Round1

[avataraviator]

0:46 BOO!!! lol

[pelepone]

K I see... So who won the tournament in the end?

[spydum]

I honestly don't remember, it's been 2 years since.

[pelepone]

May I ask? When will the referee stop u from chaining attacks to the opponent? After one Ippon or what?

[spydum]

yeah, though in some tournaments, I think if you successfully chain two full ippons, you can score up to 1.5. I dont think this is AAU policy though..

[lexiduhh]

hey i'm trying to make a montage to "headstrong" and was wondering if i could use this video(sped up) to put in there? thanks!

[spydum]

I've got no objections, let me know when it's done and I'll check it out

[spydum]

awesome, I'll see you there tomorrow then. For the gloves do a search on WKF approved gloves.. make sure anything you get is white, they are picky about that.

[SilentD3ath]

thanks man...yeah, youtube's posting is weird...my comment's first part never got posted..:-(

i'll b there this weekend...hope to gain some more experience too...it was great sparring against you...

hey, can u tell me where to buy AAU gloves from? I've been in atleast 5 stores, and none of them sells one...seems i cant find a single store...if i cant buy, i guess i have to borrow again :-P

[SilentD3ath]

hey man, do u have the video of the kata? I was looking for it too. will really appreciate if u can post that also.

~Thanks

[spydum]

I sure do, I'll get it encoded and uploaded tonight. I'm not sure if it shows us both though, I'll check on that.. Also thanks for the comments. Its cool to have a few new guys in our division. You've definitely got some speed, which makes for a lot of fun in sparring, hope to see you at the next one (Tarpon Tournament this weekend, or Lakeland in a few weeks).

[spydum]

turns out, my wife zoomed in on me during the whole thing.. and I didn't like my kata, so I won't be posting it.

[SilentD3ath]

your next ippon, u totally deserve it...i kept it open...u got me bro..:) but just one suggestion...next time u might wanna aim a bit higer...it was just above waist...so in street rather u might wanna go for lower rib...

anyway, i'm not trying to put u down or anything...just thought of few points...it was my first ever participation and i njoyed it...

guess we'll meet again in regional or may b other district tournament...:-)

[SilentD3ath]

second, your first ippon...if u watch a bit carefully, I had a high punch right to your throat...again i tried to keep it as safe as possible and i guess i kept a bit too much distance...i practically thought i got the point and wasnt expecting any continuation after that...so your punch was kinda unexpected to me...but again, my fault coz i stopped without referee asking me to...no doubt your punch was good..

[StandTall77]

Watching you 2, the 2... I can't help but feel your heads are wayyyy 2 exposed and vulnerable. I'm doing kickboxing and I assure you that exposed heads like this will be pumbled mercilessly :) I sparred with a karate bloke yesterday and gave him a back kick which he said "I didn't see that coming" ..Im 58 and he is like 20+ but..back to karate.. in close, hooks..whammo.. I can't see much defense there.

[SilentD3ath]

just one opinion...when u kick high, remember, ur groin area is all for oponent's mercy..:-)

if oponent is good enough, he can block ur kick and attack back where u last want him to...

so as high kick can be dengerous, it can leave u velnarable too

[dkim1985]

word of advice.. learn to control your timing. just from watching this video, i can predict when u mite attack. its good that u can keep a certain pace/beat/rhythm(whatever u want to call it), but u should learn how to control it. its quite noticable because u hop around so much.