Watch me get whupped on!

[gwalla]

Still haven't had time to put together a real comprehensive post on my trip, but to tide you all over here's a couple of videos of me at the tournament:

My match from the men's team randori event:

The freestyle kata I did with Ash:

I don't think there's any video of my individual randori match, or my koryu dai san suwari waza with Aaron from the kongodantaisen.

Comments

[derakon.livejournal.com]

Interesting, and completely different from the Shotokan karate I'm used to.

Was the baton in the randori meant to represent a knife or similar weapon? I noticed your "defense" was a lot more aggressive than your opponent's, though I suppose that having the advantage in height and mass makes a big difference there.

That kata looked exhausting.

Thanks for sharing these!

[cholma.livejournal.com]

This isn't martial arts! I've seen Jackie Chan movies; you can't fool me! ;p

What was that item in your hands in the first video? In my head, your opponent kept saying, "don't tase me, bro!". :D

[droolfangrrl.livejournal.com]

what was your number?