Tournament Joke

[Syphax]

First off, this joke is not aimed at anyone person or tournament. I have just been to a few tournaments that were, let's say, not good.

Joke:

Jacob was six years old when he attended his first karate tournament. He and his mother arrived and got ready for his competition. Jacob's mother noticed that the tournament seemed to be very hectic and the schedule was backed up by at least an hour. She walked the to officials table and asked if there was anything she could do to help out. The man replied that they needed an extra fighter in the women's division to even things up. Jacob's mother told him she couldn't, since she didn't study martial arts, her son did. "Oh, that's ok," said the official. "We need judges too."

One more time, this is not directed at any, or even most tournaments. There are just those few...

Edited October 23, 2006 by Syphax

[bushido_man96]

It sometimes seems that way.

[dragonwarrior_keltyr]

Oh gosh! I haven't gone to many tournaments but I hate tournament lag! I was there at 9 and didn't fight until 4. By that time I was all worn out from the stress.

[obiwansbane]

Oh gosh! I haven't gone to many tournaments but I hate tournament lag! I was there at 9 and didn't fight until 4. By that time I was all worn out from the stress.

rofl i dont know how old you are but this is usually how it always is... tournament starts at 9 or 10 then they get rid of lil kids and such working their way up... i usually only fight at around 2-3 so i usually just sit around cheer on clubmates etc....

also funny funny... if i was ever judged by a parent i would snap

[bushido_man96]

I almost never get to watch my classmates compete, because I am busy judging all dang day!

[obiwansbane]

hehe im sneaky about it ill judge a few little kid divisions so everyone sees me judging at least something, then i sneak off to cheer my club mates yay... i shouldve taken ninjutsu

[bushido_man96]

hehe im sneaky about it ill judge a few little kid divisions so everyone sees me judging at least something, then i sneak off to cheer my club mates yay... i shouldve taken ninjutsu

I would have to change out of my dobok to get away with that!

[patusai]

I suppose it is kinda like judging diving when a "fill in" judge only knows the basics of diving (jump off the board and go into the water). I imagine other sports with fill in judges experience this too.

[dragonwarrior_keltyr]

I suppose it is kinda like judging diving when a "fill in" judge only knows the basics of diving (jump off the board and go into the water). I imagine other sports with fill in judges experience this too.

lol. Sounds like our tournament classes sometimes. We've had parents be judges, and of course, if they're kids are fairly new they have no idea what they're doing. It was nice when we had "black belt moms" who'd watched karate for 6 years or so and could almost teach it

[aefibird]

It was nice when we had "black belt moms" who'd watched karate for 6 years or so and could almost teach it

I actually know one "black belt mum" who WAS asked to help judge a competition but who had never trained. Her eldest son is a sucessful kata competitor and a 2nd Dan and her other son and daughter are both high grade karateka too.

It was only a little local tournament between 4-5 schools, but the judges were really short-handed. One guy had had his nose broken in the fighting and couldn't stick around to judge the kata and another lady had gone home early with sickness.

So Karen (the Black Belt Mum) was the "best of the rest". As she's been around a dojo so long she probably knows as much as the rest of us anyway!

She did quite a good job of it too, very fair. Maybe that's the way forward for competitions - use the Mum Army...!