TI World Champs 2023

 

Yellow  9th Kup to 7th Kup

Green  6th Kup to 5th Kup

Blue    4th Kup to 3rd Kup

Red     2nd Kup to 1st Kup

Black   All Grades Together

 

Yellow & Green 9th Kup to 5th Kup

Blue & Red       4th Kup to 1st Kup

Black               All Grades Together

 

Black 2+3  2nd & 3rd Dan

Black 4+    4th Dan & above

 

Black Belts ONLY - All Grades Together

 

Competitors must perform a pattern from one of the lists below:

 

eg.  Green Belt competitors may only perform a pattern from the list "Green" etc

 

1st Dan competitors may only perform a pattern from the list "1st Dan" etc

 

2nd & 3rd Dan competitors may only perform a pattern from the list "2nd & 3rd Dan"  etc

 

4th Dan & above	2nd & 3rd Dan	1st Dan	Red	Blue	Green	Yellow
Tong Il	Ko Dang	Choong Moo	Toi Gye	Yul Gok	Do San	Chon Ji
Ul Ji	Choong Jang	Kwang Gae	Hwa Rang	Joong Gun	Won Hyo	Dan Gun
Se Jong	Eui Am	Ge Baek	Choong Moo	Toi Gye	Yul Gok	Do San
Yong Ge	Sam Il	Po Eun
Moon Moo	Yoo Sin
So San	Choi Yong

 

 Medals awarded - 1x Gold  1x Silver  1x Bronze

Each judge will deduct 0.2 from the intended score for each occasion on which the following mistakes are made:

 

a) Omission of one or more steps
b) Failure to complete the pattern in a continuous performance, (hesitation, loss of balance)
c) Incorrect technique
d) Incorrect diagram.

If a competitor fails to complete the pattern they will be brought back to ready stance and dismissed. No score will be shown by the judges.

METHOD OF RECORDING SCORING 

Each judge will record their score on the score cards and on the command “show” given by the senior judge, will immediately hold up the score cards and keep them in the position until the recorder acknowledges that all the scores have been recorded. The red score card will be held in the right hand and the blue card in the left. The recorder will then deduct the highest and the lowest scores given by the judges and total up the remaining three scores, this total is recorded as the competitors score. In the event of a tie between two or more individual pattern competitors, the judges will select a further compulsory pattern to be performed by the tied competitors.

RULES FOR MUSICAL PATTERNS. 

Competitors may perform musical patterns, while performing martial arts movements. Maximum duration of each pattern will be three minutes. The scoring procedure will be the same as the individual patterns event. You must provide your own music on CD. Music MUST be suitable for public performance. 

Dobok style uniforms must be worn. 

No acrobatic movements to be included 

SPARRING AREA. 

The sparring area will consist of a non-slippery solid surface, preferably matted, otherwise edged with a 50mm wide coloured strip and with two centrally placed starting marks placed 2 metres apart. The size of the area should be a minimum of 7 x 7 metres, up to a maximum of 9 x 9 metres. 

 

OFFICIALS FOR CONTINUOUS SPARRING 

4 Corner judges seated at each corner of the sparring area. 

1 Referee standing 

1 Timekeeper seated at edge of sparring area 

1 Recorder seated at the edge of sparring area. 

 

a) All competitors must wear the following equipment: 

1 Groin guard protector of an approved type (male competitors); 

2 Hands and Feet protective equipment of an approved type; 

3 Shin protector of an approved type; 

4 Head guard of an approved type; 

5 Gum Shield. 

b) Optional equipment: 

1 Breast protector. (Female competitors); 

2 Groin guard protectors (female competitors). 

No protective or safety equipment may be worn, other than those of an approved type, consisting of elasticised material with sponge or rubber type padding and containing no metal, bone or similar hard material whatsoever, nor involving the use of zip, lace or stud fasteners. HANDS MUST NOT BE STRAPPED. All safety equipment must be in good condition.  Badly damaged or torn equipment will not be allowed. 

BOUT PROCEDURE 

The bout will commence with competitors on the start positions each with either a red or a blue waist marker. At the direction of the referee, the contestants bow in turn to the referee, and then to each other. The referee will start the sparring with the command ‘si jak’, the contestants continue to spar until the referee issues the command ‘hye chyo’ in order to call time or to issue an infringement warning. At this point the competitors return to the start positions before the bout is restarted. On completion of time, the timekeeper will ring a bell to warn the referee, but the bout only ends on the final command ‘hye chyo’ by the referee. The competitors are then instructed to bow to each other and then to the referee and await the result. 

DURATION 

All International black belt division bouts will be fought over 2 x 2 minute rounds. All coloured belt division bouts will be 1 x 2 minute rounds. Children, Junior and Cadet black belts 1 x 2 minute rounds. 

TIMING. 

