Kumite
•Sanbon Shobu - 3 point match, 2 minutes running clock. Only full points awarded, all attacks 1 point.
•No face contact allowed - excessive contact, automatic disqualification. Even light touch will be a penalty. Call points for undefended face punches within 2”.
•In the event of a tie, 1 minute sudden death - first point scored wins. If still tie after 1 minute, judges decision.
• Illegal targets: knees, groin, throat, eyes, joint attacks.
• Gloves mandatory. Dipped foam and kempo style gloves will not be allowed.
•Rigid protective gear of any sort will not be allowed.
•Hard contact lenses and "regular" eyeglasses will not be allowed. Safety lenses ok.
•There will be no match for 3rd and 4th place. We will award two 3rd place medals.
•Jyogai (stepping out of bounds) 1st offense warning, 2nd offense warning, 3rd offense one point to opponent, 4th offense - loss of match.
• Mubobi (Deliberate lack of defense to draw penalty, etc)
1st time – warning
2nd time – 1 point awarded to the opponent (Hansoku Chui)
3rd time – opponent wins (Hansoku)
Note: There will be only one category for Penalties besides Jogai. Face contact, prohibited targets, and Mubobi are all in the same category and are cumulative.
Kata
•Those with two or less years of training may perform any Heian, Pinan, or Gekkisai kata.
•Those with over two years of training may perform any kata of their choice.
•The scoring range will be from 5.0 to 7.0, with 6.0 being average. Incomplete kata will be given 5.0.
•With five judges, the highest and lowest scores will be eliminated, total the remaining 3.
•Tie-Breaker One: selects the highest of the lowest remaining three
•Tie-Breaker Two: selects the highest of the highest remaining three
•With three judges, all three scores will be counted.
•Only the first 3 places will be awarded medals.
