North/South tournament. [Archive]

samurai999

19th January 2004, 03:00 AM

North/South Tournament is coming soon , April 4th to be exact, this year it will be held here in Los Angeles, So will So Cal be victorious this year ?

Just like every other "out of town" tournament this year and next, I'm not sure if I can make it. I'd like to come down though.. I have friends down there. If I do, I'll be in the 1-3dan div and will probably have my ass handed to me. haha. Is it gonna be held at Torrance again?

Tim

Inouye02

19th January 2004, 09:21 AM

yes , it will be at Wilson Park in Torrance, To bad if you can't come down , I believe you were injured last year in San Jose .. This year I will not drink before the tournament like last year, maybe just maybe I will do better then last year ..

Will

19th January 2004, 02:41 PM

So will So Cal be victorious this year ?

No........
:devious:

M.K. Kawai

19th January 2004, 03:20 PM

Alright... I'll say it. Yes :devious: Go SCKF!!!!

South will Sweep... the teams that is :)

Bets anyone?

MKK

dorkusxmaximus

19th January 2004, 04:01 PM

As the saying goes, "The south shall rise again!"

misterkurukuru

19th January 2004, 06:28 PM

Just like we got cheated up north last year, our shinpans will cheat you guys this year. it always happens!!! no way we lost that yudansha team match. I may have tied my dude, but the judges had rocks tied to our flag. damm if they let me on team again i will be pounding fools!! lost 80 lbs!! dudes couldnt beat me when i was fat, so whats going to happen now??? Gahahahaha!!!!!! 4-5 dan group huh...time for some young dudes to kick some @$$!! hey Will!! do you guys have a team for steveston???
mr.kurukuru will get 1st in the adult kyu group!!!

M.K. Kawai

20th January 2004, 04:10 PM

I look forward to seeing your "bunny men" and the kurukuru men :D

MKK

Hongsermeier

20th January 2004, 11:27 PM

I will be there in the Adult Kyu division for the last time. Me and Mr. French, kicking ass and taking names. Unfortunatlly the wife will be in Japan with the kid so she will miss out this year. :cross_eye

m_french

21st January 2004, 01:33 AM

I will be there in the Adult Kyu division for the last time. Me and Mr. French, kicking ass and taking names.:cross_eye
I'll make sure to put a sharpie in my zekken :beard:

samurai999

21st January 2004, 02:14 AM

As the saying goes, "The south shall rise again!"

When pigs fly. LOL :D :D :D Oops better not say too much.. My future job might lie down there.

If it weren't for school, I'd definitley be there. I did come down last time. This was when French and Hongs were at our dojo. Those were the days...

Tim

samurai999

21st January 2004, 02:21 AM

Just like we got cheated up north last year, our shinpans will cheat you guys this year. it always happens!!! !!!

I guess it all evens out in the end. LOL

Tim

dorkusxmaximus

21st January 2004, 02:27 AM

Yes, Tim. Think about that future job down there LOL. Oh I'm pretty sure a pig is flying somewhere mwahah >=). Btw, are you going to Steveston?

samurai999

21st January 2004, 04:32 AM

Yes, Tim. Think about that future job down there LOL. Oh I'm pretty sure a pig is flying somewhere mwahah >=). Btw, are you going to Steveston?

Man, I'm missing out on all these cool tourneys.. I can't go since I have a midterm that same week. Plus my classes require a lot of time. I'm also pondering a Ph.D. in addition to a M.S. degree so studying comes first now a days. Last time I was there was y2k1 and I had a great time there..

Tim

hwarangdo

21st January 2004, 06:55 AM

Ralutin

21st January 2004, 08:20 AM

hi everyone,

i've been a fan of this forum for a year now, and finally i have a question:

could someone tell me how to enter the north south tourney?

i am a non-dan (3 keup in kumdo) but i'd like to give it a shot.

how do i qualify?

thank you
john

Hi John,

In reading your profile, I notice that you're out in Chicago, Illinois. If this is true, the North/South Tournament is held in Southern California this year (the tournament rotates between Northern and Southern California each year). Also, only members of the Southern California and Northern California Kendo Federations (SCKF and NCKF) are allowed to participate. Members from other regional kendo federations may participate as well, but usually by invitation or permission from the SCKF or NCKF and All U.S. Kendo Federation (AUSKF). If your dojo is a member of the AUSKF, your members should be allowed to participate in any AUSKF sanctioned tournament.

