Lucas Grant: Week 41

Over the weekend I was able to attend a karate tournament up in Redding hosted by Scott Halsey. It was super duper fun and a great experience overall. For placement wise I did pretty well, I got 1st in weapons kata, 2nd in empty hand kata, and 2nd in point sparring. It was really cool to meet a bunch of new people, and be able to see some familiar faces. My weapons kata felt really good and I think my empty hand kata and sparring felt pretty good as well. This tournament was point sparring only, which was an interesting change of pace. It’s a whole different mind set than knock-down/continuous sparring. It was way less tiring as well because of the constant stops. I thought I could improve on my distance control, so I’m able to stay out of kicking range and, on the flip side, be able to close the distance and use my hands more. All in all, it was a really fun tournament and I’m glad I went. 

My current Challenge progress as of December 23, 2024.