【Kudo】2013 Autumn Kanto Qualifying : Shinji Watanabe(white) vs Shota Tanii(blue) 秋季関東予選 渡邉慎二vs谷井翔太

The man who wearing blue Dogi is Tanii Shota, has become Kudo All Japan champion that was held the other day (-240 class). At this time, I was 50 and he was 21 or 22. He was still a brown belt, but he had started to perform well at All Japan Championship and was attracting attention as “A supernova is entering“. This was the first tournament where I changed my fighting style and challenged. This match is my 2nd fight in this tournament. I won the 1st fight by Ippon with Mikazuki-geri (crecent kick). It’s my favorite. Also in this fight, I was able to use it well. It was the time that I started to understand that old karate moves would work well even in Kudo competitions. You can see that my stance (Kamae) looks like so-called traditional karate. 青い道着の私の相手は、先日行われた空道全日本選手権（-240クラス）でチャンピオンになった谷井翔太選手です。 この時、私は50歳、彼は21歳か22歳でした。彼はまだ茶帯でしたが、全日本選手権で好成績を残し始め、「超新星の登場」と注目されてきていました。 これは自分の戦い方を変えて挑んだ最初の大会でした。 この試合は私の二回戦です。一回戦は三日