I would ask your sensei / head instructors and senior students if your dojo/ dojang belongs to the AUSKF and how it goes about participating in tournaments.

moocow65

21st January 2004, 01:54 PM

yes I will also be at the tournament........................................ ............. to watch that is.. hahahahahah... maybe if they need someone on team, i'll jump in.

Kendo-Militia

23rd January 2004, 08:37 AM

I wish I lived in Cali. Maybe one day I will have to go down there to play Inouye-san.

Inouye02

23rd January 2004, 01:19 PM

I wish I lived in Cali. Maybe one day I will have to go down there to play Inouye-san.

i'm here , best bring some salonpas with you too ...

Inouye02

26th January 2004, 12:32 PM

i'm here , best bring some salonpas with you too ...http://www.venice-kendo.org/forum/index.php?t=index&S=30f4a2995fdac3ed4e22fcdc2470d8d4

Inouye02

22nd February 2004, 04:06 PM

little over a month to go , who will be victorious, will so cal win the teams this year ?

samurai999

22nd February 2004, 04:21 PM

I guess I'll sign up.. However school is already 2 weeks into the spring quarter by then. It's gonna be a tight fit. hahaha It'll be cool getting to meet all the kw people again and then getting my ass kicked by the other dans.

Tim

SirFingerLickin

22nd February 2004, 04:25 PM

I'll be there in the Adult Kyu division once again. Hopefully a better showing than I usually give.

And yay for the tournament being in the south this year! Man, that drive home last year was sooooo not fun!

Will

23rd February 2004, 10:05 AM

still debating whether or not to go this year...

William Honda

23rd February 2004, 10:37 AM

Will,

You need to come down.....

You will miss all the fun and then you have to hear the stories later at the dojo.

I think you and I are in the same group. Hope to meet you one day - why not make it at this year's No./ So.?

Will

23rd February 2004, 02:04 PM

because...I'm lazy....

(school blah blah blah)

Hongsermeier

23rd February 2004, 11:01 PM

Will...That's the biggest problem with kids today. Kono said he's coming down, maybe you can get a ride with him. If you two are tight on cash you can crash at my place and I'll drive down in the morning. :cross_eye:

samurai999

24th February 2004, 12:34 AM

Hongs,

That would be like pairing a snake (me) and a mongoose(Will). Of course school is pretty unpredictable. If I have a project due or midterm the same week, then I might have to pull out.

Tim

Hongsermeier

24th February 2004, 04:44 AM

Good luck with school. Just let me know. Miwako will be in Japan. :cross_eye:

Tenken

24th February 2004, 04:57 AM

Inouye02

24th February 2004, 07:45 AM

sorry to everyone but, you won't be able to see Tenken in action at North&South this year. I hate doing tournaments in southern Cal. I'll be there to watch though. But same as moocow, if they ask, I might be in team.

is mrkurukuru going to enter? we need someone to oooh and ahhh at , just wont be the same ..

misterkurukuru

24th February 2004, 12:53 PM

I was not going to be in it, but Shikai sensei put my name in anyways. I was going to go out that day too...oh well atleast its 4 dan and above, and its in so cal. I am pretty darn sick of judges that are not used to kaishi waza and calling wakare. I love my judges that take all the side-ways shots, cheap hansoku, and fingertip kote. having the home court adv. is nice!!!!! :wink:

Hongsermeier

24th February 2004, 10:48 PM

moocow65

25th February 2004, 02:28 AM

Glad to see you'll be ther Kurukuru. I hope I get you as a shimpan on my court. Will Tenken and Moocow be there to be shimpan? I hope so. I always end up with the one guy who hates me as a shimpan. SirFingerLickin...hope you have time to look up Mr French and I. Maybe we will get to be on the same court. :cross_eye:
Sorry I don't think they'll have me do shinpan cause I'm still a 3-dan and will always be a 3-dan. I think they only have us do shinpan when there aren't enough 4-dan, but I think there are plenty of 4-dan now. Plus, I don't think they would want a guy wearing a white keikogi and polyester hakama doing shinpan. Hahahahah. That's my traditional kendo wear. You can't go wrong with white keikogi and polyster hakama.

