General Tournament Rules from  Grand Master Chung

BASIC

1. All students wear current belt.

2. Any student that has less than three weeks of training at a particular belt may demonstrate the previous form without being penalized. The student will compete in the division appropriate to his/her new belt rank. 

3. Any parent or student demonstrating unsportsmanlike conduct or interfering with the positive competitive atmosphere of the Tournament will be asked to leave the facility.

FORMS COMPETITION

1. Scores will be on a 1-10 point system with half points. 

2. Students that have tied for 1st, 2nd, or 3rd place will compete in a tiebreaker. The students will demonstrate the form again and be awarded a high or low score to break the tie.

SPARRING COMPETITION

1. All students must have the ATF approved safety equipment - foam dipped headgear, hand and foot protection and a mouthpiece. In addition, males must have a groin protector (cup).

2. Rounds will be two minutes or the first student to five points. If the score is tied when time is called there will be a short rest period followed by a 'sudden death' period where the first point wins.

3. A majority or judges is needed to call points or warnings.

4. Points or warning are awarded as follows:

Hand technique or kicks to the body - 1 point

Kick to the head - 2 points

Jump kick to the body - 2 points

Jump kick to the head - 3 points

One warning for any infraction of the rules

Second warning will result in a point awarded to the other competitor

Third warning will result in disqualification

5. Infractions: low kicks, hand techniques to the head and punches to the back, grabbing, running out of the ring and hard contact as determined by the judges. If any contact is made to any of the illegal areas mentioned above, two warnings will be issued. 

6. If contact is deemed malicious or excessive, or if blood is drawn, immediate disqualification will result.

7. If a student is told to "stay in the ring", the center judge will inform the student if they go out of the ring, a warning will be issued.

8. Rules of contact:

Controlled contact towards the face (no head punching)

Light contact to the head is permitted, but not needed

Medium contact to the body

No contact to the back or below the belt

9. Students should be given support and encouragement during the competition, but there should be no coaching from anyone outside the ring.

10. A competitors must be in the ring to score points; a competitor outside of the ring can be scored on, but cannot score.

PLEASE NOTE

All judges are just that, "judges". They will judge each competitor's form based on a standard, and how close that competitor comes in their opinion to the perfect form. Every judge must always exhibit the highest degree of integrity. Every effort is also made to have judges in a ring that are not from the competitor's schools, but this is not always possible. Any mistakes that are made can be attributed to being human and nothing else.

Biography of Grand Master Y.S. Chung, 9th Degree Black Belt

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