SCKF team tournament old vs new

[misterkurukuru]

Here we go again!
Its team tournament season, but this year is a little different. The normal Gardena team shiai has been combined with the second half of the sckf championships. Personally I like the old set up. 5 person kyu,
3 womans, and 3 dans. This years tournament will feature 2 kyu 3 person teams (per dojo), I don’t know about the woman’s team, and 5 person dan team. I like only having a 3 person team for dan because it takes more skill to win. Some of the dojo’s in the sckf have two people that went to the WKC or the have people who are former team usa members. This makes for an awesome HIGH LEVEL team shiai!! 5 person kyu on the other hand is good! It allows the younger 7-10 year olds a chance to be on the team as sempo. But now the kyu team is 3 people, which means a lot of 1 kyus participating in a debana kote fest!

Which format do you like better??
What other kinds of team tournaments are out there?
If you are in the tournament, how well do you think your team will do?

[Hongsermeier]

which means a lot of 1 kyus participating in a debana kote fest!


After the job done on me in the last taikai, there will be no kote from me. The "new" shimpan out look is kyu can only score a point with a men. I will be on the Sho Tokyo kyu team. How will we do.....not sure. I'm out for revenge personaly. I will win my match. I hope my team mates are as serious as I am. If they are we have as much a chance as anyone. :cross_eye

[Goomba]

Hiya,

The "new" outlook is kyu grades can only score with men? Not excepting the other commonly used scoring locations (kote and do) seems a little harsh. Anyway, I think the three person kyu teams will be fun. The smaller teams also seems like it will be quicker and leave more time for the yudansha matches. It just means we need to work on getting clean points and work a bit harder for each point, as well as work together to win.

Besides a clean men ippon looks really, really nice.

[Hongsermeier]

Maybe I should clarify my statement a little.
The "new outlook" is not official. Just that the shimpan seem very reluctant to give points for kote in the kyu divisions. I seems funny that in 5+ matches I watched in the last taikai there were no points given for kote. Every point was for men. Since I'm 6 ft tall most kenshi I fight are smaller than me. Because of this they tend to protect their men more. I have compensated for this by practicing kote, ALOT. I have done fairly well in taikai's this year and then all of a sudden I can't get a point on kote. Neither can anyone else. Just makes me wonder. :cross_eye

[SirFingerLickin]

I like the new look of the tournament. I practice at a university club, so recently we've had a lot of adult kyu's coming into the club, so meeting all the age requirements wasnt so easy in the past. We had a shortage of younger kids to fill in the other positions, but an abundance of adult kyus. This time around we have plenty of room for our kyu competitors which I like. Tournament fun for everyone!

Anyway, I think my team and I will do well. The other 2 members of my team have been putting on very good performances at the last couple taikai's. I've been out of practice for a lil while unfortunately due to vacation and lack of a car/license(hopefully fixing that soon though).

[JSchmidt]

My favourite team-setup is 3 person team, where at least 1 has to be kyu-grade...that and what we used to do at my old dojo in London, (at our annual internal taikai), 3 person team, where the teams are picked randomly :).

Jakob

[M.K. Kawai]

It doesn't matter to me what the set up we have. Although the 5 person team does give us a better chance at being competitive.

Unfortunately, SCKF rules is going to keep me out of this tourney. But, I'll be ready for the next one :grin:

Go JCI!

MKK

[Hongsermeier]

MK Kawai...sorry you will not ba able to participate. Hopefully you will be there to shimpan. :cross_eye

[Inouye02]

wooo whoooo, the venice adult team placed 3rd...

congrats to ron stephan, michael french, william honda..

hey mike nice hand nuki waza, big dude and the zatoichi kamae..hahahahha
that was the best part of the yudansha team tournament..

