The Upland (So. Cal) Kajukenbo school held a old school style tournament this past sunday.
Traditional kata competition, no music, no costumes, no back flips. And some old school hard contact continuous sparring.
Everyone was told in advance that the sparring would be hard contact, even the point matches.
The kata competition was pretty big, but when it came time to fight all the white gi's left the building.
Other then one gutsy girl, the only ones who stayed to fight were the Kenpo and Kajukenbo people.
Everyone enjoyed the chance to get away from the highly regulated games of tag that some tournaments have become. No politics, no instructors arguing with refs about points. Just hard core sparring and brotherhood.
Traditional kata competition, no music, no costumes, no back flips. And some old school hard contact continuous sparring.
Everyone was told in advance that the sparring would be hard contact, even the point matches.
The kata competition was pretty big, but when it came time to fight all the white gi's left the building.
Other then one gutsy girl, the only ones who stayed to fight were the Kenpo and Kajukenbo people.
Everyone enjoyed the chance to get away from the highly regulated games of tag that some tournaments have become. No politics, no instructors arguing with refs about points. Just hard core sparring and brotherhood.
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