More and maybe repetitive info concerning the 1998 Goodwill Martial Arts Games.
International Rules will be in effect.
All competitors for all events will wear Long speeved, Clean, Traditional Uniforms only!
Tie breaking in Forms will be as follows:
1. Remove the LOW score
2. Return LOW score and remove HIGH score.
Note:
It would be ideal if all judges gave close, comparable scores. However, having diverse scores is acceptable along as each judge remains consistent. Age and experience level must be taken into consideration for each individual competitor. There is NO Set Minimum Score! If a competitor performs poorly His/Her score shall be 2 (See following). The competitor shall be scoored on the Technical Merit of their Form, NOT the Technical content. (Many systems do a form with the same name in a different way)

SCORING:

0=Unacceptable,
1=Very Poor,
2=Poor, 
3=Fair,
4=Below Average,
5=Average,
6=Above Average,
7=Good,
8=Very Good,
9=Excellent,
10=Perfect. 
 Decimal Points (1-9) will be used to prevent ties.


SPARRING:

Required Sparring Equipment. Hand protectors must have all fingers and thumb enclosed. Toes and Heel must be covered by a protective boot. Head guard and Mouth guards are required for all competitors. Groin guard (inside) is required for all male competitors.
General Rules:
1. There is no time limit.
2. The 1st competitor to reach 3 points wins the match.
3. One point shall be awarded for each valid hand or foot technique seen by the judges.
4. NO WARNINGS--violations result in a penalty point added to the opponents score or Disqualification.

Contact:
A 6 inch invisible zone around the Head and Groin area, if broken with skill and control, shall constitute a point. It is never necessary to make contact to the head or groin to score a point. However, light contact to the body is required and light contact to the head gear is permitted, but not required in the Adult Black Belt divisions only! In all youth divisions, any contact to the head seen by the judges, will result in disqualification.

Illegal Actions:
(Penalty Point or Disqualification (determined by the center official)
Any deliberate contact to a not point area, any blind technique without contact, any attempted sweep, any ax kick that makes contact to other than the chest and with any part of the foot other than the ball, pushing or attempted throwing, any clawing or poking techniques that do not make contact, any time a competitor steps outside of the ring, a point will be awarded to his/her opponent, unless he/she was bodily forced out of the ring, any attacking after the break.

Illegal Actions:
(Automatic disqualification (seen or determined to have taken place by the center official)
Any excessive contact defined as any visible mark, swelling, bleeding, or incapacitation of a competitor, such as loss of air, as a result of an attack. Any blind technique that makes contact, any sweep that results in a competitor knocked to the floor, any poking or clawing technique that makes contact or any unsportsman-like conduct, disrespect, ill manners.
NOTE: Starting with unnsportsman-like conduct, these rules apply to the competitors, coach, parents, team mates, and may cause the competitor to be disqualified. Further, any coaching will result in disqualification of the competitor being coached. The individual(s) doing the coaching may be dismissed from the competion arena, with absolutely no refunds!

Refereeing policy and center officials authority:
In most situations, it will take a majority vote to award a point, make an excessive contact ruling or disqualification. However, the center official is solely responsible for his/her ring, and may overrule the corner judges regarding points, penalty points and disqualification, based on what he or she believes to be fair and in the interest of ring safety.
Note: The medical official may remove any competitor from play for his or her safety.

Terminology:
All we in English, Such as: Ready position, Attention, Bow, Sparring position, Go, Stop, Break, Point, Red competitor, White competitor, etc.

There is a little more information, that I may send later, but this is the major portion of it, included with what I sent previous. Some of the rules, I go along with and some I don't, but that is a personal thing that works with or against different systems and their training requirements and operations.


Shihan Dennis L. Wissler


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