Firstly, I need to get something off my chest...
PRELIMS DONE!
YAAAAAAAAAAAAAY!
Now that I have expressed my extreme content in the fact that I am not studying right now, I can proceed with telling you that I have finally finished my Prelims!
With only 11 days left until I depart to Malaysia everything is starting to get exciting. I am training hard with my fellow team mates and the nerves are slowly starting to kick in. We will be receiving our kit in the next week (which is very exciting to me) and our plane tickets have arrived!
On another note, my fellow karatekas (in case this isn't obvious, karatekas means some one who does karate) competed in a KSI (kimura shukokai International- my old style) South Africa Championships and did incredibly well! Natalie Faint, Doug Graham, Luke Romyn, Bjorn Isaacs, Dean Lotter, Martin Batek, Shaun Marais, Jessica Graham, Uliana Alekseev and a few more all received medals and some trophies! I went to watch for a few hours and was very impressed! Well done too all of you guys!
Now for those of you who are a bit unclear on what exactly I will be doing in Malaysia. I am competing in Kata. For the people who don't remember, that is the demonstration of certain movements into a sequence. In order to win a round, you have do the kata fulfilling certain criteria as well as performing it better than your opponent. The first two rounds you have to do specific selected katas and the rest are free choice. However, you are not allowed to repeat a kata.
Here is the first round kata that I have to do. Performed by the one and only Antonio Diaz! These compulsory katas are a lot more basic than the free choice which is why they are used for the elimination rounds.
Once I receive any more information regarding my exciting trip you shall be informed!
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