SirFingerLickin

25th February 2004, 03:44 AM

Glad to see you'll be ther Kurukuru. I hope I get you as a shimpan on my court. Will Tenken and Moocow be there to be shimpan? I hope so. I always end up with the one guy who hates me as a shimpan. SirFingerLickin...hope you have time to look up Mr French and I. Maybe we will get to be on the same court. :cross_eye:

Hopefully. I always see yous guys at the Tourneys, but I never say anything cuz I would feel weird saying 'Hey, its me, SirFingerLickin!' I'll be playing with San Diego, but I dont have a zekken yet. See you there.

m_french

25th February 2004, 04:00 AM

That's my traditional kendo wear. You can't go wrong with white keikogi and polyster hakama.
Very Retro :beard:

m_french

25th February 2004, 04:02 AM

Hopefully. I always see yous guys at the Tourneys, but I never say anything cuz I would feel weird saying 'Hey, its me, SirFingerLickin!' I'll be playing with San Diego, but I dont have a zekken yet. See you there.
You could always use your birth name...just a thought. Hey do you no Kosi the crazy Bulgarian? :beard:

SirFingerLickin

25th February 2004, 09:16 AM

You could always use your birth name...just a thought. Hey do you no Kosi the crazy Bulgarian? :beard:

No, I just havent gotten around to buying a zekken. Dont you worry about that.

And yes, I do know Kosi. He also practices with us. I suppose you could call him crazy. He drives me kinda crazy whenever I keiko with him.

Inouye02

29th March 2004, 02:20 PM

sorry to everyone but, you won't be able to see Tenken in action at North&South this year. I hate doing tournaments in southern Cal. I'll be there to watch though. But same as moocow, if they ask, I might be in team.

1 week to go...who will be there? I hope i get to fight that Hawaiian guy ..kote,mmmmmen!!

samurai999

29th March 2004, 03:19 PM

I'll be there! I'm gonna bus it with SJ dojo and do the 5:00pm godo keiko thats scheduled with Torrance Dojo on Saturday. (well that is if the traffic doesn't screw us like it did last year) I am hoping to God that I make it out of the 1st round in 1-2dan.

Tim

Hongsermeier

29th March 2004, 11:35 PM

I have to be there. This might be my last time for the North/South in the Kyu division.

m_french

30th March 2004, 05:19 AM

1 week to go...who will be there? I hope i get to fight that Hawaiian guy ..kote,mmmmmen!!
Hey Jamie, I forgot this is the first tourney you and the great Bill Honda will be in the same division, I had better breing my camcorder.

Inouye02

2nd April 2004, 03:42 PM

Hey Jamie, I forgot this is the first tourney you and the great Bill Honda will be in the same division, I had better breing my camcorder.ahhhh, so it is , but to bad i won't meet him in competition,i hope he's ready

Inouye02

2nd April 2004, 03:43 PM

I have to be there. This might be my last time for the North/South in the Kyu division.might? are you planning to flunk this year Brad ?

Hongsermeier

2nd April 2004, 10:53 PM

No plans on it, but you never know what might happen. :cross_eye:

m_french

3rd April 2004, 04:18 AM

With the annual grudge match only two days away i would have expected more chatter on the subject what's with the apathy?

Kendo-Militia

3rd April 2004, 09:02 AM

With the annual grudge match only two days away i would have expected more chatter on the subject what's with the apathy?
Must be the calm before the storm.

But wait, Is French truely a member of the South or is his heart and soul still in the North?

samurai999

3rd April 2004, 10:20 AM

Well, Judgement Day is coming and I hope I have enough shinais to last. I had 4 shinai before Salinas and am down to 3 shinai including my carbon. I bent mine to structural failure at the Salinas Tournament.

I'm gonna be in 1-2dan div but don't know if I'm in A or B. I hope I get out of the first round. It's gonna be a very LONG day if I don't.

Tim

misterkurukuru

4th April 2004, 11:49 AM

I dont know about the rest of you guys(and gals) but i am sooooooo not feeling it. Its freaking raining and due to the fact that over 400 kenshi will be in the tourney, we prob. wont end till 10 p.m. ARE they doing the jiji team shiai again??? if so i hope they dont do regular yudansha team. looking foward to...uhhh...nothing really...The okonomiyaki at mitsuwa is hiroshima style...why they gotta mess with a good thing???

well see you all at 8 am.....uhh9 am??? naw its so cal you better make it 11:30 am. have we ever started a shiai on time???

Will

5th April 2004, 05:24 PM

I didn't go to the tournament b/c I was lazy. Can I get the results. I heard my boys didn't fair too well...

