| If this one tournament is the first time most of them are being confronted with the notion of competition, of course a lot of them are going to be put off. (and what kind of 'national' championship doesn't come at the end of an extensive state, regional, and local qualifier system?) Aren't there other dojo in your area where you could set up a series of informal comps a couple of times a month or something? Get them into the competition mindset and they'll start to see for themselves what benefits there are for them (and probably train a hell of a lot harder). |