KarateTips Posted January 6, 2003 Posted January 6, 2003 The recent 2003 US Open in Las Vegas had prize money for all of the adult events... $2000 for first place in most events and $3000 first place in the men and women's open kumite. World Champion, Elisa Au, won both her weight division and the women's open... an excellent achievement... and what's more, $5000 for the day. There were individual competitors (and teams) from Japan, Azerbaijan, Norway, Morocco, USA and more. No doubt the prize money is quite an incentive for people to enter, but it could be argued that this takes away from the spirit of karate-do. What are your thoughts? Jason Stanleyhttps://www.karatetools.com---------------------------------------------------Manage your dojo from anywhere 24/7!---------------------------------------------------
omnifinite Posted January 6, 2003 Posted January 6, 2003 I don't know. I mean, they're being rewarded for using Karate to win in "combat". I can think of a lot of ways money and Karate could mix that I'd consider more corrupt than winning a competition for it. Depending on the rules and how it's judged I suppose it's teetering on that line. 1st Dan HapkidoColored belts in Kempo and Jujitsu
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