Tournament Judging & Competition
Posted: Sun May 19, 2002 3:35 am
Having assisted in officiatting today at the "Uechi Championships" i was happy to help out and see so man familier faces who later shared a large group lunch.
Having had some discussions and thoughts of my owm, i would like to share feelings and/or opinions as to the difficulties in both judging and in competing.
First i would like to mention "kata" judging. As an official, i believe that using the "3 judge" format is flawed. In that all do not think alike and/or look for the same elements in performance, often the 3rd official is the deciding vote in who places where. Yes, it is better than "one" official however, the old format of "FIVE" judges i feel is much fairer to the competitor. Dropping the highest and the lowest score does leave the "average" score which to me is more accurate and fair to the competitiors.
Question is, can we go back to using 5 officialas we "Uechi" competition did in the past and/or are we bound to the "THREE" judge format that K.R.A.N.E. says we must use at there tournament ?
Yes, getting enough officials to do so may require a little more work and trainning everyone to move right along without delay is required. But, would it not be better to re-impliment the 5 official format ?
From a competitors point of view, one who puts their every effort into their kata may feel that their's was the "best" performed out there. In some cases the "best" may not always win first. Then again, different judges look for different things in kata. In some cases "to much" effort may be put into ones peformance.
Also in fighting i believe that "Five Officials" offer up a much "fairer" judging than that of three. I judged several matches today and must admit, often points that i clearly saw were not seen by my fellow officials. Points that they sometimes saw, i did not. Therefore, the side that "two" judges view is more likely to score than the other. We all know that ! However, many competitors do not adjust their position for the visual need.
Although we will never satisfy everyone and judges being human will at times miss things and/or make mistakes, i would like to see us return to 5 judges for more fairness in judging.
However, i think that because we are using faucilities other than our own, we must use their rules and regulations ?
George, any possibilities that we could be allowed to use the extra two judges ?
Has it been discussed ?
I realize others do not use it, however, it is my belief that their is more "fairness" in 5 sets of eyes than in three ?
For those who did not place where they felt they should have, we who have competed in the past have all been there. Sometimes our ego's get in the way, sometimes we are not judged accourdingly and other times, we mess up in our performance.
Other opinions and/or views on the subject please ?
Having had some discussions and thoughts of my owm, i would like to share feelings and/or opinions as to the difficulties in both judging and in competing.
First i would like to mention "kata" judging. As an official, i believe that using the "3 judge" format is flawed. In that all do not think alike and/or look for the same elements in performance, often the 3rd official is the deciding vote in who places where. Yes, it is better than "one" official however, the old format of "FIVE" judges i feel is much fairer to the competitor. Dropping the highest and the lowest score does leave the "average" score which to me is more accurate and fair to the competitiors.
Question is, can we go back to using 5 officialas we "Uechi" competition did in the past and/or are we bound to the "THREE" judge format that K.R.A.N.E. says we must use at there tournament ?
Yes, getting enough officials to do so may require a little more work and trainning everyone to move right along without delay is required. But, would it not be better to re-impliment the 5 official format ?
From a competitors point of view, one who puts their every effort into their kata may feel that their's was the "best" performed out there. In some cases the "best" may not always win first. Then again, different judges look for different things in kata. In some cases "to much" effort may be put into ones peformance.
Also in fighting i believe that "Five Officials" offer up a much "fairer" judging than that of three. I judged several matches today and must admit, often points that i clearly saw were not seen by my fellow officials. Points that they sometimes saw, i did not. Therefore, the side that "two" judges view is more likely to score than the other. We all know that ! However, many competitors do not adjust their position for the visual need.
Although we will never satisfy everyone and judges being human will at times miss things and/or make mistakes, i would like to see us return to 5 judges for more fairness in judging.
However, i think that because we are using faucilities other than our own, we must use their rules and regulations ?
George, any possibilities that we could be allowed to use the extra two judges ?
Has it been discussed ?
I realize others do not use it, however, it is my belief that their is more "fairness" in 5 sets of eyes than in three ?
For those who did not place where they felt they should have, we who have competed in the past have all been there. Sometimes our ego's get in the way, sometimes we are not judged accourdingly and other times, we mess up in our performance.
Other opinions and/or views on the subject please ?