FIMA Fall Classic karate tournament

For more Information
Contact Master Lambert at
Llambert49@aol.com

Pressure Point Karate

October 10, 2008, 11:50:50 AM

Welcome, Guest. Please login or register.

News: We have added a fun new Arcade.
See the menu link below.

Home

Help

Arcade

Pressure Point Karate > Pressure Point Karate Forums > General Discussion > Karate Tournaments (Moderators: smckeown, masterlambert) > FIMA Fall Classic karate tournament

Pages: [1]

« previous next »

	Author	Topic: FIMA Fall Classic karate tournament (Read 1074 times)
0 Members and 1 Guest are viewing this topic.

Tom OBrien

Jr. Member

Offline

Posts: 75

FIMA Fall Classic karate tournament

« on: November 22, 2006, 09:00:56 PM »

We just came back from the FIMA Fall Classic karate tournament in NJ. Rich Faustini from the Faustini Institute of Martial Arts runs a good show. There were about 250 competitors & we were done & out before 2:30pm. 7 of us competed. David Weiss, 8 yrs. old, took 2nd pl. in kata & self defense. My brown belt fought in the advanced div. for the 1st time. He beat a red belt & was disqualified for head contact against a black belt. It was a backfist & he barely touched him. In the kids divisions they are strict. I would have given him a warning & moved on. It's partly my fault because in my dojo there is no such thing as 'no contact' to the head or face. He took 4th pl. Another green belt came in 4th in kumite also. I took 2nd in kata & I felt good. They did not have an over 45 div so I competed against both young & old. There were about 10 competitors. Out of 7 people we took home 3 trophies. The important thing is that the students learn & the Ronin Martial Arts Club is respected in the tournament circuit. The only bad thing is that I took a camera & I didn?t take any pics. I get so involved in the officiating & competition that I totally forget.
Thanks,
Sensei Tom


	Logged

Pressure Point Karate

FIMA Fall Classic karate tournament

« on: November 22, 2006, 09:00:56 PM »


	Logged

Tom OBrien

Jr. Member

Offline

Posts: 75

Re: FIMA Fall Classic karate tournament

« Reply #1 on: December 11, 2006, 04:09:31 PM »

We just came back from the AAU Karate Tournament. 6 of us went & we took 7 silver medals. I?m so proud of everybody that my head can?t fit thru the door. I won 2 medals in the old man?s division in kata & kobudo. It?s the 1st time I did Bo. I worked my butt off on that Bo form & I felt good because I did not make any mistakes. The 48 yr. old guy from TKD, Tom (who trained with me for about 2 mos. now) won one in kumite. Tom lost to a 6th deg. Black belt in his 2nd tournament ever. The red belt, Josh from TKD who came with me from my friend?s Dojang won one in kumite in the 17/18 yr. old, advanced div. he lost to a black belt national champ. Steve my brown belt won 1 ea. in kumite & kata in the advanced division. My son Ben, a purple belt, won 1 in kumite. He knocked out a green belt with a mawashi geri to the solar plexus & beat a black belt. Tournaments can be very crazy. Ben folded up this green belt so that he took about 5 mins. To recover & didn?t even get a point for it. When I said ?He should get a point for that.? his family & friends asked me why. I responded ?Because he hit him with a clean shot that?s why!? That same green belt won the div. Isn?t that nuts? Anyway it doesn?t matter because I told Ben ?Look, if it was a real fight there would not have been any referee to give him 5 mins. to recover.? The important thing is he discovered his gyaku zuki & he admitted that he should also be doing kata. The martial arts are so wild sometimes. After the tournament I went home, took a shower & went straight to a wedding. Wow, talk about culture shock. One minute I?m in the middle of the chaos of a tournament & the next minute I?m in this really fancy wedding dressed in a monkey suit. I feel like a fish out of water. Then I find out this 23 yr. old girl, black belt wants to go back into training & she wants to train with me. Then my wife, who hasn?t worked out with me for 2 years, says to me that if Rachel comes then she is going to come back too. My wife was a yellow belt on the verge of becoming a green belt when she quit. Now tell me the martial arts aren?t nuts. I?m lovin it though. I took some pictures & I will try to post them. Thanks for putting up with my rambling nonsense.
Thanks,
Sensei Tom


	Logged

smckeown

Forum Admin
Administrator
Hero Member

Offline

Posts: 794

Re: FIMA Fall Classic karate tournament

« Reply #2 on: December 11, 2006, 05:05:11 PM »

Tom
Please post some pics. I would be very interested in seeing them.

Do you have any video?

Scott


	Logged

Scott
www.pressurepointkarate.com
and
http://itfixed.blogspot.com/

Tom OBrien

Jr. Member

Offline

Posts: 75

Re: FIMA Fall Classic karate tournament

« Reply #3 on: December 12, 2006, 09:10:22 PM »

OK Thanks I'll try to post some pics. I am a white belt when it comes to technology though.
Sensei Tom


	Logged

Tom OBrien

Jr. Member

Offline

Posts: 75

Re: FIMA Fall Classic karate tournament

« Reply #4 on: December 12, 2006, 09:27:20 PM »

Right now I think I will have to settle for my web site. I took some pictures Sunday at the tournament but I don't know how to post them. I can't even get them into my web site correctly. But here is my web site:http://www.freewebs.com/senseitom/. I'll keep trying though. If nothing else I am tenacious and stubborn.
Thaks,
Sensei Tom