Bushido Bulletin, May 2018

by · May 9, 2018

We need good Judges!

Help your instructor to be a part of the Process
Judges are an absolute necessity for a tournament to function. A good tournament will have a variety of styles, schools and hopefully states represented.
A difficult task for a promoter is if the school’s coaches or sensei will not judge because they are too busy watching their students. Help out yourself, your competitor, the promoter, and encourage your coaches and sensei to be judges.
Take a video so they can critique your student after a tournament instead of sitting on the sidelines.
Offer to be the support system for your school’s competitors, while they judge.Your coach or sensei will have already taught your competitor what to do, let them do it and share the results after.
Having your sensei as a judge will be beneficial for the circuit and also for you. It ensures that your style is represented in what judges are looking for and helps keep tournaments unbiased. It will also help the tournament to run faster.
Judges and Referees need to be certified. This insures that everyone is current on the rules and it will improve judging as a whole. Certification is offered at large tournaments and can be given by a State or Regional Representative. Test forms are available online at USKaratealliance.com.

 National Points
The National Points standings will be finalized in the next seven days. You must be a current member as of May 20, 2018, to remain in the point standings. You can renew or become a member online at  uskaratealliance.com  or you can download the form and send it to the Alliance Headquarters address listed below. Remember that you have thirty (30) days from publication of the National Points to protest any discrepancies regarding the points. Any such protest must be sent, in writing, to the Alliance at P.O. Box 20609, Albuquerque, New Mexico or by email touskaratealliance@gmail.com .
The new National Junior Team and National Black Belt Team will be announced at the Finals at the 2018 United States Karate Alliance World Championships to be held in Phoenix, Arizona at the Arizona Grand Resort and Spa on July 19-22. The National Black Belt Team is comprised of the national point champions in kata, kobudo and kumite, plus the Nationals and World Championship Black Belt Kumite Grand Champions. The National Junior Team is comprised of the following: brown or black belts between the ages of 12 and 18 who either win two or more national point championships in that year OR won a grand championship at the latest Nationals and the current World Championships and a national point championship in that year OR won two grand championships at the latest Nationals and current World Championships. All National Team members must have a current membership in the Alliance to be on the national teams. National Team members do not pay entry fees to compete at Nationals, World Championships or Regional Championship tournaments. The new point year for 2018/2019 just started on May 7 so start competing now to make the 2018/2019 National Teams.
July 19-22 WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS PHOENIX AZ Register for Worlds

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