Commentary by Simon Larsen In training leading up to this tournament Hisatsune sensei had stressed two things to me. Firstly that shaking the tanken up and down for no reason was a good way to give your opponent a sense of your timing. Secondly that standing still let your opponent choose the distance to fight... Continue Reading →

Commentary by Simon Larsen Quarter Finals Time! ALSOK are a security company and they are usually one of the stronger teams. Matsuura starts to go for men, as soon as he has drawn Kojima into blocking the men Matsuura reverses and strikes do. As Kojima comes back down from the blocking position he loses centre... Continue Reading →

Commentary by Bert Hsu The opponent was supposed to be stronger than my first round. I thought I needed to be more careful… while I was thinking about that, the opponent had jumped into my coverage to strike. In a losing status, there was no choice for me but to attack aggressively. Then my opponent started... Continue Reading →

Commentary by Simon Larsen I am not a judge, these are just my ideas watching the match. Baptiste is a big fan of Setei and uses a technique where if the initial do strike doesn't succeed he moves into a setei attack. I like this technique a lot (but can't do it) and think if... Continue Reading →

Commentary by Simon Larsen This year Hisatsune sensei had given me the goal of getting out of the first round and I went into this shiai hoping to do well. Recently our training with Hisatsune sensei has been progressing and I felt that my big weakness was slowly being corrected. I started exactly as I... Continue Reading →