Rules & Regulations

* Preregistration required by Online Only

* All competitors must wear their dojo karate uniform, both tops and bottoms. T-Shirts will not be accepted as accepted uniform.

* Referees are required to wear their Gi

* Spectators are required to stay in spectator seating areas and should not block walk-way or aisles

* Competitors, Referees, Spectators, and Instructors are expected to be professional, respectful, positive and show good sportsmanship to ALL participants and each other at the tournament.

Scoring Criteria

Judges shall watch each competitor and score each competitor based on the following:

Realistic performance of kata. with correct attitude. Based in fighting terms.
Good rhythm, timing, speed, and focus of power (KIME).
Control of speed and rhythm.
Correct and proper use of breathing.
Correct focus of attention (CHAKUGAN) and concentration.
Correct stances (DACHI) with proper tension in the legs, and feet flat on the floor.
Stability and balance.
Proper tension in the abdomen (HARA) and no bobbing up and down of the hips when moving.
Control of tension and contraction.

All items that may drop a score are:

Incomplete stances,
lack of eye
lack of focus breath/kiai
lack of technique speed
lack of targeting
loss of balance
loss of kata

Scores

Beginner - 5.0 - 7.0
Novice - 5.5 - 7.5
Intermediate - 6.0 - 8.0
Advanced - 6.5 - 8.5

Tie

Add Low First
Add high second
If a tie remains, competitors must do kata again
- Beginner- Intermediate may repeat kata
- Advanced must change kata

🚨**Complete loss of kata will have judges give lowest score for that division possible. But be encouraging to competitor as this may be their first tournament.

There is NO HEAD Contact

NO HEAD or HARD contact rule will be strictly enforced.

All kumite participants MUST have control of their technique they are executing.

SAFETY is our #1 Concern.

PARTICIPANTS ARE INCHARGE OF BRINGING THIER OWN SPARRING GEAR.

Equipment needed:

MANDATORY ITEMS

Approve karate gloves. No grappling, fingerless boxing gloves or hand wraps are allowed.
Mouth piece
Helmet. Helmet with face shield optional.
groin protection (for males)
Chest protectors optional. Must be worn under the uniform

Optional Items:

Chest Guard
Foam Foot Protectors
Foam Shin Guards
Helmet with face shield

Any extra equipment must be approved by the referee committee.

Scoring:

Full points for all scoring techniques that meet the scoring criteria.

Scoring area includes:

Head (NO Contact)
Face (NO Contact)
Neck (NO Contact to Throat)
Chest
Abdominal
Back
Ribs

Sweeps:

Only with the joint and it must be followed by a scoring technique
No grabbing with the intent to throw your opponent

Groin is not a target and will be penalized if landed.

Penalties:

NO FACE/HEAD CONTACT!

Contact, face or body, and/or any technique attempted without control

1st contact: Verbal warning
2nd contact: Penalty
3rd contact: Penalty deduct point
4th contact: automatic disqualification

Out of bounds

1st contact: Verbal warning
2nd contact: penalty
3rd contact penalty deduct 1 point
4th contact: automatic disqualification

Judges calls & Hand Signals

Point (Ippon)
- Arm & Hand extended to the awarding side
Did not see (Menai)
- Both hands cover eyes
Contact (Hansoku)
- Closed hand into open hand pointed at the offender.
Out of Bounds ( Jogai)
- Point low towards the side of the offender

1) LEGAL TECHNIQUES are all controlled sport karate techniques, except those listed as illegal.

2) ILLEGAL TECHNIQUES: Head butts, hair pulls, bites, scratches, elbows, knees, eye attacks of any kind, take downs on a hard surface floor, ground fighting on a hard surface, any stomps or kicks to the head of a downed competitor, slapping, grabbing for more than one second, uncontrolled blind techniques, any uncontrolled throws, takedowns or sweeps and any other uncontrolled dangerous techniques that are deemed unsafe in sport karate.

3) SWEEPS, TAKEDOWNS, AND GROUND FIGHTING Sweeps are not meant to take down an opponent, but only to obstruct the balance so as to follow up with a controlled sport karate technique and can only be executed to the back of the front leg at mid-calf or below. a) A sweep must be deemed a proper sweep and not a kick, to be legal. b) Controlled Takedowns and sweeps that are meant to take down an opponent are not allowed. c) A point is awarded only when the legal sweep or takedown is followed up effectively legally and immediately with an appropriate sport karate technique.

