April 14, 2007
Karate Girls at the All-Japan High School Nationals!
The girl��s team kumite squad from our co-ed karate club competed at the All-Japan High School Nationals March 26 in Wakayama City. Wakayama is in Wakayama Prefecture, about 1 hour from Osaka.
The girl��s put up a valiant effort in the first round taking on the number one team from the Kanto area (this region is the large flat plain that wraps around Tokyo and it includes the 7 prefectures surrounding it), losing 4 matches to 1. But each match lost had a really close score and several times it looked like we might actually win the first round. So the coaches are very happy with the squad��s performance, being their first time at Nationals, and we are looking forward to the up-coming spring high school tournaments on April 22nd (individual events) and April 29th (team events).
See the all five matches on YouTube
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Tjay9y8p-k
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LeoGcWPhkwI