Norwalk Dojo 50th Anniversary Taikai Notes
chairs: Jean Kodama, Takeshi Nakagawa, Brian Yoon
see notes below on kachinuki and ko-haku shiai
for other details see
tournament and dinner set up notes
- kachinuki tournament (winner remains)
- 3 courts (prelim numbers)
- youth kyu (47 people)
- adult kyu (35 people)
- 1D-4D (40 people)
- 1-point match
- winner remains, on tie both players retire
- consolation round
- for those who only fought once
(came up and immediately lost or tied)
- wait for division to complete before setting up consolation
- take photo of completed division then move names over
- tie: separate 2nd name by a space so the same two don't
immediately fight again
- count wins of both brackets to determine places
- limit highest place from consolation round to 3rd place
- scorekeeping and tie breaker rules
- kodansha matches (14 people?)
- 1 court (redo boundaries so one court in front of head table)
- ko-haku (red-white) exhibition
- 1-point match
- each person fights twice
- time guestimates
- kachinuki (47 people)
- 1pt match, 1.5min + 0.5min encho, on tie both retire
- average 1.25 min?
- consolation 1/3 of group
- largest group youth kyu 50
= 70min + 20min = 90min
- round up to 2 hrs => 12:30-2:30pm
- ko-haku (14 people)
- 2min no extension, each person fights twice
- worst cast 30min
- 2:45-3:15pm
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