You are your wish to promote "a better appreciation for the long hours of form practice" are crap!
Well gee liokault, who appointed you grand marshal of Poop On Your Parade Day?
Since you have such a low opinion of what sounds like an interesting experiment, why not enter and show everybody what a great little expert you are?
tailik, thanks for the heads-up on this tournament. It sounds very interesting (esp. the long pole and special weapons division, it's worth going just to see these).
There is a great streak of violence in every human being. If it is not channeled and understood, it will break out in war or in madness. ~Sam Peckinpah