What should I do before a sport karate competition in order do my best?

Answer 1

Stretch, relax & meditate... Thats what I used to do before a tournament...

Answer 2

I have competed alot over the last 7 yrs at traditional tournaments ( ie.. kata, weapons kata and points sparring ). A lot of good advice has been given here. John first and formost covered most of the inportant stuff. A couple of more things for you to think about. Know what kind of point system they are using for the sparring. Are all techniques 1 point or are kicks 2 points etc..... and how many point complete the fight. Traditionally its 3 or 5 points takes the fight but I have been to a couple that it was 7 ( that one was kind of odd and really put all of the fighters off of their game ). Get a goo understanding of ring etiquete and adressing the judges when preforming a Kata. Always be respectful and I meen ALWAYS. Don't change anything on your katas the day of the tournament. Do them like you practiced them. Make sure you uniform is clean and wrinkle free ( if you look sloppy, no matter how good you are, you katas will look sloppy, sorry its just a fact. Do your best. Thats all you can ask of yourself. If the guy behind or before you was better so be it you still did your best. Just practice harder next time. Definatly relax while you are there. If the Black belts are competeing before you, watch them. There is a lot of experience standing before you and a lot you can learn from them, both good and bad. ( yes black belts can set bad examples they are people too you know....) But the thing to remembe the most is to have fun. Its just a cometition and at the end of the day everyone goes home. Have fun and I hope you do good ( whether thats you winning or doing you kata w/o any major mistakes or just finishing all of the events that you were trying out for ).

Answer 3

Assuming the obvious that you've practiced, the best thing to do is relax. Let your training take over. There is nothing worse in competition when a competitor starts to overthink everything and force their body to do what should come naturally.

Whatever you would do to prepare for a test is the same routine I would suggest at the competition - stretch, warm up, stretch some more, stay loose and (as above) relax. Let your coach do your scouting for you so you can focus on relaxing.

Answer 4

Practice.

Answer 5

Here are some of the things that I would always do before or during a tournament that would help give me better chance of doing my best.

First-train and work out. Start getting ready for a tournament three to four weeks in advance. You can't control how prepared or good your opponents are-only yourself. If doing weapons and kata then you should be doing them every day so that you can do them with your eyes closed.

Second-work on your cardio if you are fighting since you may have to fight several times depending on the size of the division. If it is a big division try to remember that you don't have to fight them all-only some of them and only one at a time! Sometimes it is difficult to get back up mentally after your first win for the next fight-take each fight one at a time and fight as if it is the only fight. In my studio my competive students would fight sometimes for one point; not for five over a two minute period and try to hold a lead, stall, or get back into it if one fell behind. One point scored on you and you were done or one point scored on your opponent and they were done. This tends to raise the level of concetration, execution and strategy so that fighting for five points over a two minute period seems so much easier and you have sharper focus, concentration, and attention when doing it.

Third-eat some pizza or pasta the night before for dinner and the next morning hit McDonalds for a few pancakes. Both are a great source for carbs and energy that you will need for the tournament. Avoid candy, soda and things high in caffeine-they make it harder to break down carbs and get energy when you need it. Drink water at the tournament and stay hydrated and a banana and an orange for lunch will help replenish your energy and keep you from being sore or stiff after doing weapons and kata and sitting around for a few hours waiting for your division to fight.

Fourth-wear tennis shoes and keep them on as much as possible. You will see people in flip-flops, bare feet, etc. running and walking around half the time and all they are really doing is tiring out their lower legs, feet and ankles. A fighter on fresh legs will move better, faster and kick better than one on tired feet or legs!

Fifth-avoid excessive strecthing, warming up and doing your kata or weapons kata over and over or sparring excessively before you fight. The time for practice was before the tournment-not that day. You should only have to do it two or three times and maybe a few short parts that you are concerned about after some stretching and that's it. For sparring a little warm up is good but not three or four times before your first match!

Sixth-take a small towel with you to the ring. They come in handy for wipping off your feet before you compete if they are slick from the dust and dirt on the floor or the floor is a little slippery. For fighting I would have a little spray can of firm grip in my bag to spray on my feet so that as I fought and sweated my feet would not become so slippery.

Seventh-get a good nights sleep. Don't be up or out all hours of the night before.

Lastly-experience is very important in competing. Since this is your first tournament take the approach that you are going to do your best and then learn from it and improve upon it. I competed against many good martial artists that did not have the experience and also some times the right approach to competing. That will take time for you to acquire but if you can then you will soon become a seasoned, experienced competitor who will win more than they lose. Good luck!

Answer 6

i personnally would stretch your main muscle groups your pecs lats arms obliques legs ankles wrists listen to music that you like and pumps you up and do some warm up kicks punches and combos and sit down in a quiet sucluded place and think about nothing but what your going there to do and how to do it and after thinking about that get up again and stretch and jog on the spot and loosen the muscles and dont think about doing fancy things relax

Answer 7

chill.
take 7 days and dont throw one kick.
then on the tourney eve night get a good nights sleep.

ps
make sure you have a water bottle with you on the tourney floor. there is no other uncomfertable way to fight like having a dry as **** mouth.

Answer 8

Visualize your moves and imagine knocking that guy out over and over 1000 times a day.That is the best medicine.if lance armstrong can fight his cancer this is easier.

Answer 9

Say to yourself "doesnt matter that I win or loose but Im going to make things hard fpr my opponent" If ou go out there to fight your best then you can't go wrong