Aiuchi Nationals

CONGRATULATIONS to the winners of the Competitions at the Basingstoke Nationals (March 2006):

The mat was split into 3 categories:

white - orange belt (junior grades)

green - blue belt (senior grades)

brown and dan grades

On the Saturday each group did a gauntlet with punches and kicks.

On the Sunday they did a gauntlet with weapons.

Each person was scored by two senior dans (2nd dan or higher) and the scores for both days added.

Scores were given for:

Technique

Movement and Balance

Attitude

Bonus points were given for particularly cool things or removed for particularly stupid ones (like dying, killing people on the ground or throwing with a full bottle etc.....)

Junior Grades:

1st: Luke Bale (Basingstoke)

2nd: Dominic Zeal (Keele)

3rd: Tez Cooling (London)

Senior Grades:

1st: Eugene Langan (London)

2nd: Zoe Cooper (Bedford)

3rd: Gary Schuster (Basingstoke)

Brown and Dan Grades:

1st: Paddy (Cardiff)

2nd: Abi Witherden (London)

3rd: Natalie Degg (Basingstoke) TIE Bryn Edwards-Jones (Harrow)