanks for reminding me of the reverse to the ribs, I almost forgot that since I reverse to the solar plexus and stomach all the time.

 

By the way can anyone here tell me how to avoid wet eyes after a punch to the nose? Its really annoying because until I rub my eyes clean I am almost blind for like 2-3 seconds, and that’s a long time.

[Shorinryu Sensei]

Thanks for all your advice people.

 

Now listen: I have always had the odds against me since I have been sparring. I am NOT just another 3 classes a week Karate guy who’s happy just the way he is going. I had to struggle hard to get to where I am now, and I had often failed and humiliated myself before but the only thing that kept me going was purely my willpower. Some people say that it was not willpower; it was me being obsessive, whatever you call it, that is what works for me to push my limits each time. With all due respect Sensei you don’t know me, and you don’t know some of my fellow Karate Ka who are going to trash me like anything, in the dojo and especially outside the dojo( that itself is dangerous becaouse then probably I'll have a fight wih them). Sorry Sensei, but I will train extra hard now and I will participate in this tournament, winning or losing comes later, I have to at least try my best, if that’s not good enough, I DESERVE to lose.

 

People's words aren't going to hurt you, and you have placed yourself in this position and nobody else is to blame for that. Win or lose, all you can do is your best.

By the way can anyone here tell me how to avoid wet eyes after a punch to the nose? Its really annoying because until I rub my eyes clean I am almost blind for like 2-3 seconds, and that’s a long time.

 

Ask a doctor to surgically remove your tear ducts. Of course, then your eyeballs will dry out and you'll go blind, but that will solve the problem. Either that, or learn to duck and block. Otherwise, there's nothing else you can do.

[Flying Tiger]

"...my fellow Karate Ka who are going to trash me like anything, in the dojo and especially outside the dojo( that itself is dangerous becaouse then probably I'll have a fight wih them)" Your fellow Karateka are not very nice people.

[Thruhiker]

 

Actually it was Roosevelt that said it.

[shotochem]

It sounds to me like you are doubting yourself. Treat it like any other tournament or sparring match. Only they hit harder. I consider that the equivalent amount of force when I get stuck one of the wild greenbelts.

 

The only difference is the quality and diversity of techniques in general.

 

If you are training regularly you should be able to take a hit it won't kill you.

 

A sure fire way not to get pounded(besides not competing) is to block effectively. Protect your vital areas and keep you guard. Win or lose the tournament you still win. It will be an educational experience.