Rules and Regulations
LEGAL WEAPONS FORM
Legal Weapons Form is any form that is a requirment needed to perform to advance in a martial arts program.
FREE STYLE WEAPONS FORMS
PRESENTATION
All competitors must present themselves to the Judges BEFORE they perform their weapon.
HOW TO PRESENT
When name is called competitors will stand up, yell “Sir” Or “Ma’ma”. They can turn around and adjust their uniform (front and back) and their belt.
Competitors will RUN up to the Judges and can say some form of the following.
“Judges, my name is ________Insert Name__________. I am from ______Insert School Name_. The WEAPON I would like to perform is _________Insert Weapon Name___. Judges!”
Judges will then have competitors step back several steps. The command of “Junbi” (Ready Stance) will be given. Competitors will then be told to “Begin when ready.” by the Judges.
When Finished with their Weapon Form, competitors will hold their last motion until the Judges give the command to either stop/ relax/ or back to Junbi. Competitors will then be asked to turn around so that the judges can give their score to the score keeper and the audience.
SCORING (Decimal Scoring)
All Scoring will be done on a decimal based scoring system which will be between 5.0 - 9.9. The head judge will announce “JUDGES FIRST SCORE” and all judages will hold up their hands to give the WHOLE number. The head judge will then announce “JUDGES SECOND SCORE” and all judges will hold up their hands to give the DECIMAL number. After that the Head Judge will tell the competitor to turn around, thank them and they may have a seat.
*If a competitor makes a mistake, drops their weapon, or lacks the control to handle their weapons, that competitor CAN NOT win.
LEGAL WEAPONS FORM
Legal Weapons Form is any form that is a requirment needed to perform to advance in a martial arts program.
FREE STYLE WEAPONS FORMS
- Any form that is created by the competitor.
- This can style can be performs as a an Individual, a Pair or any group containing no more than five (5) members.
- Does not need to contain music.
- Music must NOT contain lyrics or contain any political, social, or religious content.
- Time Limit 90 to 100 sec
PRESENTATION
All competitors must present themselves to the Judges BEFORE they perform their weapon.
HOW TO PRESENT
When name is called competitors will stand up, yell “Sir” Or “Ma’ma”. They can turn around and adjust their uniform (front and back) and their belt.
Competitors will RUN up to the Judges and can say some form of the following.
“Judges, my name is ________Insert Name__________. I am from ______Insert School Name_. The WEAPON I would like to perform is _________Insert Weapon Name___. Judges!”
Judges will then have competitors step back several steps. The command of “Junbi” (Ready Stance) will be given. Competitors will then be told to “Begin when ready.” by the Judges.
When Finished with their Weapon Form, competitors will hold their last motion until the Judges give the command to either stop/ relax/ or back to Junbi. Competitors will then be asked to turn around so that the judges can give their score to the score keeper and the audience.
SCORING (Decimal Scoring)
All Scoring will be done on a decimal based scoring system which will be between 5.0 - 9.9. The head judge will announce “JUDGES FIRST SCORE” and all judages will hold up their hands to give the WHOLE number. The head judge will then announce “JUDGES SECOND SCORE” and all judges will hold up their hands to give the DECIMAL number. After that the Head Judge will tell the competitor to turn around, thank them and they may have a seat.
*If a competitor makes a mistake, drops their weapon, or lacks the control to handle their weapons, that competitor CAN NOT win.