2010 SWTA Invitational Tournament
South West Taekwondo Academy is holding their inaugural Mr. Shin Boo Kim Memorial Championships; this Sunday September 12, 2010 at the Bunbury PCYC.
A Memorial Trophy will be awarded to an exceptional athlete of the championship who excels at both poomsae and sparring. This trophy has been named after Mr. Kim to remind us of his passion and joy for both these sporting disciplines.
Date: Sunday 12th September 2010
Venue: PCYC, Parade Road, Bunbury 6230
Weigh-in:
- 5:00 pm – 6:00 pm Saturday 11th September 2010
- 8:00 am – 9:00 am Sunday 12th September 2010
Poomsae: Sunday 12th September 2010 9:00 am to 11:00 am
Sparring: Sunday 12th September 2010 11:00 am start to finish approx’ 5:00 pm Lunch: 12:30 pm – 1:00 pm
Spectator’s entry fee: Adults $10 Children $5 (under 15) Family $25
All players and their clubs are to supply their own protective head, chest, groin, arm, shin and mouth guards. It is optional for players to wear hand and foot protectors. All players to have nails cropped and no jewellery or attachments are allowed during competition.
Roy Khoh says:
September 13th, 2010 at 9:33 am
I won the inaugural trophy for best patterns!!! yay!!!
And the person I lost to in sparring, Brandon Harvey, won the inaugural trophy for best fighter
ha ha, I find it funny.
Neb-01 says:
September 13th, 2010 at 4:49 pm
i find it funny aswell some of those judges might need to have a look at some footage that was taken, Punches not being counted etc…..
whats up with that??.
Roy Khoh says:
September 14th, 2010 at 6:55 am
No, I find it funny how I won Best Patterns and me losing to the eventual Best Fighter. Not about the judging.
Unless you become a qualified referee or judge, you will not know how difficult it actually is to judge at a tournament. I will not disclose on here what qualifies for a point, with respect to punches, if you really want to know you should attend an accredited referee course.
Yes, I complained during the middle of my match. Regarding punches AND scoring blocks. Not to take anything away from the judges, though. They had been sitting there all afternoon and believe me, it gets tiring.
I tried to make two points with my fight, one regarding scoring punches and one regarding scoring kicks blocked by the arm. My hope is for judges in WA to be of top quality.
I know, myself, that I sometimes miss scoring some punches also. I usually wake up after the first flurry of punches from a player though.
Having used one type of Electronic Body Protector (Protective Scoring System), I can summise how difficult it can be to score points – so knowing that, I can imagine that simply having the arm in the way will take at least 50% of the impact away – assuming it reaches the pad. So I pretty much never score any kicks when the arm is in the way.
It is difficult to be a referee / judge. It is a thankless job. The referees and judges at this tournament did (a good) job, considering the (in)frequency of their rotation.
They did what they thought was correct. I would do the same too – I will score or not score, according to what my interpretation of the rules are. I will issue warnings and penalties, again, according to what I think is correct. It then, just becomes a difference between what I think is correct what IS ACTUALLY correct.