Australian Masters Games

Leaving home in 15 minutes for the 1000Km + drive to Geelong in
Victoria to compete in the 14th Australian Masters Games.

This should be fun.............Kata, Drinking, Shiai, Drinking, Drinking, Drinking........Oh, did I mention Drinking ??

I don't care about the results.I'm going to enjoy myself,............if a medal comes my way, then that is a bonus.



Comment from Mrs L. "" You are too bloody old and stupid to still be playing that silly game""

back sometime 14th or 15th October.  

Good luck matey.

See you there Steve! I'm competing in the competition this weekend too.

have fun, and don't hurt your elbow raising too many, or your jaw telling too many tall tales.

Steve is going to excel in the ones that start with D

finarashi wrote:Steve is going to excel in the ones that start with D

what? the last one standing takes the gold?

I'll be officially representing Steve as his bookie. Please send your money my way.

The weekend is almost over. So, what happened? Did you drink or compete? or both?

DrJudo wrote:The weekend is almost over. So, what happened? Did you drink or compete? or both?

I bet he's in that period of grace known as the post shiai hangover - where youre attempting to pack, but don't know quite how because somehow you pulled everything needed to actually fold and zip up your kit

I met Steve at the Australian Masters Games this past weekend.  In conversation he did say that he was spending some extra time down in Melbourne to visit family and as such - post-shiai hangover aside - he may not be able to respond for a short while.

This being said, Steve and his kata partner, Russell Freemantle, came 4th in katame-no-kata in what was a very competitive field (and with very little practice).  In shiai, Steve was very crisp, sharp and dominating and took gold in his age-unrestricted weight category, beating a fellow many years his junior.  Steve was also generous enough to spend some time providing mat-side coaching and encouragement for my (3rd kyu, green belt) shiai.

All in all, while a relatively small turn-out for the AMG 2013 games, a good weekend.

r12477 wrote:I met Steve at the Australian Masters Games this past weekend.  In conversation he did say that he was spending some extra time down in Melbourne to visit family and as such - post-shiai hangover aside - he may not be able to respond for a short while.

This being said, Steve and his kata partner, Russell Freemantle, came 4th in katame-no-kata in what was a very competitive field (and with very little practice).  In shiai, Steve was very crisp, sharp and dominating and took gold in his age-unrestricted weight category, beating a fellow many years his junior.  Steve was also generous enough to spend some time providing mat-side coaching and encouragement for my (3rd kyu, green belt) shiai.

All in all, while a relatively small turn-out for the AMG 2013 games, a good weekend.

That's an excellent result, congrats to Steve.

However, how can you be sure that the person you met was really Steve and not someone pretending to be Steve. Did you have him perform the litmus test ?

Anyhow, if you ever meet such a person again, I wanted to help by providing a simple test to verify his true identity:

1. Have him drink 20 beers. If afterwards he says he is thirsty, you have a good chance it might be Steve.
2. Have him sing "Advance Australia Fair" backwards without cheat sheet and assess for yourself if the result is satisfactory for any Australian.
3. Ask him to show his credit cards and transfer them to me for verification.

Don't thank me, I was happy to help.

Cichorei Kano wrote:Anyhow, if you ever meet such a person again, I wanted to help by providing a simple test to verify his true identity:

1. Have him drink 20 beers. If afterwards he says he is thirsty, you have a good chance it might be Steve.
2. Have him sing "Advance Australia Fair" backwards without cheat sheet and assess for yourself if the result is satisfactory for any Australian.
3. Ask him to show his credit cards and transfer them to me for verification.

Unfortunately I didn't get a chance to sink a few with Steve as I stuck around to compete in the Men's Open of the local state competition that was running concurrently.  

That being said though, I am fairly sure that it was the "real" Steve, although I'll take your pointers for verification next time.

r12477 is being very kind.

I didn't hurt anything that was not already hurting.........try Katame no Kata with a partial Rib Cartilage Separation !!

A 4th place after only 30 minutes practice with an untried partner isn't too bad and a Gold medal in the Super Heavyweight Shiai against an opponent 20 years younger than me.

I did have a Birthday lunch with my Cousin and she imparted information regarding the Family Tree..............includung a photo of my Grandparents that I had never seen.

Oh.....did I mention that our friend r12477 beat a 5th Dan in the Mens Shiai, not too bad for a young 3rd KYU !!..............WELL DONE ROBERT.




Nearly forgot................GOLD MEDAL in OPEN DRINKING DIVISION TOO    

Thanks Steve.

One of the guys from my club filmed my three masters matches on the day and I have to admit that these matches seemed a lot more impressive on recollection than what they were when I actually watched them again - Nevertheless, it was a good day for me on the mat and I am looking forward to the next local competition in two weeks time.

Awesome job! I enjoy reading your posts and it's neat to read about your recent mat exploits as well.