Hello fellow Martial Art Enthusiast,
Recently, (1st and 2nd August 2009) I managed to organise a
Tournament that allows everyone with or without Martial Art
background to compete in a sparring competition. The reason why it
is called Tanding (which actually means match in Malay) because the
rules are based on silat sparring competition. We did not follow
wholesale but customised and tweaked it so that we can run the
competition with minimum risk but maximum impact !!!
The following link is an excerpt from the competition...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7E12pU--ILE&feature=related
and you can view the rest as there 3 other parts to it...
The link below will bring to the rules and regulations that
governs this competition for that day... it needs further tweaking
as the game develops in the future...
http://www.macanpasrah.macan.info/?p=156
Even though the respond for the event was not what we expected
but we managed to get the result we wanted because there was a team
of non-silat athletes who trains on their own joining the
tournament and a single street fighter who compete the next day.
You see...most of the contenders were from silat background...
This non-silat participants provided us with a glimpse of what
to expect if we manage to attract more participation in the future.
I feel this is definitely an alternative tournament all martial
artist and enthusiats should consider competing in because what is
the point of practicing martial art just to compete with similar
genre ? You may never be able to appreciate your art fully if you
just compete among yourself... There infinite ways and combinations
of fight techniques one should be exposed to for one to develop
one's own techniques to the fullest, agree ?
The Tanding Rules (customised) may not be the best rule but it
provides a platform for almost all martial art techniques to be
executed without being biased. What I meant is if you get a silat
practioner to wear gloves, then he/she will be handicapped because
in silat every single part of the body from the toes and fingers is
needed to execute the moves fluently and effectively... Hence this
tournament does not restrict whether you wear or do not wear any
gloves and protected guards (abiding to the rule) in order to
compete.
However hitting the head is a total disqualification because
this is a competition for the masses. Hitting the head area will
definitely invite unfortunate accidents that can result to death or
being maimed for life. Come on... this is a sport and not a brawl
but a platform to appreciate the beautiful techniques of the
martial art... Hitting the head area will not only be dangerous but
it promotes animosity among contenders...
Through our experience, friendship bonds will almost always be
forged right after a good clean match because it raised the respect
and appreciation among contenders... This is not a sissy tournament
be cause you can hit as hard as you want at all the legal areas of
the body in order to score points.
The previous tournament was for team event and we discover that
this was one reason why participation was low therefore the next
tournament will be for individual contender male and
female.
Basically if it is organised for individual, the match will be a 2
round match of 2 to 3 mins per round. The contenders will know the
result after every round and the next round will start with a clean
score sheet. The winner is decided if he/she can either win both
rounds or at the tie-breaker round (which means they spar for 3
rounds)...
I appreciate very much any comments regarding this matter...
Thank you...