RULES OF THE CHAMPIONSHIPS
AREA
The sparring area should consist of a non slippery solid surface or preferably matted, but in all
cases edged with a 50mm wide coloured strip and with two centrally placed starting marks placed 2
metres apart.
The size of the area should be a minimum of 8 x 8 metres, up to a maximum of 9 x 9 metres.
OFFICIALS
4 Corner judges seated at each corner of the sparring area
1 Referee standing
1 Timekeeper seated at edge of sparring area
1 Recorder seated at the edge of sparring area
SAFETY EQUIPMENT AND PROTECTIVE WEAR
| a) | All competitors must wear the following equipment:- 1 Groin guard protector of an approved type (male competitors) 2 Hands and Feet protective equipment of an approved type. 3 Shin protector of an approved type. 4 Head guard of an approved type 5 Gum Shield |
| b) | Optional equipment:- 1 Breast protector. (female competitors) 2 Groin guard protectors (female competitors) |
No protective or safety equipment may be worn, other than those of an approved type, consisting of elasticated material with sponge or rubber type padding and containing no metal, bone or similar hard material whatsoever, nor involving the use of zip, lace or stud fasteners.
BOUT PROCEDURE
The bout will commence with competitors on the start positions each with either a red or a blue
waist marker. At the direction of the referee, the contestants bow in turn to the referee, and then
to each other. The referee will start the sparring with the command ‘si jak’, the contestants continue
to spar until the referee issues the command ‘hye chyo’ in order to call time or to issue an
infringement warning. At this point the competitors return to the start positions before the bout is
restarted. On completion of time, the timekeeper will ring a bell to warn the referee, but the bout
only ends on the final command ‘hye chyo’ by the referee. The competitors are then instructed to bow
to each other and then to the referee and await the result.
DURATION
All International black belt division bouts will be fought over 2 x 2 minute rounds.
All coloured belt division bouts will be 1 x 2 minute rounds.
Junior black belts 1 x 2 minute rounds. Semi finals and finals to be fought over 2 x 2 minute rounds.
TIMING
The timekeeper starts the clock at the first ‘si jak’ by the referee. The clock being stopped if the
referee indicates time out, to issue a warning or deal with an injury. The clock is again re-started
on ‘si jak’ and continues until full time when the bell is rung.
SCORING & RESULT PROCEDURE.
The four corner judges will award points as they are seen by using hand held recorders (clickers)
these to be clearly marked left hand clicker blue, right hand clicker red. On completion of the bout
and after the bowing procedure, the referee will call show, at which time the corner judges will
immediately hold in the air the clicker showing the highest score, in the event of a draw, both
clickers are held up with the arms crossed.
At this point the referee himself will make a decision and then award the bout as either a win or a
draw.
A win can only be awarded if 3 or more of the 5 judges including the referee award the bout one way.
Any less than this majority is awarded as a draw.
Should it become apparent that a competitor is being completely dominated by a superior opponent,
the referee may after consultation with the corner judges, stop the bout and award a win to the
superior competitor. The result being announced as “win by mismatch”.
TARGET AREA |
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| a) | Head and neck area complete |
| b) | Trunk of the body from neck to lower abdomen vertically and from a line draw from armpit vertically down to the waist of each side (i.e frontal area only, excluding back) |
| POINTS AREA AWARDED AS FOLLOWS: |
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| a) | 1 point awarded for any hand technique to any target area. |
| b) | 2 points awarded for foot technique to mid section area. |
| c) | 3 points awarded for foot technique to high section area. |
| DEMERIT POINTS & DISQUALIFICATIONS |
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| a) | One point will be deducted from the competitors score by referee for the following offences:- |
| i) | Stepping out of the area twice (i.e. on the 2nd, 4th, 6th and every other subsequent occasion). A competitor is considered to have “stepped out” when one full foot fully crosses the perimeter line. |
| ii) | Loss of balance on each occasion (a competitor is considered to have lost balance when any part of the body other than the feeet come in contact with the floor). |
| iii) | Grabbing any part of the opponent or their dobok after the referee’s warning. |
| iv) | Tripping or leg sweeping the opponent on every occasion. |
| b) | Discretionary “point aways” or “official warnings” may be awarded by the referee after one warning for the following. |
| i) | Talking to the Referee |
| ii) | Unsportsmanlike behaviour |
| iii) | Excessive contact and/or over aggressiveness |
| c) | Disqualifications will be awarded by the referee for the following:- |
| i) | Unintentional contact or unnecessary aggression. |
| ii) | Repeated one “point away” offences |
| iii) | Showing dishonour or disrespect to the officials, competitors or the area. |
** NOTE: When points are deducted by the referee the corner judges must calculate this by adding them to the opponents score on their hand held clickers.
