INDIVIDUAL DIVISIONS

All divisions are subject to change without notice. Based on registration, divisions may be combined or further subdivided.

Divisions for: Forms, Weapons, Sparring, and Breaking.

  • 5 YEARS AND UNDER

  • 6 & 7 YEARS

  • 8 & 9 YEARS

  • 10 & 11 YEARS

  • 12 & 13 YEARS

  • 14 & 15 YEARS

  • 16 & 17 YEARS

  • 18 THRU 32 YEARS

TEAM FORMS

  • Children — Ages 11 and under

  • Juniors — Ages 12-17

  • Adults — Ages 18-35

  • Seniors — Ages 35+

Teams must be divided by color belt and black belt

RULES AND REGULATIONS

OPEN FORMS COMPETITION

  1. All open forms are permitted.

  2. All competitors must perform a rank appropriate form.

TEAM OPEN FORMS COMPETITION

  1. All open forms are permitted.

  2. All competitors must perform a rank appropriate form.

  3. Teams must consist of 3-5 members

  4. Teams must be divided by color belts and black belts.

OPEN WEAPON FORMS COMPETITION

  1. All open weapon forms are permitted.

  2. All competitors must perform a rank appropriate form.

Scoring will be based on:

  • Concentration 20% (2 points)

  • Balance 20% (2 points)

  • Grace 20% (2 points)

  • Strength 20% (2 points)

  • Overall Performance 20% (2 points)

Three Judges will administer scores.

SPARRING COMPETITION

  1. All adult competitors (14 and above) must have caged headgear, mouthpiece, shin pads & foot pads (or shin and instep pads), chest guard, groin cup (male). Any competitor without any one of these required and mandatory pieces of equipment (at the time of his/her match) will be disqualified. Students 13 and under can use open face helmets. There will be absolutely no face contact for students 13 and under.

  2. All divisions will run two rounds. Adults and children ages 8 and over will spar ring on 90 second rounds. Each with 30 second break intervals. Points are totaled at the end of each round. This is continuous sparring, not point sparring.

  3. All color belts below blue belt will be allowed full contact to the body and no contact to the head and face area.

  4. All black belts and colored belts blue and above will be allowed full contact to the body, controlled kicks to the head, and punches to the head. There will be a maximum of three punches to the head and face area. After three consecutive punches the student must execute at least one kick before using his/her hands again.

Scoring for Sparring:

1 point — Punches to the body

1 point - Punches to the head/face

2 points — Kicks to the body

3 points — Kicks to the head

BREAKING COMPETITION

Regulation breaking boards for this competition are as follows: (Tiger Claw Boards)

  1. All students 14 years and older: One inch thick boards.

  2. Junior students 10 years - 13 years old: 3/4 inch thick boards.

  3. All children 9 years and under: 1/2" thick boards.

  4. Competitors must purchase their own breaking boards for $5.00 each.

  5. Competitors must purchase ONLY breaking boards that are sold at the competition.

  6. Maximum of 3 boards per technique.

Please note:

  1. Only board breaking will be allowed for all breaking competitions. Competitors will not be allowed to break any glass, bricks or perform fire breaking.

  2. Each competitor will be allowed three minutes to set up and complete their breaking routine.

  3. The clock begins as soon as the competitor steps on the competition area.

  4. Competitors will be allowed only two attempts per station. After an unsuccessful 2nd attempt you must move on to the next station.

  5. Students under blue belt will be allowed only one station. Blue belt and above will be allowed 2 stations. Black belts will be allowed no more than 3 stations.

Scoring will be based on the level of:

  • Accuracy and Focus 20% (2 points)

  • Difficulty of Techniques 20% (2 points)

  • Power 20% (2 points)

  • Creativity 20% (2 points)

  • Smooth flow of routine, degree of clean breaking, Ki-hap (yelling) and showmanship 20% (2 points)

FOAM SWORD COMPETITION (Little Dragons only)

All Little Dragons competing in foam sword sparring must have a regulation foam helmet with face shield or face guard and a foam sword. These items can be purchased from the Academy.

The total cost of a foam sword, foam helmet and face shield is $125.00. Please notify Mrs. Sir if you would like to order this equipment for your child to participate in this event. (These helmets will also be used in the future for sparring in the Childrens Program)

Scoring for Foam Sword Sparring:

I point - for all strikes to either the head or body. Strikes cannot be executed with malice or hurtful intent.

OBSTACLE COURSE COMPETITION (Little Dragons Only)

This event will be divided into six categories:

  1. Beginner - White through Blue 4 and 5 year olds

  2. Beginner - Senior Blue and above 4 and 5 year olds

  3. Intermediate— White through Blue 6 years olds

  4. Intermediate - Blue and above 6 years olds

  5. Advanced - White through Senior Blue 7+ year olds

  6. Advanced - Senior Blue and above 7+ year olds

Scores will be based on fastest time to complete course. Penalties (one second for each added to overall score) will be given to any competitor failing to successfully complete each obstacle.