BANDUNG, unpas.ac.id – After a year of absence, Student Sports Coordinator (Koordinator Olahraga Mahasiswa, KOM) finally held the Unpas Karate Cup III Open Tournament, at the Citradream Hotel, Friday-Saturday, 11-12 June 2021.
The prestigious karate tournament was held virtually this year and officially opened by Unpas Vice Rector III, Dr. H. Deden Ramdan, MSi., CICP. DBA. It competes for Kemenpora Cup, West Java Governor Cup, Bandung Mayor Cup, Unpas Rector Cup and coaching money with a total of millions or rupiahs.
“This is a third karate tournament championship which was held by Unpas KOM as its work program. Last year, it was canceled because the it did not meet the right time, due to Covid-19 pandemic condition,” explained Head of Unpas KOM, Devy Febriyanti.
After being successful with the first tournament in 2018 on the level of Bandung, in 2019, KOM held a tournament in the regional level; West Java. This year, KOM reopens the opportunity for karateka all around Indonesia.
Unpas Karate Cup competes for athletes from early age to 55-year old veterans. There are two categories who are competing, namely kata festival and shadow kumite, as well as individual open class, shadow kumite and teams.
“Festival [class] are attended by three participants assessed from the movement beauty or kata. Single open [class] also performs the movement beauty, while kumite focuses more on the movement on the target. If it is held offline, there would be sparing. Teams open [class] is technically like festival, but there are preliminary rounds,” she continued.
Each category has their own characteristics, both in the performance/ execution and the scoring. It was scored and analyzed from energy need, type of movement, component of physical bio-motor, and the form and its method.
Although it was held virtually, Devy said that the participants of this tournament reached up to 391 athletes from all around Indonesia, while the referees are as much as 10 persons. National referees are from East Java, Central Java and DKI Jakarta, while the others are from West Java.
“Since it was held virtually, participants of each category were required to send videos according to the stipulated conditions before the tournament began officially. Preliminary round has already passed and today is the final for open [class] category. It was live broadcasted on Zoom Meeting,” she ended. (Reta Amaliyah S)*