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Erik L.-West

Topic: Karate Competitions/Tournaments

EQ: What is most important to competing as a top rated competitor in Martial Arts Tournaments?

Friday, March 16, 2012

Research check 13

1. US Open
-It took place in the east coast of the U.S. on July 9-10 2010.
-More than 35 countries had their competitors travel to the U.S. for the opportunity to compete and check out the Colorado Springs Resort.
-The Night of Champions was televised on ESPN.
-Every competitor had gave their best ad most difficult performances.
-Micah Karns, Cole Eckert, Austin Crain, Hunter Crain, and Kyle Montagna had made to the run-offs after winning their divisions.
-In the Form finals Jacob Pinto had displayed many tricks to enhance his performance and had won the US Open Night of Champion's award for Forms.

2. Angles in Martial Arts and Defensive Tactics
-Angling is like using brains over brawn.
-They mostly allow smaller fighters to match up to an opponent who is larger than them.
-After accurately hitting your opponent from an angle, either set up your next offense or defense since the same trick may not work more than once.
-Fighting smarter with angles helps a fighter get hurt less.

3. Official Results/World Shotokan Karate-do Championship

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