Division Information

TIGERS (ages 6’ish and under)

Taekwondo Tigers Poomsae – Taekwondo Tigers 6’ish and under can do any creative Tiger form or any portion of a Taeguk form. If a Tiger is doing a full Taeguk form they should enter in kids 8 and under traditional form division. Judging Criteria: Overall technique and presentation. All judges will judge overall.

Taekwondo Tigers Board Breaking – Taekwondo Tigers 6 and under can do any creative 2 station board breaking. Tigers do NOT need to declare their breaks to the judges…Just Smash it! Judging Criteria: Overall technique and presentation. All judges will judge overall.

Taekwondo Tigers Sparring – Point sparring rules. Kick or punch to body = 1 point, spin kick = 2pts, kick to head = 3 pts. No hands to the head.

Tigers Rapid Kick Contest – Competitors are to kick as many times as they can in 15 seconds and the highest number wins. In case of tie, it is settled with rock, paper, scissors. White-Green Belts kick with a front kick, Purple Belts and above compete with a round kick. See video below.

MODIFIED DIVISION

Modified Division – Color Belt or Black Belt of any age that wish to have concessions for physical or development challenges should register for this division. Competitors may do any form, self defense or weapons form in this division. Competitor may have assistance from a partner or instructor for their performance.
Judging Criteria- Best overall presentation. All judges judge overall.

ALL DIVISIONS

Traditional Individual Form – Color belts and Black Belts are to perform Taeguk/Kukkiwon forms. 2 competitors will compete against another competitor at the same time. The judges will point in the direction of the best form. Judging Criteria: Best overall form.

Sparring – Point sparring rules. Kick or punch to body= 1 point, spin kick = 2pts, kick to head = 3 pts. No hands to the head.

Board Breaking – Maximum 2 stations. Two attempts to break per station. Boards must be purchased ($5) at the event or online in checkout page. Competitor can select board size. All competitors must have their own designated holders. Any technique may be used to break stations except for head breaks.
Judging Criteria: Overall technique and presentation. If completed on single attempt and level of difficulty as well as creativity.

Rapid Kick Contest – Competitors are to kick as many times as they can in 15 seconds and the highest number wins. In case of tie, it is settled with rock, paper, scissors. White through Green Belts kick with a front kick, Purple (Blue) Belts and above compete with a round kick. See video below.

Power Meter Division – Power meter will be used to measure most powerful technique. Competitor will get three attempts to strike the bag with any competitor’s technique of choice. Competitor can do the same technique each time or change technique. Highest reading of the 3 attempts will be the competitor’s final score.
Judging Criteria: Highest reading by strike meter out of 3 tries is the final number.

Traditional Family Forms – Color belt and Black Belt Families can perform any Taeguk poomsae from the highest ranking member and below. Color belts competitors will compete against other color belt families. Black Belts will go against other Black Belt families. If your family has a mix of both color belts and black belts, have everyone register under the black belt family division (NOTE: Teams with both color belts and blacks will NOT receive points towards national championship.) The judges will point in the direction of the best form after each two family groups have competed until winner is selected. No limit on how many family members per team. When registering, register each family member as each will get a medal.
Judging Criteria: Overall synchronization, power and performance.

Pairs Forms (Poomsae) – Pairs is 2. Any gender mix. Any belt mix (for black belt division they must all be recommended or above). All team members must be within a 12 month leeway of the posted divisions: 12 and under, 13-17, 18 and above. Reminder that all members should register individually for the pair/team poomsae division as all players will be getting medals.

Judges criteria: Synchronization, technique and power.

Weapons –Weapons division is open forms.
Judges Criteria: Handling and control of weapon and overall presentation.

Continuous Sparring – Same as point sparring points (3 for head shots, 2 for spin kicks to body and 1 for kick or punch to body) except players are not stopped after scoring a point. They spar continuously with the judges capturing their points continuously. 2 rounds of 1 minute and 30 seconds. If there is a tie, a tie breaker round 3 will ensue.

Tag Team Sparring – Same as point sparring points (3 for head shots, 2 for spin kicks to body and 1 for kick or punch to body). Point Sparring rules apply: “Break” for point calling, etc. Teams are 3 members, may be mixed gender but all must be in same age bracket (12 and under, 13-17, 18 and above), all color belts, or all black belts and each player must enter the ring before time runs out. Time is 3 minutes, unless staging modifies teams (increase team size to 4 or 5) time of play will increase by 1 minute for each player added. Tied matches may be decided by warnings, or “Sudden Victory” next point wins.