Scoring Criteria

Judges shall watch each competitor and score each competitor based on the following:

Realistic performance of kata. with correct attitude. Based on Kobudo in fighting terms.
Good rhythm, timing, speed, and focus of power (KIME).
Control of speed and rhythm.
Correct and proper use of breathing.
Correct focus of attention (CHAKUGAN) and concentration.
Correct stances (DACHI) with proper tension in the legs, and feet flat on the floor.
Stability and balance.
Proper tension in the abdomen (HARA) and no bobbing up and down of the hips when moving.
Control of tension and contraction.

All items that may drop a score are:

Incomplete stances,
lack of eye
lack of focus breath/kiai
lack of technique speed
lack of targeting
loss of balance
loss of kobudo kata

Scores

Beginner - 5.0 - 7.0
Novice - 5.5 - 7.5
Intermediate - 6.0 - 8.0
Advanced - 6.5 - 8.5

Tie

Add Low First
Add high second
If a tie remains, competitors must do kata again
- Beginner- Intermediate may repeat kata
- Advanced must change kata

🚨**Complete loss of weapon or broken weapon will have judges give lowest score for that division possible.

Inclusive Categories

Individuals that register to compete in this category are not eligible to compete in regular divisions. They must pick which divisions they would like to compete.
Group A - Competitors that have full mobility of arms and legs (competitor can kick above the waist and extend arms fully for hand techniques) or have a higher level of cognitive skills. Competitors perform patterns with assistance from instructor/coach. Instructor/Coach assists from outside of ring.
Group B - Competitors have limited mobility of arms and/or legs (do not kick above the waist, do not extend arms fully for hand techniques) or have a lower level of cognitive skills. Competitor performs basic skills such as blocking, striking and kicking techniques with direction from an instructor/coach. Instructor/coach may be in the ring with competitor and perform technique/form alongside of the competitor.
Group C - Competitor competes in a wheelchair. competitor performs techniques/forms on their own.

Scoring Criteria

Judges shall watch each competitor and score each competitor based on the following:

Performance of the kata/basic
Any kata or basics can be performed
All kata & basic competitors, based on their impairment, must attempt to demonstrate:
- Proper Stance
- Proper Posture
- Proper Balance
- Proper Eye Vector
- Proper flow of stance and technique
- Proper Breathing
- Proper Kiai on last technique -forward and backward
- Proper Performance Line (Embusan)

Correct martial arts application must be shown to clearly demonstrate the competitor's ability and skills.

Wheelchair:

Further consideration should be given to the application, dexterity, control, and maneuverability of the wheelchair in order to execute the techniques within the form.

All items that may drop a score are:

Excessive use of break during the kata or basic (kihon) Points will be deducted by the judges where a competitor has been deemed to use the break/pause 'excessively'. The form should be performed with minimal interruption and maintain a natural flow throughout.

Tie

Add Low First
Add high second
If a tie remains, competitors must do kata/ basic again.

Scoring Inclusive Division - Click Here

BASICS

Basics competition will ask the competitor to perform and describe how to do the following items:

How do you make a fist
Where do you put your hands to start to do a punch
How do you do a punch
How do you do a Front Kick (Mae Geri)
How do you do a Zenkutzu Dachi (Forward Stance)
How do you move forward and backward in that stance?

The above items will be scored on the ability to vocalize and perform the technique described.

Techniques need to be performed correctly as follows:

Fists - Must have fingers tucked and thumb on outside of fingers tucked in between knuckle close to fingernails and middle knuckle bone.
Punches - Must have one hand on the rib or hip depending on style. Must have full retraction and pull-push motion. One hand must be out while the other at the rib/hip area and when doing punches must have a wrist twist. Ideally twisting at the last second but depending on style it may differ. Scoring will be based on the ability to perform punch smoothly.
Front Kick - Must be able to lift knee and kick foot out and back. Depending on style may differ but must be consistent and must have toes up at the impact point to score higher.
Zenkutzu Dachi (forward stance) - Must be able to have one foot forward and one foot back and be able to be consistent on space in between feet. Preferably shoulder width apart or on railroad track length but depending on stile it may differ. Must have front knee bent and back knee straight
Zenkutzu Dachi (forward stance) Moving - Must be able to move forward and backward. Quantity may vary depending on who is assisting and announcing.

Kata

A group of movements put together can be counted as the performance of kata. Must be at least 8 moves or more. For Group B, it does not have to be a traditional form. If performing a traditional form, Group B may perform a portion of the kata with the assistance of a coach if needed.

Scoring criteria will be based on how each technique in the kata is performed. The crispness of each move in addition to the above-listed scoring criteria.

