Why Aren’t All Tournaments Like This?
Sick of long delays in your in house tournaments where your students have nothing to do and your parents are getting frustrated by wait times? It’s important that your students attend next year and they might not if the experience isn’t fun. Not only that, but tournaments are how you upgrade students from beginners into your competition stream. But aren’t all martial arts tournaments full of delays and technical errors? Is there really an alternative?
Master Helgi discovered that there was a better way with 20/20 Armor.
“My students got the same amount of tournament experience from one 20/20 Armor event as they would have gotten if they participated in four traditional tournaments,” says TKD Keflavik Head Coach Master Helgi Rafn Gudmundsson. “That’s not an exaggeration. Have you ever been to a tournament where each kid was in four sparring matches, a poomsae competition and a speed competition all in 45 minutes? We didn’t get one negative piece of feedback about the event. Not one. Our parents and kids can’t wait for us to hold our next event!”
How Did He Do It?
The event itself was pretty simple.
70 color belts paid the Icelandic equivalent of a $25 dollar entrance fee. It took place at Master Gudmundsson’s school TKD Keflavik. They had almost a 100% participation in the tournament with only a few stragglers who were away on their Holiday vacations. Master Gudmundsson got this extraordinary event participation by following the simple marketing instructions in our Tournament 101 step by step guide.
Tournament Set Up
The tournament was Round Robin. Each student was grouped with four other kids. This group faced off in three competitions.
First they squared off in a Speed Competition using 20/20 Armor’s Race game mode. In this game they ran eight meters and did one kick and ran back again until they finished the life bar. Then they did a poomsae competition. Finally they would have four sparring matches with the other members of their group. Each round of sparring was for one minute or until a player won. Each match was for the best out of three rounds.
Since TKD Keflavik had 10+ Video Game Scoring Vests they were able to hold 2-3 matches simultaneously. They needed 80% less staff than at a traditional tournament. All the rings were run by just five black belt judges since the judging is done on the vest itself. At the end of the three events the judges gave the totals and awards were given to the winners.
Each group took less than 45 minutes.
It's So Easy To Operate That My 7 Year Old Daughter Can Do It
“The thing school owners need to understand about 2020 Armor is how easy it is to operate,” says Master Gudmundsson. “My daughter is 7 years old and she is able to run all the games with no trouble. She was explaining how the armor worked to the parents in the audience. Can you imagine a 7 year old explaining Daedo? I have been doing Taekwondo for 20 years and I don’t know how to explain it.”
Why Do You Need 2020 for Your Tournament?
“My wife is a retired Taekwondo fighter,” says Master Gudmundsson. “She was doing professional tournaments for years and she’s seen nothing like this. This actually feels professionally organized. And this is a tournament we did in our club. Everything was so easy. There were no technical delays. No waiting. My wife was like:”why aren’t all tournaments like this?” If you’re a club owner and you want to hold an in house event get 2020 Armor.”
Want to use your tournaments to upgrade new students, make more revenue and have a better experience?
If you have any questions please contact our Head of Sales, Scott Granger at scott@2020armor.com or start a chat on our website. We are happy to explain all the ways 2020 Armor can make your students better martial arts and make your school more revenue!