CONTACT & INJURY
As detailed previously above, contact is penalised but if in the opinion of the referee a competitor steps
forward into a technique, which otherwise should have been correctly focused, points will be awarded to the
attacker as if it were a ‘decisive blow’.
If a competitor is unable to continue in such a situation, the bout will be awarded to the attacker. In all other cases of unintentional and intentional contact, where a competitor is unable to continue, he/she will be awarded the bout. Subject to the referee’s discretion.
ACCUMULATIVE DISQUALIFICATION
During a sparring competition, a referee may award an official warning for offences during the previous section
headed “Demerit points and disqualifications”. Any competitor who receives 2 official warnings during the entire
competition immediately upon receipt of the 2nd official warning WILL be disqualified.
The referee must announce to the competitor, corner judges and recorder than an official warning is being given by showing a yellow card. The recorder marks the official warning against the competitors name on the competitors list. Then before the start of the next and all subsequent bouts, the recorder will announce that the competitor is carrying an official warning.
Disqualification must be announced by the referee who will show a red card to the competitor, corner judges and recorder.
PATTERNS
SCORING PROCEDURE AND STANDARDS FOR PATTERNS
Each judge will deduct 0.2 from the intended score for each occasion on which the following mistakes are made:
a) Omission of one or more steps
b) Failure to complete the pattern in a continuous performance, (hesitation, loss of balance)
c) Incorrect technique
d) Incorrect diagram.
If a competitor fails to complete the pattern they will be brought back to ready stance and dismissed. No score will be
shown by the judges.
METHOD OF RECORDING SCORING
Each judge will record their score on the score cards and on the command “show” given by the senior judge, will
immediately hold up the score cards and keep them in the position until the recorder acknowledges that all the
scores have been recorded. The red score card will be held in the right hand and the blue card in the left. The
recorder will then deduct the highest and the lowest scores given by the judges and total up the remaining three
scores, this total is recorded as the competitors score.
In the event of a tie between two or more individual pattern competitors, the judges will select a further compulsory
pattern to be performed by the tied competitors.
RULES FOR MUSICAL PATTERNS
Competitors may perform musical patterns, while performing martial arts movements.
Maximum duration of each pattern will be three minutes.
The scoring procedure will be the same as the individual patterns event.
You must provide your own music on tape or CD.
Please note that weapons are not allowed in the event.
INTERNATIONAL BLACK BELT TEAM SPARRING(NATIONAL TEAMS ONLY)
The duration of each bout shall be 2 x 2 minute rounds – continuous sparring rules apply as per individual semi
contact event.
RULES OF TAG TEAM SPARRING
Teams will consist of a 3 person team, bouts will be for 4 minutes. Each time the bout is stopped you can change
with a member of your team by tagging your team members glove. All 3 members must fight at some stage during the
bout. All team matches will be point stop.
SCORING
3 points for a head kick.
2 points for a body kick.
1 point for all hand techniques.
Two points are awarded for a win
One point will be awarded for a draw
Zero points for a loss.
At the end of the competition, if each team is level on points, each team must then put out their best fighter,
and the first one to score a point will be the winner. – Sudden Death.
EXECUTIVE SPARRING DIVISION RULES
Both male and female divisions of executive sparring will be point stop system, where the bout is stopped and
the score recorded on each clean point.
Point awards are as follows:
3 points for a foot technique to the head
2 points for a foot technique to the middle section.
1 point for all hand techniques scored.
Duration of bouts 1 x 2 minute round. Semi finals and finals will be fought over 2 x 2 minute rounds.
W.T.F. FULL CONTACT (OLYMPIC STYLE) SPARRING RULES
BLACK BELTS & RED BELT ADULTS ONLY
COSTUME FOR CONTESTANTS.
| 1. | The contestant shall wear a Tae kwon do uniform (dobok) and protectors recognized by the WTF. |
| 2. | The contestant shall wear the trunk protector, head protector, groin guard, forearm and shin guards before entering the contest area and the groin guard, forearm and shin guards shall be worn inside the tae kwon do uniform, and the contestant shall bring the WTF approved protectors for personal use. |
DURATION OF CONTEST
The duration of the contest shall be three rounds of two minutes with one minute of rest between rounds in male and female divisions.
