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Yeah, that is why we did not do the JKI. That and my kids were injured. But none of us did. We took some kids to a local tourny right in our back yard. We may only do one more local after this one in prep for the US Open next year.Unfortunately No Saving $
Last went in 08 went 05-08...Horrible...They had good fights but the frustration level at this tournament is very high...Hope they do a better Job!!!Historically, the CA Open is one of the worst tournaments every year. I have not been for a couple of years now, but back when we did attend (04, 05 and perhaps 06) the following sights and sounds were not uncommon:
1) Rings of very odd dimensions such as 5 X 7
2) Rings of very small dimensions such as 4 X 4
3) Full grown adult male black belts fighting in those 4 X 4 rings while 6 year old yellow belts are fighting in 7 X 7 rings
4) Such incredible shortages of referees that calls over the PA were "If anyone out there in the stands wants to come down and referee, please come to the head table"
5) Such incredible shortages of referees that often matches are scored by just 1 corner judge with a pencil and paper
6) Calls to holding area and then 4+ hours of waiting before fighting
7) Opening ceremonies and demos that just go on and on and on until you want to shoot yourself
Bottom line, in my opinion, the only tournament in Southern California that you will find that is worse than the CA Open is Yin's Gold Cup.
Now, with all that being said, because my Samantha is trying to get some referee experience under her belt, she will be there tomorrow reffing. It will be just her 2nd time as a ref and I expect that the general experience level of refs will be about the same as hers, which is minimal.
I will not be there.
Good luck to those that are.
All great points,You can only control what you can control. We've all entered events that end up being an unpleasant experience and no doubt will again. Just remember, even though experiences can be bad, there's no such thing as bad experience unless you dismiss lessons learned. They are what they are and learn from it. Your son is 11 and and faced 13 year olds. That's a big difference at that age. He represented well and should be proud. Focus on that and give him a high five!
Yes Terry you are correct. They are most likely making some good money. But I have no problem with that. They put forth the effort to create and promote it so to make money is OK.Yea ATC but here is the bigger question why are 1100 competitors going to a bad tournament. USAT barely can make that at Nationals. If people would stop going tournament directors would be force to amke them better, but since they are getting 1100 people paying probaly 100 plus entry of family member. They are making probaly 75,000 off of this thing. MONEY MONEY MONEY hungry GM's and not caring about quality
If 1100 people are showing up, that's probably not much of an incentive to change.
Team X sent a few of our younger kids and had some pretty good results. We have a young man (Age 7) visiting us from Denmark, Frederik Olsen, who went to this event. He won gold and if you watch this video, you will understand why.He had to be reminded that he is not fighting in Denmark where there are no Jr Safety Rules. The kid is a killer and absolutely amazing to watch in the ring and realize he is only 7. (If you don't watch the whole video, you have to at least watch from 2:20 - 2:30. The kid's timing and speed is unmatched by anyone I have ever seen.
I will have to watch later today when I get home from work. We block YT and other social site at work, and I am tired of searching for proxy servers that also get blocked.Team X sent a few of our younger kids and had some pretty good results. We have a young man (Age 7) visiting us from Denmark, Frederik Olsen, who went to this event. He won gold and if you watch this video, you will understand why.He had to be reminded that he is not fighting in Denmark where there are no Jr Safety Rules. The kid is a killer and absolutely amazing to watch in the ring and realize he is only 7. (If you don't watch the whole video, you have to at least watch from 2:20 - 2:30. The kid's timing and speed is unmatched by anyone I have ever seen.
AWESOME!!! I LOVE IT. I wish the US would allow kids to fight with head contact before 8.He won gold and if you watch this video, you will understand why.He had to be reminded that he is not fighting in Denmark where there are no Jr Safety Rules. The kid is a killer and absolutely amazing to watch in the ring and realize he is only 7. (If you don't watch the whole video, you have to at least watch from 2:20 - 2:30. The kid's timing and speed is unmatched by anyone I have ever seen.