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"Ideally, your self-defense will never get physical. Avoiding the situation and running or talking you way out - either of these is a higher order of strategy than winning a physical battle." - Wise Words of Rory Miller, Facing Violence: Chapter 7: after, subparagraph 7.1:medical

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Why did you stop competing at tournaments?


Simple, politics and control. When you find yourself reacting to the frustration that comes with such things it is better to walk away then allow yourself to succumb. 

I remember one time a solid technique did not garner notice from any of the four judges. I asked, they said they didn't see it and it wasn't effective. I bowed politely and when the next command to begin came I applied the same technique with power and got disqualified for excessive force. It worked just fine and this time they observed it.

Now, I don't advocate this type of thing. I was fairly young and inexperienced with karate as I had only been doing it solid for about three years and I was young and a gung-ho Marine, etc. Still no excuse but I decided at that moment to walk away, it was just not worth it. 

I believe it was the right path for me. With the type of tournaments gone bad observed on youtube as can be seen at Martial View, i.e. he posted on a youtube video of a contest gone bad, post titled, "Karate Characters."