Townsville Tournament Powerbreaking
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Congratulations to Authentic Taekwon-Do Townsville's newly graded Sabum Bill Coyer, 4th Degree International Instructor.
Taekwon,
On the eve of BooSabum Bill leaving for Brisbane to undertake his 4th Dan International Instructor level I would like to say that I have the up most confidence of you being successful. You have dedicated yourself tirelessly to your training and the results will speak for themselves. We will be right there with you to watch the whole thing.
Sabum Nigel
On a recent trip to the United States with his family, Sabum Nigel had the opportunity to train with ITF Taekwon-do at UCLA in Los Angles. As members of the family of ITF Taekwon-do, we are welcome anywhere in the world.
Pictures of the Authentic Taekwon-Do members who competed in the Townsville Triathlon Festival. Great fun and community spirit.
The before group photo.
The after group photo.
The kids with JT and Ky Hurst.
Sabum Nigel with JT.
The purpose of these rules is to elevate the quality of Taekwon-Do by scoring every aspect and to provide an equal opportunity for all participants to show the ultimate of their abilities in friendly competition with one another.
The Juries, Referees and Judges, will be selected from the roles of certified Umpires where possible.
The T.C. will be in charge of organizing and running this Authentic Taekwon-Do I.T.F. Tournament. The members of this Committee must be present in the area during all events.
Competitors will compete in the divisions laid down the following rules. Competitors must be the appropriate age on the date of weigh in (e.g. age 17 for juniors on the date of the weigh in). Competitors must be healthy.
All the safety equipment must be approved by the T.C. Competitors should have in possession of 2 pairs of safety equipments: one red and one blue. Hand pads must have the fingers and thumb covered and the palm open (material to be, for example, PU or leather).
Obligatory protection: 1. Hand and Feet 2. Groin guard (must be inside of Dobok trousers) 3. Mouth guards Optional safety equipment: 1. Shin Protector 2. Forearm protector 3. Female Breast protector (must be inside of the Dobok) 4. Head Guard
All tournaments must have qualified First Aid personnel in attendance. Their recommendations, with regard to competitors' further participation, following injury, must be adhered to.
All competitors must sign a tournament entry form and have full Insurance coverage for all eventualities.
All hosts must ensure that the event booked has all the necessary public liability insurance which are all required to host such events.
Square size will be 9x9 meters for sparring with and extra surface of one meter on all sides. When the square is elevated the extra surface must be at least 2 meters greater than the size of the square.
Individual
The number of individual competitors who may enter each item is unlimited from each club unless it will be indicated in another way. These competitors may be a team member or not, as chosen by the trainer for that club.
Team
Male Team Sparring will consist of 5 competitors and 1 in reserve. 5 must compete in Patterns, 5 in Power Technique and 5 in Special Technique; all Team can consist of different competitors, up to a maximum 21 (6+5+5+5). The coach will specify his team prior to the division commencing. The under 14s team will consist of 3 competitors (1 in reserve for sparring).
Female Team Sparring will consist of 5 competitors and 1 in reserve. 5 must compete in Patterns, 3 in Power Technique and 3 in Special Technique; all Team can consist of different competitors, up to a maximum 17 (6+5+3+3). The coach will specify his team prior to the division commencing. The under 14s team will consist of 3 competitors (1 in reserve for sparring).
All tournaments will have several forms of visual display of results for the benefit or participants and audience. Results should generally be shown as often as possible so as to enable the competitors to follow the Course of the event whilst it is in progress.
A delegate of the individual or team may be any person authorised by their club. A delegate registers the competitors, submits the documents, lodges complaints and co-operates with the other officials at the competition.
Only Gold medals will count towards the Overall Team Winner. Only points gained in Team events will count for Overall Team Winner. However, in the event of two or more teams having the same number of Gold medals then the Silver and the Bronze medals will count in determining the Overall Team Winner. In the event that this also results in a tie then the Teams will be awarded with the same trophies. N.B.: Medals which count toward the OVERALL TEAM CHAMPION cannot be won without at least 4 teams for the event.
Checking the weight of competitors will not be earlier than 24 hours and not later than one hour before competition.
Competitors and Teams are drawn publicly. Medals which count towards the overall trophies cannot be won without at least 4 competitors or teams for the event. None of the competitors or teams can win 2 rounds one after another without competing unless it is due to the withdrawal of their opponent due to previous injury. Bye will be decided at the draw. After the drawing of the competitors or team numbers is completed, then registration will be closed.
It will be announced in which square an event will take place and it is the responsibility of the competitor/team to be close to the square so that they may compete without delay when called upon to do so. The individual/team will be called and they must go to the side of the square complete with any equipment (such as safety equipment) which they require. Should they not come forward immediately then the, name will be called for a second time. Should the individual/team still not come forward to the square then they will be disqualified.
The Referee will check to ensure that doboks, equipment, etc.. are of an officially approved type and that they are not defective. Should any item(s) not be satisfactory then they must be changed and the competitor/team has a maximum of 3 minutes in which to do so following which he/they will be disqualified and the match points awarded to the opponent where appropriate.
Competitors must at all times bow to the Jury and also to each other at the beginning and end of each performance/match.
The competitors will be from all levels up to and including 6th Degree.
