National All Styles Martial Arts Tournaments

Rd2 South Australia 17th July 2011

Mr Casey thanked and welcomed all attending clubs, the official bow-in of all officials and competitors, the day's competition started. There was a buzz of excitement from all competitors, especially the junior competitors. Mums, dads and grandparents where all there to support family members throughout the days competition win or lose there was always a hug for trying.

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Standouts during the day; Traditional weaponry, junior division had Ethan Crook-PVT Inter, taking first place with a fine nunchaku demonstration, runner up Daniel Willem-Karate Jitsu. Senior division Damien Pawlak-Kobudo Rensei Kai entertained the crowd with a fine performance to take first place. Demo/ Creative weapon, taken out by Ryan Humphreys –Tang Soo Do

Moving on, 10 – 11 years (5th to Black belt) point sparring Brayden Nemeth came up in the final against team member Allanha Pizi – Tang Soo Do. Both these young competitors where nervous before the final, the match began fast a furious with Brayden taking first points, not to be denied Allanha came back scoring with an excellent high kick to even the scores...with seconds to go Brayden scored with a reverse punch to get the point and the match

12 – 14 yrs male continuous sparring, Brad Fitzgerald-Goju Ryu Mt Gambier came up against Blake Connor Pye-Unsu Kai Karate, this was a fiery match right from the beginning both boys mixing it with good combinations. The referee stopping the match cautioning both competitors for too much contact, the match continued, Blake scoring with spectacular spinning backs kicks however Brad kept the pressure on working inclose with hand and leg combinations out scoring his opponent to eventually take out the match.

Male open black belt division had good numbers of competitors and was sure to have some fiery encounters. As eliminations progressed we came down to the two finalists Daniel Tregenza-Go Kan Ryu and Ryan Humphreys-Tang Soo Do. Both exchanged strong techniques during the match and where cautioned by the referee to settle it down, the match was even on the score board with seconds to go, Daniel scored with a sharp reverse punch to his opponents head scoring the winning point. The audience applauded with appreciation for a good match

Male advanced continuous sparring final was the final match of the day, everyone stayed back to cheer their team mates on. Chris Bullock-Unsu Kai Karate a veteran competitor with the NAS came up against a cool customer in the final, Michael Barlow-Zen Do Kai. Both guys exchanged various combinations, Chris using excellent spinning kicks while Michael worked inclose with hand and leg combinations, it was a real close match, no one knew who would win this one....red came up and Chris was awarded first place to the cheers of the audience and applause also went to Michael for an excellent match

Special thanks must go to Mr Nick DeCristofaro and his family and club members for their support. Interim Technical Director, Mr Mark Stone and all senior NAS Officials for an outstanding job of officiating, special thanks for photos supplied by John McDonald...great action shots! Look forward to seeing every body at the 2011 State Championships; 11th September...it's going to be a big one!

Any enquiries from martial art schools wishing to compete with the NAS tournament circuit in SA please contact Mr. James Casey – Vice President NAS, SA State Director on 0402 695 717 or check our NAS website www.nationalallstyles.com.au

1. Competitor – Profile

NAME: Karl Jensen age 23

STYLE: Shota Kan Goju and Muay Thai

How long have you trained? I have been training with White Tiger since March 7th 2011

Where do you train? White Tiger Combined Martial Arts at Sailsbury and Mawson Lakes in SA.

Can you tell us what you like about the NAS competition? I like the fact that people from many different styles all get to compete in the one tournament. It's a good chance to test what I have learned at White Tiger against competitors from other styles.

Best moment/memory in competition with the NAS? Getting that first fight out the way and getting rid of those pre fight nerves. Not getting eliminated in my first fight. Hopefully there will be many more memories in the future.

Have you a favorite technique in competition? Being my first NAS I haven't worked out much of a game plan yet. I just tried to execute what my Sensei and I have been working on in training at our Dojo. Hit them and don't let them hit you.

Favorite martial artist... Anderson Silva. He is a very well rounded fighter. He has trained in many different styles and is a very confident fighter. If I could one day be 5% as good as him I would be happy.

Published on 25 August 2011

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