PROCEDURE OF THE CONTEST
| 1. | Call for Contestants. The name of the contestants shall be announced three times beginning three minutes prior to the scheduled start of the contest. The contestant who fails to appear in the Contest Area within one minute after the scheduled start of the competition shall be regarded as withdrawn. |
| 2. | Physical and Costume Inspection. After being called, the contestants shall undergo physical and costume inspection at the designated inspection desk by the inspector designated by the WTF, and the contestant shall now show any signs of aversion, and also shall not bear any materials which could cause harm to the other contestant. |
| 3. | Entering the Competition Area. After inspection, the contestant shall enter into the waiting position with one coach. |
| 4. | Start and End of the contest. The contest in each round shall begin with declaration of “Si Jak” (Start) by the referee and shall end with the declaration of “Keu-man” (stop) by the referee. |
VALID POINTS
| 1. | Legal Scoring Areas: a) Mid-section of the trunk: The part covered by the trunk protector. b) Face: The whole part of the face including both ears. |
| 2. | Points shall be awarded when permitted techniques are delivered accurately and powerfully to the legal scoring areas of the body. |
| 3. | The valid points are divided as follows: a) One (1) point for attack on the trunk protector. b) Two (2) points for attack on face. c) One (1) additional point shall be awarded in the event that the contestant is knocked down and the referee counts. |
| 4. | Match score shall be the sum of points of the three rounds. |
Invalidation of points: When a contestant performs an attack to score through the use of the prohibited actions, and the points scored shall be annulled.
(Explanation # 1) Legal Scoring areas.
- Trunk: The whole part of the protector except the spine – vertical centre of the back
- Face: The whole part of the face including both ears except the back of the head.
KNOCK DOWN
| 1. | when any part of the body other than the sole of the foot touches the floor due to the force of the opponent’s delivered technique. |
| 2. | When a contestant is staggered showing no intention or ability to pursue the match. |
| 3. | When the Referee judges that the contest cannot continue as the result of any power technique having been delivered. |
| (Explanation #1) A knock down: The situation in which a contestant is knocked to the floor or is staggered or unable to respond adequately to the requirements of the match due to a blow. Even in the absence of these indications, the Referee may interpret as a knock down, the situation where, as the result of contact, it would be dangerous to continue or when there is any question about the safety of a contestant. |
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| Procedure in the Event of a Knock Down. | |
| 1. | When a contestant is knocked down as the result of the opponent’s legitimate attack, the Referee shall
take the following measures: a) The referee shall keep the attacker away from downed contestant by declaration of b) “Kal-yeo” (break) c) The referee shall count aloud from “Ha-nah” (one) upto “Yeol” (ten) at one second interval towards the downed contestant, making hand signals indicating the passing of time. d) In case the downed contestant stands up during the referee’s count and desires to continue the fight, the Referee shall continue the count up to “Yeo-dul” (eight) for recovery of the downed contestant. The referee shall then determine if the contestant is recovered and, if so, continue the contest by declaration of “Kye-sok” (continue). |
UNDESIRABLE ACTS
| a. | Grabbing the opponent. |
| b. | Holding the opponent. |
| c. | Touching the opponent with the hand or the trunk |
| d. | Pretending injury |
| e. | Butting or attacking with knee |
| f. | Attacking the groin |
| g. | Stamping or kicking any part of the leg or foot. |
| h. | Hitting the opponent’s face with hands or fist |
| i. | Interrupting the progress of the match on the part of contestant or the coach |
| j. | Avoiding the match |
TROPHY AWARDS
There will be 2 bronze medals in all sparring events, including team events. Patterns there will only be 1 bronze
medal and 1 bronze in musical forms, and gold medal only in destruction.
OFFICIALS:
TAGB officials for this event will be by invitation only, and you will be informed as soon as possible by Mr.
Donnelly or by your Area Representative. You can compete and officiate.
DRESS REQUIREMENTS FOR OFFICIALS AND JUDGES
The uniform for officials and judges will be: a white shirt, black trousers with a special world championships tie
(which we will provide) and your own martial arts shoes in black or white. Officials will collect their ties at the
weigh in and referees meeting.
REFEREE’S, UMPIRES & TEAM LEADERS MEETING
This meeting will be held on Friday 29th June 2007 at 8 p.m. at the Crown Plaza Hotel, Holiday street, Central
square, Birmingham B1HH.
Welcome Letter
Overseas Competitors Info
TAGB Competitors Info
B.T.C. Competitors Info
Spectators
Party
Championship Rules
Events
Schedule of Events
Entry Forms
Male Black Belt (.doc)
Male Black Belt (.pdf)
Male Coloured Belt (.doc)
Male Coloured Belt (.pdf)
Female Black Belt (.doc)
Female Black Belt (.pdf)
Female Coloured Belt (.doc)
Female Coloured Belt (.pdf)
Executive Male (.doc)
Executive Male (.pdf)
Executive Female (.doc)
Executive Female (.pdf)