SAUK Individual Competition 2016

Good morning everybody,

We are now less than a month away from our next major competition: the SAUK Individual Competition. This will take place on Saturday 22nd October at Leeds University. Please note that originally scheduled for the same date was a club shodohai. The shodohai is now cancelled and this competition is therefore the only major club event taking place that day.

As you probably already know, there are not a lot of competitions throughout the year, so each one represents a precious opportunity for practice and learning. Even if you are not competition-inclined, there is still a lot of admin and refereeing work that needs doing that day to make the event run, so please consider turning up if you can.

For more information, please refer to the notes below or feel free to message me.

James

Competition Events:

Embu

Randori no kata (17)  - 5th kyu to 2nd kyu

Tanto randori no kata (17) – 1st kyu to 3rd dan

Goshin no kata (16) - 1st kyu to 3rd dan

Shiai

Men's individual tanto shiai – 5th kyu to 3rd dan

Women's individual tanto shiai - 5th kyu to 3rd dan

Competition Rules:

All participants are insured members of SAUK

All participants must take part in both embu and shiai

Participants can only take part in one embu event. Embu pairs do not have to come from the same club

SAF international rules apply to all events

This is a Shodokan aikido event. All embu is judged on the execution of standard kihon waza

All shiai is judged on minimally: toshu starting from natural posture (shizentai) as taught by Professor Tomiki, and tanto observing correct distance (maai) and making a committed strike according to the kendo principle of kikentai no ichi (unity of mind, body and sword).