Damian Mavis
Master Black Belt
OK I totally got off topic in the MA tricks thread and I felt it would be a good topic for another thread. I started to talk about my experience at open karate type tournaments that shocked and horrified me because they were the worst examples of martial arts I had ever seen. (besides the villains in the karate kid series)
Anyway...I thought it would only be fair for other people around the world to post their experiences (good or bad) to see if this is a common problem everywere or just in my neck of the woods. Again I wasn't knocking karate...just the way these tournaments were outta control. Heres my quote from the other thread:
"Actually.... I've been considering going to a karate tournament for point sparring matches. But I have never gone to a karate tournament to compete before. I've gone to watch and was kinda horrified (this is not a knock on karate but rather the karate schools in my area) there was absolutely no discipline, people were screaming and yelling profanities, getting into fights and rolling around on the ground, almost attacking the people watching if they said the wrong thing!! I wanted to go down on the floor and start kicking everyone *** because it seemed not a person on the floor understood what martial arts were about. (But that would make me as bad as they were wouldn't it?) Things are pretty bad in my area for Karate...I'm positive it is NOT like that everywere else.
In TKD the tournaments (at least for ITF) are very strict. Theres no messing around or your in major trouble, and your instructor too. I think that is what a large organisation gets you....organised tournaments with rules...the karate ones are open tournaments and no one listens to no one. "
So if you've got any insight please post it all here!
Damian Mavis
Honour TKD
Anyway...I thought it would only be fair for other people around the world to post their experiences (good or bad) to see if this is a common problem everywere or just in my neck of the woods. Again I wasn't knocking karate...just the way these tournaments were outta control. Heres my quote from the other thread:
"Actually.... I've been considering going to a karate tournament for point sparring matches. But I have never gone to a karate tournament to compete before. I've gone to watch and was kinda horrified (this is not a knock on karate but rather the karate schools in my area) there was absolutely no discipline, people were screaming and yelling profanities, getting into fights and rolling around on the ground, almost attacking the people watching if they said the wrong thing!! I wanted to go down on the floor and start kicking everyone *** because it seemed not a person on the floor understood what martial arts were about. (But that would make me as bad as they were wouldn't it?) Things are pretty bad in my area for Karate...I'm positive it is NOT like that everywere else.
In TKD the tournaments (at least for ITF) are very strict. Theres no messing around or your in major trouble, and your instructor too. I think that is what a large organisation gets you....organised tournaments with rules...the karate ones are open tournaments and no one listens to no one. "
So if you've got any insight please post it all here!
Damian Mavis
Honour TKD