[m_french]

wooo whoooo, the venice adult team placed 3rd...

congrats to ron stephan, michael french, william honda..

hey mike nice hand nuki waza, big dude and the zatoichi kamae..hahahahha
that was the best part of the yudansha team tournament..
Apparently the judges didn't like the creativity on my part, thus the hansoku. but I had a lot of fun. and hey we only lost to PCI by 1 point...not bad for a team with 2 kyu members in the yudansha division. Honda-san stopped the slide mid-shuffle. GO VENICE!

[Hongsermeier]

Congrats to the boys from Venice. Wish I could have had some of the fun in the Yudansha division. Overall good taikai. Still think we need to send some of our shimpan to Japan for vacation to learn what their doing. Not really happy with how I played, but I'll take third. :cross_eye

[LNGUYEN]

M_French, did you shave already or what happen, you look like this :beard: before and now?

[m_french]

Still think we need to send some of our shimpan to Japan for vacation to learn what their doing. Not really happy with how I played, but I'll take third. :cross_eye

Geez Brad, Will the whinning ever cease?!?!?!?!?!?!??! You got your trophy and I still say if that guy hadn't pulled up lame...............he did have ippon on you after all.

[m_french]

M_French, did you shave already or what happen, you look like this :beard: before and now?


and yes the Goatee is gone, same bald fat head though only meaner looking....if you can beleive it. :evil:

[Hongsermeier]

Like I said, I wasn't happy with how I played. I'll take the trophy, but I"m not really happy about how I got it. :cross_eye

[Inouye02]

Goomba, I was told you taped the match between PCI & Venice on Sunday ? If so I would like to get a copy if I can ..

Thanks

Jamie ( Venice Kendo )

[Goomba]

sure, I can get a copy for you. I am actually going to be converting and burning cd's of it this weekend. I'll e-mail you when I have finished it so I can send you a copy.

[Inouye02]

goomba, that would be great, we want to see the French kamae again ...hahahaha

thanks Jamie

[misterkurukuru]

I was fighting at the same time as you guys so i couldn't see it!!!! whatkool waza did the big :beard: do?

[Inouye02]

hey kurukuru.... you missed the hand nuki waza,,leave it in the center the big boss will break it...and the zatoichi waza as i call it ..shinai held in one hand over his head as if he was gonna stab you ..hahahaha you just had to see it ..

[m_french]

hey kurukuru.... you missed the hand nuki waza,,leave it in the center the big boss will break it...and the zatoichi waza as i call it ..shinai held in one hand over his head as if he was gonna stab you ..hahahaha you just had to see it ..
Okay it's time to set the record straight. The now famous hand-nuki-waza is really called the Kote-noh-shinai waza while it is the perfect technique to use to get your opponents shinai out of your throat aparently it is not recognized as a valid technique with many of the shinpan. The Zatoichi waza (or long-tanto-waza) is really a modified reverse handed upper gedan-noh-kamae, specifically developed for those who can't seem to hold on to their shinai when over matched by supperior opponents but obviously to dense to realize it. As far as the your-Shinai-is-a-toothpick-to-me waza, this should only be used when all else fails, your match is slipping away and your reduced to trying to intimidate your opponents, or if your just plain getting tired of them poking you in the chest. :beard:

[Inouye02]

very well put Frenchy ...but i cant wait for the cd, hmmmm maybe funniest kendo video's, a new show ? hahaha

[KendoFeind]

Hello, I saw most of the adult kyu matches and saw some kotes being scored. I believe they were looking for more kime this time round.

[m_french]

Hello, I saw most of the adult kyu matches and saw some kotes being scored. I believe they were looking for more kime this time round.
Good point KF, however if you saw my match in the championship bracket you'd know the only Kime i was doing was on my opponents Mono-uchi. Slick-huh? :beard:

[KendoFeind]

Cool MFrench. What bracket or division were you in? What was results of your division? Anyone there playing with good kime? :)

[Goomba]

hello everyone,

Ok Venice guys, I will be burning the cd's on thursday (I got a little busy this week.) so if you want a copy pm or email me.

[Goomba]

I forgot to add my email address.

c.gunum@verizon.net