Toei cup 2020 review!!

こんにちは、広報の中村です。春セミも無事終わり、とても楽しい思い出と良い勉強になりましたが、再びコロナウイルスの蔓延する現実に引き戻され、悲しい気持ちでいっぱいです。

と、ここ最近はゆるいふざけたブログしか更新していませんが、今日はいたって真面目な書き出しをしております。

なぜなら、われらがジェイミーさんが、大会で初優勝を飾ったからです！！！！
おめでたい！！！神！！！これからもがんばってください！！！そしていろいろ教えてください！！！

ということで、もちろん、ジェイミーさんにブログをお願いしました。忙しい中快諾してくださってうれしい限りです（すべての方に言えることですが）

内容は、新入生に向けてです！必見です。

その前に、結果報告です～ひっちゅーからは2チームが参加しました。結果は…

-Champion Lobotomy (Jaime joint)

-2nd best speaker Jaime Han 

-9th best speakers Yoshioki Jinzenji 

おめでとうございます！では本編へどうぞ～

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こんにちは、3年のジェイミーです｡２０２０の新しい大会の東映カップについて書きたいと思います。東映カップは学生限定アジアンスタイル会です。新しい大会を作ることがコミにとって大変だったと思います。まずはorganizing committee にちゃんと感謝の気持ちを伝えたいです。本当にありがとう！

新歓が中止になったらしいので、今回留学生に向いて英語でブログを書きたいと思います。I will write this blog post in English in case English speakers want to find out about debate in Hitotsubashi University. (Hi, I’m Jaime, a third year.) Usually, after every tournament we participate in, someone writes a blog post and this time my juniors asked me to do the honors.

Toei Cup is a new student-only open tournament. Since joint teams were allowed, I teamed up with Tamura and Erika (Ueno) from Keio. Toei Cup was the first tournament I was attending as a debater in about a year. So, I certainly burdened them with my rusty debating skills.

Unfortunately, due Covid１9 the tournament was shortened to a one-day tournament. Fortunately, the organizing committee was very resourceful and made adjustments to ensure there would be less risk to participants. It was an interesting experience speaking while wearing a mask but definitely worth the hassle. Since it was a one-day tournament, there were three open rounds and a grand final. With some luck, we were able to break and proceeded to the final and win the tournament.

I would like to thank the teams in Hit-U and the other teams we trained with when preparing for this tournament. (Unfortunately, in the first round we had to face a team from Hitotsubashi.)

I really enjoyed the motions set by the adjudication core this time round. Also, it was refreshing to see different debating styles and teaming up with people you don’t normally get to really helps you grow as debater and identify your shortcomings. I encourage everyone to attend trainings at other institutions or even go for competitions with them if possible.

Aside from the “serious” debating side of things, it was very nice to get to know Erika and Tamura better through preparation for the tournament and the tournament itself. Seeing how the community banded together to deal with the hurdles that came up to organize and run the tournament really reaffirmed my belief that it’s the people you get to know while debating that makes the experience worthwhile.

最後まで読んでくれてありがとうございます！

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おつかれさまでした～また次回お会いしましょう！

あとがき
ジェイミーさんはもちろんだけど、春セミで聞いたスピーチもみんなうますぎて、、、、🏇になったわ！！！