Rules are what is listed per WUKF

Ages & Rank divisions will be determined depending on quantity of registration.
In Kumite Team Rotation the duration of each match will be 6 minutes running time. The clock will stop only when the Referee requests “Time”.
The Sanbon Rotation team will be composed of 3 competitors in each round.
A team that does not have 3 competitors and the total amount of registrations is odd can have teams of 4. Each team member must have at least been rotated in once.
Each team may have only one reserve, who may be substituted for an injured competitor or if the coach requires. However, this substitution may only be made in the next round.
The team spirit requires that each competitor must fight at least once and for at least 15 seconds during the prescribed time (6 minutes).
If at the end of the match (after 6 minutes), one of the competitors has not fought, the team involved will be disqualified (Hansoku).
In the case of the last fight, a competitor can fight for less than 15 seconds if the change was requested by the Coach and validated by Change Judge according to Art.
EXCEPTION: if one competitor reaches an advantage of “6 points” (3 Ippon, or 6 waza-ari, or a combination of Ippon and Waza-ari), ahead of the other team and before the time-up bell is sounded, his/her team will be declared the winner even though the other two members of his team did not fight.

CRITERIA FOR DECIDING THE WINNING TEAM

There will be no limit to the number of points that may be scored. Each team may score as many points as its competitors are capable of, during the 6 minutes.
At Time-Up, the winner will be the team who scored more points (total score) than the opponent team, during the 6 minutes of time.
However, if one of the teams reaches an advantage of “6 points” (3 Ippon, or 6 waza-ari, or a combination of Ippon and Waza-ari), within the 6 minutes prescribed time, it will be declared the winner.

TIE IN ROTATION TEAM

If, after 6 minutes, there is a tie, the team who has the most Ippon will be declared the winner.
If the tie persists, HANTEI will be called. The decision could be AKA/SHIRO NO-KACHI or HIKIWAKE. In the situation of HIKIWAKE there will be 2 minutes extension of time (Encho-Sen) and the team who scores the first point will be declared the winner. Each coach will choose 1 competitor from their team to initiate the extension. This competitor may be changed after the extension has begun.

SUBSTITUTIONS IN ROTATION TEAM

One Change-Judge will be used for the Rotation Team; he/she will be positioned outside of the tatami on the opposite side of the Jury table having 2 flags (AKA and SHIRO) (see Figure 13 below).
The sole function of the Change-Judge is to indicate to the referee when and which competitor should be changed.
The Change-Judge will have no opinion on scores, warnings or penalties nor shall he/she participate in Hantei.
During the match, the coach or, in exceptional circumstances and with WUKF RefCom permission, the team captain, may make as many substitutions between the 3 team members as they desire. A competitor who has already been replaced may come back to fight again in the same round and whenever requested during the match.
Requests to change must be made by the Coach and validated by the Change Judge BEFORE Atoshi Baraku.
The competitor who is to be substituted must be ready and have all the required equipment and protectors when the referee calls him onto the Tatami.

SUBSTITUTION PROCEDURE

Coaches must sit down in identified chairs placed on either side of the Change-Judge (see Fig. 13 above)
Whilst one member of the team is on the Tatami, the other 2 members of the team will always have to be equipped and ready to be called onto the Tatami.
When the Coach intends to make a substitution, he/she must request “CHANGE” to the Change-Judge.
The Change-Judge must validate the request and ensure (checking the official scoring screen) that there is at least 15 seconds between changes.
The Change-Judge, using the whistle, the flag, and the command “Change”, will indicate to the Referee that he/she will have to stop the match to allow a substitution.
Only the Referee can decide when to stop the match and allow the substitution, by calling ‘Change”. The substitution will have to be made in a maximum of 3 seconds. If the change exceeds these 3 secs, the Referee will penalize the team involved for time wasting, with Kinshi and not permit the substitution.
If a competitor is substituted without the referee’s command, the team will be penalized with Kinshi.
When a substitution occurs, at least another 15 seconds must elapse before another change request is made.
When a substitution occurs, the opponent will have to fight for at least another 15 seconds before she/he may also be substituted.
Both competitors cannot be substituted at the same time. The Change-Judge must be very attentive as to which team was first to request a change.

PENALTIES IN ROTATION TEAM

All the warnings incurred by the competitors in a team will be carried forward and added to any incurred by the substitute in the same round. Example: If a competitor has been warned with ATENAI CHUI for excessive contact, the competitor who comes onto the Tatami as the substitute will automatically have this same warning applied to them and if s/he then commits another Atenai, s/he will be penalized with Atenai Hansoku
44.2 In a team match, if a competitor is penalized with HANSOKU, the whole team will be disqualified.
In a team match, if a competitor is penalized with SHIKAKKU, the whole team will be eliminated for the entire tournament.
Before applying the SHIKAKKU penalty the Referee will have to consult the Tatami Manager and the WUKF Referee Commission.

