Instructions

Checkin

All competitors and spectors must check in at the front desk. All competitors must be preregistered. There will be no at door registrations.

Competitors will be given the following:

• Wrist band (with division)
• Name tag (with division)
• Welcoming envelope (first 50)

Spectators will be given the following:

• Wrist band

Spectators ages five and under do not have to pay an entrance fee.

Awards

Awards are to be given at the rings after an event has been completed. For younger children, the awards will be given after all events are concluded to prevent competitors from leaving.

AllSchool DivisionsAward

The school with the most competitors will be presented with a unique award before the competition begins.

Competitor Awards

In all events, the competitors will be eligible for the following awards.

• One (1) First Place medal
• One (1) Second Place medal
• Two (2) Third Place medals
• No

There are no participation trophies

Sparring Divisions

medals.

In both sparring divisions,Additionally, first place winners in both sparring divisions will also receive one (1) Goldback.

Scoring

Decimal

Judges Points

will

be given a handheld white board to write their scores. Judges will have the entire tenths available to them for scoring (ie: they can give scores such as 5.7, but not 7.62). Judges will be given a handheld white board to write their scores. The scores must be legible.

Breaking Ties

This is for both forms and breaking.

Consider the following score sheet, where two competitors received the same total score.

	Judge 1	Judge 2	Judge 3	Total	Won
John	6.5	7.0	7.5	21.0	?
James	7.0	7.5	6.5	21.0	?

As you can see, each judge gave a different score to each competitor. In this case, the tie can be broken easily and without requiring additional time. Judges 1 and 2 each gave a heigher score to James, while only Judge 3 gave John the higher score. James would then be the winner of the tie. This is visually represented in the table below.

	Judge 1	Judge 2	Judge 3	Total	Won
John	6.5	7.0	(x) 7.5	21.0	No
James	(x) 7.0	(x) 7.5	6.5	21.0	Yes

If one or more judge gave the competitors the same score, such as in the example below, then the tie would have to be broken by the competitors performing their routines again. If there are only two competitors, then judges will point to their competitor of choice to break the tie. If there are three or more competitors in the tie, then scores will be used.

	Judge 1	Judge 2	Judge 3	Total	Won
John	7.5	7.0	7.5	22.0	?
James	7.0	7.5	7.5	22.0	?

Breaking

• No head breaks for youth divisions.
• Competitors in ties that can't be broken must perform again with rebreakable boards.

Sparring Events

• Double Elimination
• 90s rounds

Divisions that utilize 2020 Armor vests for scoring will be refered to as Armored Divisions.

• Competitors are intermediate or higher rank
• Competitors are ages 7 and older

Divisions that DO NOT utilize 2020 Armor vests will be referred to as Traditional Divisions.

• All beginner competitors
• All competitors under the age of 7

2020 Armor will be used as the vests are available. If there are no vests available, than the division will proceed as a traditional division.

When face shields are worn by all competitors in a division, face contact will be allowed and scored

2020 Armor

Any area covered by the vest will be considered a valid scoring area.

Head contact is allowed, but not scored unless in a tie breaking round.

Point Sparring Settings

Setting	Color	Position
Game	Blue	5
Time	Yellow	90s
Health	Red	1 (Youth) / 2 (Adults)

If a match has concluded in a tie, then competitors will compete again in a golden point round. The referees will determine who

Continuous Sparring Settings

Setting	Color	Position
Game	Blue	1
Time	Yellow	90s
Health	Red	See table below

	Under 12	12 - 16	17+
Level	1	2	3