our tournament season is over, but for those of us that want to keep competing we have a mini tournament series. yesterday the mini tourny was held one of the schools i teach at. all my students were there and helping out first before anyone else got the chance as i had instructed them to do. they all competed and dominated the tournament and i got my first chance to judge and ref. then my compitition came around. the only person in my rank was one of my students, my best student. not only is he a great martial artist, he is 6.5. no big deal right? i am 5.8 150ish.
i had sparred him many times in class or just for fun cause none of my other students really stand a chance agianst him. he is the only adult male in this particular class i teach and he is one rank bellow me.
i decided tochange up my game a little to spar him. though i am way shorter than him, i took a very low fighting stance, knees bent way down. he is not used to kicking someone with such a low stance. when he attacked with a front leg side kick, i sprung into a double touch front snap kick. the second i did that, his eyes opened wide. he has never seen me or sparred with me when i use advanced kicking. i save that for advanced class on wed. also when he threw a kick, i would turn the target (my chest) sideways, without sidestepping, i would simply turn my torso the oppisite way and follow up with skip side kicks. then twards the end of the fight i managed a front leg hook kick to the side of his head (i am very flexible). i won the fight and got first place. i also got first in forms.
now i'm looking at my pretty little first place ribbon and wondering if i really earned it..
please tell me what you think about this and if i even deserve it. i love competing but i have never competed agianst one of my students. share your thoughts please.
i had sparred him many times in class or just for fun cause none of my other students really stand a chance agianst him. he is the only adult male in this particular class i teach and he is one rank bellow me.
i decided tochange up my game a little to spar him. though i am way shorter than him, i took a very low fighting stance, knees bent way down. he is not used to kicking someone with such a low stance. when he attacked with a front leg side kick, i sprung into a double touch front snap kick. the second i did that, his eyes opened wide. he has never seen me or sparred with me when i use advanced kicking. i save that for advanced class on wed. also when he threw a kick, i would turn the target (my chest) sideways, without sidestepping, i would simply turn my torso the oppisite way and follow up with skip side kicks. then twards the end of the fight i managed a front leg hook kick to the side of his head (i am very flexible). i won the fight and got first place. i also got first in forms.
now i'm looking at my pretty little first place ribbon and wondering if i really earned it..
please tell me what you think about this and if i even deserve it. i love competing but i have never competed agianst one of my students. share your thoughts please.