First 'NIL' on points card :(
Yesterday there was a dan grading held in Sheffield. As I live in Sheffield it seemed daft not to go, even if I'm not up to fitness.
I had 2 opponents, the 1st was a much lighter, much younger guy on some British squad or other. I was soundly beaten by him so can't complain about that one.
My second match was against an older chap (who I beat by yuko in the area team veterans a while back) so I was feeling optimistic. I scored first with a waza-ari for an Uchi-mata technique.
I scored a 2nd waza-ari a bit later with a rear throw but it seems the ref didn't agree with me or the people watching. Ah well, another day I might a similar descision in my favour.
My oppnent then caught me with a Juji-gatame for a submission and so he wins by ippon.
So in my efforts in point collecting for 3rd dan, this will be my first NIL on my points card. Let's hope there aren't too many more. I can't afford to get zeros when events cost £15-20 a time to enter.
Talk of costs, I wonder if I would be able to find anyone interested in sponsoring me to get to the European/World masters events. I might officially be on the British masters squad, but I still have to pay own travel/accomodation/entry so it simple isn't feasable, which is really annoying as I'd love to do a couple of international events.
I had 2 opponents, the 1st was a much lighter, much younger guy on some British squad or other. I was soundly beaten by him so can't complain about that one.
My second match was against an older chap (who I beat by yuko in the area team veterans a while back) so I was feeling optimistic. I scored first with a waza-ari for an Uchi-mata technique.
I scored a 2nd waza-ari a bit later with a rear throw but it seems the ref didn't agree with me or the people watching. Ah well, another day I might a similar descision in my favour.
My oppnent then caught me with a Juji-gatame for a submission and so he wins by ippon.
So in my efforts in point collecting for 3rd dan, this will be my first NIL on my points card. Let's hope there aren't too many more. I can't afford to get zeros when events cost £15-20 a time to enter.
Talk of costs, I wonder if I would be able to find anyone interested in sponsoring me to get to the European/World masters events. I might officially be on the British masters squad, but I still have to pay own travel/accomodation/entry so it simple isn't feasable, which is really annoying as I'd love to do a couple of international events.
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