The pyramid system of elimination will be used. Competitors will compete 1 to 1 and will perform simultaneously 1 Optional Pattern and 1 Designated Pattern. The Judges will choose the better one to go forward to the next round.
INDIVIDUAL
The two allocated competitors will perform their optional pattern first followed by a designated pattern.
Note: The tournament Committee reserves the right to amalgamate the 5th and 6th Degree’s sections.
The pyramid system of elimination will be used. Designated patterns draw will take place whilst both teams are on the mat. A coin will be tossed to decide which team goes first. The first team will perform 2 patterns and the second team will do likewise. The judges will choose the better one to go forward to the next round.
Each Team (5 competitors) must perform together 1 designated and 1 optional Pattern. The designated Pattern and optional Pattern being any from CHON-JI to GE-BAEK. They may line up in any format they choose and team members may perform movements individually, or together, as they choose, but it must be seen to be teamwork., for example: one member may not perform moves of the Pattern on his own without the others following in unison.
In team matches the following decisions will apply
1 Jury President, 2 Jury Members, 5 Referees, 1 Recorder, one of the Referees will give the commands.
The age categories will be:
For 18+ years old each individual bout will be 2 rounds of 2 minutes duration with a one minute break between rounds. Finals will be 2 rounds of 2 minutes duration with a one minute break between rounds.
Each team bout will be 1 round of 2 minutes.
For <17 years old each individual bout will be 2 rounds of 1.5 minutes duration with a one minute break between rounds. Finals will be 2 rounds of 1.5 minutes duration with a one minute break between rounds.
Each team bout will be 1 round of 1.5 minutes.
In individual matches the following decisions will apply:
In team matches the following decisions will apply:
A. Head and neck area at the front and sides but not at the back.
B. Trunk of the body from neck to navel vertically and from a line drawn from the armpit vertically down to the waist on each side (that is frontal area only excluding the back).
A. One (1) point will be awarded for: Hand attack directed to mid or high section, hand attack while in air (both feet must be off the ground) directed to mid section, foot attack directed to mid section.
B. Two (2) points will be awarded for: Foot attack directed to high section, hand attack while in air (both feet must be off the ground) directed to high section, jumping or flying kick directed to mid section.
C. Three (3) points will be awarded for: Jumping or flying kick directed to high section.
In competition a technique is valid when:
One point will be deducted for the following offences:
Warnings will be assigned for the following offences:
N.B.: If an athlete is pushed out of the ring with intent (without undergoing a technique) then he will not receive a warning.
INDIVIDUAL
The bout will commence with the competitors on the start positions each with a red or blue marker to differentiate between them. At the command of the Centre Referee the competitors bow in turn to the Jury table and then to each other. The Centre Referee will then start the Sparring with the command "SHI-JAK" and the competitors continue to spar until the Referee issues the command "HAECHYO". At this point the competitors cease to spar and remain where they are until restarted. On completion of time the timekeeper will signal audibly to warn the Centre Referee, but the bout only ends on the final comment "GOMAN" by the Centre Referee. The reverse for bowing will ensure and the result will be declared. In a draw situation warnings and/or minus points are not carried forward. If a competitor leaves the square they must re-start 1 metre inside the square.
TEAM
Bout procedure will be as individual. A coin will be tossed. The winner of the toss decides which team send its first competitor into the ring . The teams must then alternate.
On the first "SHI-JAK" (Start) command from the Centre Referee the timekeeper starts the clock and this continues until full time unless the Centre Referee calls for a "time out" by saying "Goman". At this time the timekeeper stops the clock until the next "Gae-sok" (Continue) command is given.
1 Jury President, 2 Jury Members, 1 Centre Referee, 4 Corner Referees, 1 Timekeeper and 1 Recorder.
Male and Female Groups.
It is compulsory for each competitor to attempt each item listed, for his/her group.
JUNIOR (age 15 to 17) AND SENIOR MALE
JUNIOR (age 15 to 17) AND SENIOR FEMALE
INDIVIDUAL - ONE COMPETITOR ONE EVENT.
The T.C can decide a technique and the quantity of the pieces of wood for the initial classification (i.e. qualifying round) for the individual competitor but there will be no qualifying round in the team breaking.
It is permitted to break using step or slide. It is not permitted to jump. This means 1 foot must keep contact with the floor at all times. For Sonkal Taerigi the strike can be executed in two ways, inward or outwards.
Protocol
Execution: for each item the competitors will have only one attempt to break. At the command from the Umpire the competitor will adopt a ready position and will try to break in one continuous movement, must return to finish with ready position again.
JUNIOR AND OR SENIOR - TEAM
Male five (5) competitors.
Female three (3) competitors will perform items as indicated.
1 Jury President, 2 Referees and 1 Recorder will supervise each attempt.
TOURNAMENT RULES
It is compulsory for each competitor to attempt each item listed for his/her group.
JUNIOR AND SENIOR MALE
FEMALE
INDIVIDUAL
JUNIOR AND OR SENIOR - TEAM
Teams (Male 5 competitors + 1 reserve; Female 3 competitors + 1 reserve) will perform items as indicated in Article 44.
1 Jury President, 2 Referees and 1 Recorder will supervise each attempt.