The timekeeper starts the clock at the first ‘si jak’ by the referee. The clock being stopped if the referee indicates time out, to issue a warning or deal with an injury. The clock is again re-started on ‘si jak’ and continues until full time when the bell is rung.

SCORING & RESULT PROCEDURE. 

The four corner judges will award points as they are seen by using hand held recorders (clickers) these to be clearly marked left hand clicker blue, right hand clicker red. On completion of the bout and after the bowing procedure, the referee will call show, at which time the corner judges will immediately hold in the air the clicker showing the highest score, in the event of a draw, both clickers are held up with the arms crossed. At this point the referee himself will make a decision and then award the bout as either a win or a draw. A win can only be awarded if 3 or more of the 5 judges including the referee award the bout one way. Any less than this majority is awarded as a draw. Should it become apparent that a competitor is being completely dominated by a superior opponent, the referee may after consultation with the corner judges, stop the bout and award a win to the superior competitor. The result being announced as “win by mismatch”. 

 

a)Head and neck area complete
b)Trunk of the body from neck to lower abdomen vertically and from a line draw from armpit vertically down to the waist of each side (i.e. frontal area only, excluding back)

 

a)1 point awarded for any hand technique to any target area.
b)2 points awarded for foot technique to mid-section area
c)3 points awarded for foot technique to high section area.

DEMERIT POINTS & DISQUALIFICATIONS

a) One point will be deducted from the competitors score by referee for the following offences:

i) Stepping out of the area twice (i.e. on the 2^nd, 4^th, 6^th and every other subsequent occasion). A competitor is considered to have “stepped out” when one full foot fully crosses the perimeter line;
ii) Loss of balance on each occasion (a competitor is considered to have lost balance when any part of the body other than the feet come in contact with the floor);
iii) Grabbing any part of the opponent or their dobok after the referee’s warning;
iv) Tripping or leg sweeping the opponent on every occasion.

b) Discretionary “point away” or “official warnings” may be awarded by the referee after one warning for the following:

 

ii) Talking to the Referee;

iii) Unsportsmanlike behaviour;

iv) Excessive contact and / or over aggressiveness;

 

c) Disqualifications will be awarded by the referee for the following:

 

i)Intentional contact or unnecessary aggression;

ii)Repeated one “point away” offences

iii)Showing dishonour or disrespect to the officials, competitors or the area.

** NOTE: When points are deducted by the referee the corner judges must calculate this by adding them to the opponents score on their hand held clickers. 

CONTACT & INJURY 

As detailed previously above, contact is penalised but if in the opinion of the referee a competitor steps forward into a technique, which otherwise should have been correctly focused, points will be awarded to the attacker as if it were a ‘decisive blow’. If a competitor is unable to continue in such a situation, the bout will be awarded to the attacker. In all other cases of unintentional and intentional contact, where a competitor is unable to continue, he/she will be awarded the bout. Subject to the referee’s discretion. 

ACCUMULATIVE DISQUALIFICATION During a sparring competition, a referee may award an official warning for offences during the previous section headed “Demerit points and disqualifications”. Any competitor who receives 2 official warnings during the entire competition immediately upon receipt of the 2^nd official warning WILL be disqualified.
The referee must announce to the competitor, corner judges and recorder than an official warning is being given by showing a yellow card. The recorder marks the official warning against the competitor’s name on the competitors list. Then before the start of the next and all subsequent bouts, the recorder will announce that the competitor is carrying an official warning.
Disqualification must be announced by the referee who will show a red card to the competitor, corner judges and recorder.

INTERNATIONAL BLACK BELT TEAM SPARRING (NATIONAL TEAMS ONLY) 

The duration of each bout shall be 2 x 2 minute rounds – continuous sparring rules apply as per individual semi contact event.

RULES OF TAG TEAM SPARRING. 

Teams will consist of a 3-person team; bouts will be for 4 minutes. Each time the bout is stopped you can change with a member of your team by tagging your team members glove. All 3 members must fight at some stage during the bout. All team matches will be point stop. 

SCORING. 

3 points for a head kick. 

2 points for a body kick. 

1 point for all hand techniques. 

Two points are awarded for a win One point will be awarded for a draw Zero points for a loss. At the end of the competition, if each team is level on points, each team must then put out their best fighter, and the first one to score a point will be the winner. – Sudden Death. 

POINT STOP SPARRING DIVISION RULES.
Both male and female divisions of point stop sparring will be where the bout is stopped and the score recorded on each clean point. Point awards are as follows: 

 

3 points for a foot technique to the head; 

2 points for a foot technique to the middle section; 

1 point for all hand techniques scored. 

 

Officials:  1 Referee, 1 Mirror Judge and 1 Line Judge

Duration of bouts 1 x 2 minute round. Semi-finals and finals will be fought over 2 x 2 minute rounds.