The Swedish National Championship was held in Gothenburg the 12th of November 2016. The Swedish National Championships has a slightly different shaping from other competitions. Firstly, it is organized almost solely by the Swedish ITF Federation which offers the opportunity for all Swedish cities to host the championships. Secondly all fights in sparring are carried out using the “pool-system” which guarantees many fights. There are also only one gold and one silver to fight for. No bronzes are awarded. There can only be one winner and one second runner up marking her or his place as the one wanting to taking over the throne.

The day started with pattern and qualification with power breaking and special technique. Short after that started sparring competition there many newcomers as well as the oldies marked their territory and this opens for an interesting selection for next year’s “Team Sweden”.

The finals in senior sparring took place in a gala. Most weight categories were won by those who beforehand were tipped to win but there were also some surprises. It was nice to see some up comers not far behind the more experienced competitors.

Ahead is a short break for Christmas and New Years but then the Swedish National Team for the Euros 2017 will be selected and start training right after the new-year-bells stop ringing.

The official result from the Swedish Championships is available on:
HERE (AETF server)
http://www.itfsverige.se/resultat/files/sm_2016_resultat.pdf (mirror)

Best regards
Master Swavek Dydiszko
Swedish ITF Federation