Thank you so much for all the sign-ups! We are still looking for volunteers who would like to create and share screenshots of the tournament!
But most importantly, I’d like to remind participants that, like all the other Celestial Fist Tournaments, we would like the emphasis of the event to be the presentation toward the spectators. What I mean by this is that even though the roll system declares who scores a point, the point needs not necessarily be scored within the next emote. Instead, the participating roleplayers are invited to see their characters organically exchange blows until the defender (or the one who receives the hit) can say ‘Ok, getting hit now makes perfect sense for my character’.
Secondly, I’d like to remind you that we put a strong emphasis on the quality of emotes. This standard is higher with every bracket. Should a participant continue receiving good rolls, but the emotes reflect poorly upon the essence of being a monk or the bracket in question, the referees retain a full right to null and void any won rolls behind the scenes until they see an improvement.
Likewise, when a roll declares a right to a point, that right may be declared null and void should the hit that lands be a forbidden strike (head, neck, crotch, permanent damage, hadoken)
On the topic of emote quality, we will not look at grammar but rather keep an eye on how the flow of combat is put into text. This is one of the main reasons that the Celestial Fist Tournaments are prepared ideally 3 months in advance. If you feel uninspired, there are a few things you can do:
- Watch a Kung-Fu flick (any, feel free to ask anybody for recommendations! Drunken Master and Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon off the top of my head!)
- Play a video game that contains any semblance of Kung-Fu (Sleeping Dogs, Judgment, Absolver, Shenmue, Jade Empire, off the top of my head
) and pay attention to the moves. Most beat-em-ups also contain a few characters you can get inspired by. - Do content on your monk, even if it’s just leveling. This class has drawn absurd amounts of inspiration from Street Fighter and it reflects in the various combat animations that are unique to this class! Plus there are a few cool new moves hidden among PvP talents
If you happen to also practice martial arts IRL, stay on course because over the years you will attain enough of an understanding to be able to make sense of what validates literally every martial art out there. This knowledge even translates back and forth between Asian and non-Asian martial arts 
You have one month to prepare! 
By the way: Sign-ups are still open! Here are the current participants: