If you ever wanted to bash GB in the face with a stick...
...well, it's not quite your chance, but at least you can watch.

So local tournament yesterday was fun. I got to see a lot of students / families from our schools that had never been to a tournament before. As for results, I didn't do fare too badly. I even got an extra point I needed to tie for the lead in the sparring standings.

What was even more enjoyable, though, was the start of the tournament: we had an exhibition competition in "Combat Weapon Sparring" -- event that's getting more practiced in our organization. It's sparring with a single Banhg Mahng Ee (a combat stick, similar in principal to a truncheon or a "single stick"). It was great to have almost the whole tournament focused on us, a lot of cheering all around, and a lot of questions asked afterwards. I think I got asked "That looked like fun, how was it?" at least 8 or 9 times :)

r_is_for_rose brought her camera as always, and parked herself square in my cheering section :)



Here's the first round of three (I didnt draw a bye, so I had to go through the whole bracket). I'm on the right (the "Red" competitor). Mr. Martin is on the left. I won this 9-7 at the end of the two minute round.



Here's my semi-final round match up. I'm on the left here ("White" for scorekeeping) and took this one on points, 10-6. Mr. Jackson (who happened to be my training partner, and who beat me soundly in training, is on the right).




And here's the final round for our division, vs. a fellow schoolmate, Ms. Thomas. Apparently this divided some of the crowd, you can hear one of our friends boo me after my second scoring..."Because she had to root for one of the girls" :D

This one ended on time, and a narrow vitory at 9-8.

Enjoy :D