Hongsermeier

5th April 2004, 10:47 PM

Will, you slacker!!! The North won the youth team. The South won all the other teams. Actually I think the South won almost everything other than the youth team. :cross_eye:

Will

6th April 2004, 06:37 AM

uh...anyone have individual results?

samurai999

6th April 2004, 10:29 AM

Nice tournament all in all. I sucked in kojin, but I did better on dantai. But, I wish our teams won. Good matches overall and some iffy calls. But that is the premise of every tournament, right? haha

Nice meeting all y'all from the South. Moocow, tenken, inouye02, honda and misterkurukuru. Saw French and hongs again. Saw Hongs' blonde Japanese kid (well the pics he carried around). A least that saves money in blonde hair dye later when he grows up to be a teenager. LOL LOL :D How does Hongs do it? Blonde genes are recessive are they not?

Tim

samurai999

6th April 2004, 10:44 AM

Oh yes.. That bunny men was one of the most "electrifying" moves in kendo entertainment. :)

Brad showed me what it looked like. glad it didn't actually hit our guy during the team match. haha

Tim

Inouye02

6th April 2004, 01:48 PM

Nice tournament all in all. I sucked in kojin, but I did better on dantai. But, I wish our teams won. Good matches overall and some iffy calls. But that is the premise of every tournament, right? haha

Nice meeting all y'all from the South. Moocow, tenken, inouye02, honda and misterkurukuru. Saw French and hongs again.Hey it was nice meeting you to Tim..sorry i didn't give a better show, my shinai wasn't supposed to just stand there..lol but oh well ..tell that guy , Ota..i want a rematch...

moocow65

7th April 2004, 12:08 PM

Nice meeting you too Samurai9999999999999999999999999999999999999999999 99999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999 99999999999999999999999999999999. I didn't get to see the individual competition, but I saw your team match. I was impressed. Hahah, I kept on thinking Kote-Men! Kote-Men to myself, and you did it and you scored.
As for the tournament itself, I think they shouldn't divide the division in half by age, at least for the 3-dan 4-dan group. They should just mix everyone together, or make it two complete groups.

William Honda

7th April 2004, 12:25 PM

Hey Samurai!

You got the tough draw. That guy took second.

Your kendo is solid.

Hope I get a chance to keiko or fight with you. Maybe next years Steveston?
I won't screw up my schedule next year and miss it.

Hey! what the h - e - double toothpicks is the red dot?

Crash

7th April 2004, 12:35 PM

[QUOTE=samurai999]Nice tournament all in all. I sucked in kojin, but I did better on dantai. But, I wish our teams won. Good matches overall and some iffy calls. But that is the premise of every tournament, right? haha

Some iffy calls is right. Did you all see the points in the 1-2 dan final match? I didn't...

GBN

8th April 2004, 02:57 AM

Anyone have the tournament results? It'd be appreciated.

Thanks,
Brian

samurai999

9th April 2004, 05:11 PM

Thanks all for your comments. I was sorta subbed in at the last second since one of our guys had to leave for school if im not mistaken. I was watching a vid of myself and I still looked slow. Oh ya mr kurukuru, one of our guys took a video of you playing in the team match. You jumped about 1 or 2 feet off the ground at one point. Oh well, its back to practice in Salinas over the weekend. I'm sorta looking forward to it, but with school, I'm gonna have NO Friday night! NONE! Gone! haha.

GBN, usually the SCKF posts something on their site or you can look at Mr. Tom Bolling's newsletters at the PNKF website for info. Here is what I remember. Please if I am wrong, somebody correct me.

Yudansha team - SCKF
Kodansha team - SCKF
Womens team - SCKF
Youth team - NCKF

5dan and up - 1st - Chris Yang
2nd - Jimmy Eitoku

I can't remember anything else really. I was so disappointed after the individuals that I sorta went and thought to myself a bit.

Tim

misterkurukuru

11th April 2004, 12:59 AM

the tournament was fun! Samurai999 kicked the crap out of one of our "young" sckf "stars". Samurai made brown chan look like a 6kyu! he scored two quick points on the guy that won his division. it just goes to show you that mixing the tournament up would have been better then doing it by age. Samurai999 could have been the best 1-2 dan in California!!There were a lot of iffy calls...but north/south is always like that. its alllllll about homecourt. anyhoo it was nice to see samurai999 in action. He is pretty good and i think that all of us there know this now :smiley:

Will

11th April 2004, 05:43 AM

Good thing we'll have another chance to determine the best in California when we have the all California championships this fall.

Hopefully that tournament won't have the iffy calls. Does anyone know any other details for the All California Championships? like, divisions, how the team matches are done (dojo vs dojo or nckf vs sckf vs scko vs cckf)? etc