Inclusive Categories

Group A - Competitors that have full mobility of arms and legs (competitor can kick above the waist and extend arms fully for hand techniques) or have a higher level of cognitive skills. Competitors perform patterns with assistance from instructor/coach. Instructor/Coach assists from outside of ring.
Group B - Competitors have limited mobility of arms and/or legs (do not kick above the waist, do not extend arms fully for hand techniques) or have a lower level of cognitive skills. Competitor performs basic skills such as blocking, striking and kicking techniques with direction from an instructor/coach. Instructor/coach may be in the ring with competitor and perform technique/form alongside of the competitor.
Group C - Competitor competes in a wheelchair. competitor performs techniques/forms on their own.

Scoring Criteria

Judges shall watch each competitor and score each competitor based on the following:

Performance of the kata/basic
Any kata or basics can be performed
All kata & basic competitors, based on their impairment, must attempt to demonstrate:
- Proper Stance
- Proper Posture
- Proper Balance
- Proper Eye Vector
- Proper flow of stance and technique
- Proper Breathing
- Proper Kiai on last technique -forward and backward
- Proper Performance Line (Embusan)

Correct martial arts application must be shown to clearly demonstrate the competitor's ability and skills.

Wheelchair:

Further consideration should be given to the application, dexterity, control, and maneuverability of the wheelchair in order to execute the techniques within the form.

All items that may drop a score are:

Excessive use of break during the kata or basic (kihon) Points will be deducted by the judges where a competitor has been deemed to use the break/pause 'excessively'. The form should be performed with minimal interruption and maintain a natural flow throughout.

Tie

Add Low First
Add high second
If a tie remains, competitors must do kata/ basic again.

Scoring Inclusive Division - Click Here

BASICS

Basics competition will ask the competitor to perform and describe how to do the following items:

How do you make a fist
Where do you put your hands to start to do a punch
How do you do a punch
How do you do a Front Kick (Mae Geri)
How do you do a Zenkutzu Dachi (Forward Stance)
How do you move forward and backward in that stance?

The above items will be scored on the ability to vocalize and perform the technique described.

Techniques need to be performed correctly as follows:

Fists - Must have fingers tucked and thumb on outside of fingers tucked in between knuckle close to fingernails and middle knuckle bone.
Punches - Must have one hand on the rib or hip depending on style. Must have full retraction and pull-push motion. One hand must be out while the other at the rib/hip area and when doing punches must have a wrist twist. Ideally twisting at the last second but depending on style it may differ. Scoring will be based on the ability to perform punch smoothly.
Front Kick - Must be able to lift knee and kick foot out and back. Depending on style may differ but must be consistent and must have toes up at the impact point to score higher.
Zenkutzu Dachi (forward stance) - Must be able to have one foot forward and one foot back and be able to be consistent on space in between feet. Preferably shoulder width apart or on railroad track length but depending on stile it may differ. Must have front knee bent and back knee straight
Zenkutzu Dachi (forward stance) Moving - Must be able to move forward and backward. Quantity may vary depending on who is assisting and announcing.

Kata

A group of movements put together can be counted as the performance of kata. Must be at least 8 moves or more. For Group B, it does not have to be a traditional form. If performing a traditional form, Group B may perform a portion of the kata with the assistance of a coach if needed.

Scoring criteria will be based on how each technique in the kata is performed. The crispness of each move in addition to the above-listed scoring criteria.

2024 Treasure Valley Karate Invitational/ Open
Hosted by Treasure Valley Karate Booster Club of Southern Idaho
on behalf of Inland Empire AAU Karate of Southern Idaho

A tournament to help all that participate become better while having FUN!!!

Updates coming soon: Rules & Guidelines Highlights

Kata Rules

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Kumite Rules (Sparring)

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Kobudo Rules

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Blind Kata Rules

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Inclusive & Ultimate Team Sparring Regulations

Inclusive Kata &
Basics (Kihon)

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Ultimate Team Sparring

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Spectator code of conduct

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Treasure valley karate booster club
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inland empire aau karate of southern idaho

Meridian Idaho

2024 Treasure Valley Karate Invitational/ OpenHosted by Treasure Valley Karate Booster Club of Southern Idahoon behalf of Inland Empire AAU Karate of Southern Idaho

A tournament to help all that participate become better while having FUN!!!

Updates coming soon: Rules & Guidelines Highlights