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29th Canadian Championships was a
great success with over 120 competitors attending this longest
running Kyokushin tournament in North America. A total of ten
fighters participated in the tournament and did their best in the
categories they competed in. Sempai Michi and Kris worked hard as
their coaches to help them best perform on the mat. Results of our
fighters
are as follows:
Vivian Cheung (Kata Green Belt): 3rd
Keegan Wong (Men CB Lightweight): 2nd
Arnold Lau (Men CB Lightweight): 3rd
Kengo Watari (Men CB Lightweight): 3rd
Isabelle Guitard (Kata Black Belt): 1st
Isabelle Guitard (Kata Open): 1st
Isabelle Guitard (Women Open): 2nd
Tomomi Inoue (Women Open): 3rd
Gerald Gutierrez (Men Open Lightweight):
Disqualified (face Punch)
Mark Berg (Men Open Heavyweight): 1st
It's been our custom in the past ten
years that after each competition the coaches would analyze the
matches that our fighters fought, and give them advice to improve
their techniques and strategies for the next tournament. The
following advise was sent from Sempai Michi and Kris after this
tournament. (Regular members of
the fighter class only. Sempai Isabelle will be added from the next
tournament on.).
From Sempai Michi
Nagase To:
Kengo : You were more relaxed in the
fight this time but still a bit tense, and you lost the fight same
lost pattern as always: pushed by pressure and couldn't do anything
about it. You have to learn how to deal with those pressure against
bigger opponent. Also you need to build up more muscle strength to
do this.
Keegan : Your right low kick worked very well in first round. You
didn't go back and fight against bigger opponent. It is big
improvement from last tournament. But in the last fight, You slowed
down after getting strong shita-zuki to your stomach. You need to
improve your body conditioning.
Tomomi : It was a great experience for you to fight the top
international fighter. Main round, You did good job controlling the
distance not to let her to kick. but again in the extension, she was
more calm and focus on counter against you.. Basically she is more
experienced fighter. The fight was so close but the small difference
is hard to catch up. You have to set up your final goal and have to
put everything in your everyday training. If you don't have your
clear goal, You never be able to bring up your training intensity.
Gerald : I am sure you are very disappointed from the result. but It
happens. Everybody knows you are a clean fighter and it was just an
accident. But you should think about how you prepare not technically
but mentally for the fight. Maybe you were not the same mind state
as usual because of the injury. And You were a bit panic when he
charged you hard at the beginning of the fight. you have to be ready
to deal with any kind of attack. try to bring up your intensity in
your dojo sparing, don't get too relaxed in practice. (you don't
have to punch/Kick 100% but you should be focus and always imagine
tournament fighting when you spar.)
Mark : I think "No low kick" rule made you think a lot. But I think
you did pretty well in the first round by taking waza-ari (ippon
could be better!) and in the final, the number one goal "Don't step
back" was accomplished. I think it is the best to utilize your
weight advantage in the fight. Only reason you lost in World
tournament against Russian was because you were stepping back. (you
landed more effective technique than him). now you have only a month
a bit to prepare for NY. Work on more variety of
technique/combinations. I will go to fighter class as much as I can
to help you and try to go crossfit as well for your conditioning.
From Kris Erickson
to:
Kengo: Much more composure,
but against the bigger opponents you need to find a weapon
to counter the pressure. You have a good Mae Geri but didn't
use it enough.
Keegan: Your focus in the
match is improving and therefore your timing is looking
better. All your opponents will be bigger so you need to use
fast counters and get out, same as sempai Michi said keep
working on your conditioning
Tomomi: Very good job against
a top fighter. The first round was the best I have seen you
fight. Again her experience helped her take control in the
extension round but it was a great learning experience on
how to fight against a top fighter.
Gerald: Sometimes in fighting
unpredictable things happen. Do not be discouraged as at
some point these things happen to all of us. The important
point is to learn from the experience. His overly aggressive
start put pressure on you and you didn't look comfortable
when he charged. You have all the physical abilities to deal
with this. Strong low kicks, agility, speed and great body
conditioning. Think about how you can put this together,
create a plan for training, and as sempai Michi said use
fighter class to practice that mental state so you can
follow through at the next tournament.
Mark: Sometimes a fighter with
great natural talent does not develop as fast because they
can win easily with their strengths. A test like "no low
kicks" is good to force you into improving other aspects of
your fighting. That being said your punching has vastly
improved. Your jab looked strong an effective. You didn't
back up and threw a larger volume of techniques. Use the
Chudan mawashi to offset your low kick and I guarantee you
will be getting more ippon victories!
Participating in a tournament is a
great opportunity to develop your fighting skill and spirit. We have
an extensive amount of experience in looking after our fighters.
Hopefully, we will see more students join the fighting team in the
coming months.
Osu.
Tats Nakamura
Vancouver Kyokushin Karate
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