12th
World Cup International Martial Arts Championship
Fighting Rules
Chapter
1. General
information
SECTION
1.The international
martial arts competition consists barehanded duel fight competition
and demonstrations contest. All
contestants should fellow the competition rules.
SECTION
2. The
individual top level
demonstration contest and group demonstrations contest include the
following three
categories:
(1) Fist techniques:
Regular style,
traditional style, internal style, etc.
(2) Weapons: All
kinds of long and short weapons.
(3)
Special skills: Qi- gong, Qing - gong and special abilities.
(All weapons and tools must be approved by the committee)
SECTION
3.
All contestants should
have skillful fist techniques and special ability of martial arts.
SECTION
4.
Any
contestants participates in the barehanded duel fight competition or individual
top level and group
demonstrations
competition should be evaluated by the committee and hold the certificate
of admittance to
participate in the competition.
*
The
evaluation of
eligibility
to join the barehanded contest
should be in accordance
with Section
16 of
this
contest rules.
Chapter 2.
Court
and Equipment
SECTION
5.
Courts
1.Barehanded duel fight contest
court:
(1)
Court for the barehanded duel fight contest is a 10 -12m square floor,
even with slightly
elastic properties.
(2)
Double lines are marked around the court. The space inside the inner line is for
the contest. The outer line is to prevent the audience from entering the contest
court.
2.Demonstration Court:
Same as above.
SECTION 6.
Equipment
1.Uniform:
All
competitors
prepare
their
own
competition
uniforms. No restriction
on the color of the uniform.
2.The committee will provide the contestants with belts.
3.Use only the contest safety equipment provided by the committee.
Chapter
3. Contest
staff responsibilities
SECTION 7.
The contest has
one general chief judge and one general vice chief judge
1.Explain
the contest rules and questions.
2.Assign Judges’ duties.
3.Check the results of competitions.
4.Announce the winners.
5.
General Vice Chief Judge assumes
the responsibilities when General Chief Judge is absent.
SECTION 8.
Executive Chief Judges
1.In charge of contest.
2. Enforce the contest rules.
3. Announce the winner of each contest.
SECTION
9.
Scoring Judges
1.Determine the match scores.
2. Record match faults and deduct scores.
SECTION
10.
Examination Staffs
1.Measure
weights, check equipment, call names and lead match team into off the court.
2.Deliver the competitor
group lists.
SECTION 11.
Recorders
1.Record and compute the match
scores, present the results to the head Judge for signature and then send to
the reporters for announcement.
2.File the documents of all the competitors.
SECTION
12.
Time Keepers and Reporters
1.Time keepers should inform the
reporters three minutes before the match to announce the preparation for the
competition.
2. Keep
records for match, break and interruption times. 3.Give signals for starting and
ending of a contest and announce
the winning team and
winners.
SECTION
13. Arbitrary
and Judgment Committee
1.There
are one Arbitrary Chief Judge, one Arbitrary Vice Chief Judge, and several
Arbitrary Judge staffs
:
(1)
Explain demonstration contest rules, solve
conflicts, check the results of competitions and announce the winners
(2)
Arbitrary Vice Chief Judge assumes responsibility when Arbitrary Chief Judge is
absent.
2.
Arbitrary Judge Staffs:
(1)
Evaluate the demonstrations contest scores.
(2)
Evaluate the special honorable awards.
SECTION 14.
Administrators of the Court
1.One Chief Administrator,
several administrators and cashiers.
2.Maintain the safety and order.
3.Manage all affairs of the
contests.
4.Ticket
management.
SECTION
15.
Medical Staff
1. First aids.
2. Health care for all
participants.
3. Determine whether a
competitor can continue contest.
4. Examine competitor’s health
if necessary.
Chapter 4.
Barehanded
Duel Fight Contests
SECTION
16.
Classification
★MEN
DIVIDED INTO FIVE CLASSES:
CLASS 1.
( Light
weight
): Under 120 lb. ( under
54 kg )
CLASS 2.
(Middle
weight): 120 - 140 lb. ( 54 - 63 kg )
CLASS 3. (Super middle
weight): 140 - 160 lb. (64 - 73 kg )
CLASS 4.
(Heavy
weight ): 160 - 180 lb. ( 74 - 82 kg )
CLASS 5. (Super heavy
weight): Above 180 lb. ( above 82 kg )
★WOMEN
DIVIDED INTO FIVE CLASSES:
CLASS 1. ( Light weight
): Under 110 lb. ( under 50 kg )
CLASS 2.
(Middle weight): 110 -
130 lb. ( 50 - 59 kg )
CLASS 3.
(Super middle weight):
130 - 150 lb. (60 - 67 kg )
CLASS 4. (Heavy weight):
150 - 170 lb. (68 - 77 kg )
CLASS 5. ( Super heavy
weight ): Above 170 lb. ( above 77 kg )
◎Children
and youth Category:
Children group (age under 12 ). Youth Group (age between 13 -17 ).
◎
Degree Group Duel Fight
Competition: 1 -4th
Degree. over 5th Degree
SECTION 17.
SCORES
1. STRIKING THE HEAD PORTION:
(1) Striking the head
(except the restricted area)
one time or striking down
the competitor gains one point.
(2)
Hit and injure the
competitor’s head or face bleeding deduct 2 points.
2.
STRIKING THE PORTION BELOW THE
NECK:
(1) Punching or
kicking any portion below the neck
(except the restricted
area)
gains one point.
(2)
Striking
or kicking down the competitor
(includes one hand or one knee touched the ground) gains three points.
(3)Tripping down the competitor gains one point. Tripping the competitor out of
the contest court gains three
points. No score if both
fall down. Warning will be given by Judge for violent fighting.
(4) Forcing the competitor out of the court gains one point. No score for
pushing the competitor out of the court with two
hands or if both are outside the
court.
3. WINNER:
(1)
In
a match, the one who strikes down the opponent three times (except striking the
opponent
three times (except
striking the head portion) wins.
(2) In
a match, the one who pins the opponent wins
the match
if the opponent cannot escape within five seconds or the opponent gives a signal
as loser.
(3) In a
match, the one who raises the
opponent over his shoulders wins the match.
(4) In a match, the one who
heavily strikes the
opponent down to the ground or outside of the court wins the match if the
opponent
can not continue the contest in
ten seconds.( if the
opponent return to the contest within nine seconds the attacker wins one
striking point ).
(5) In one contest , the one who wins more points in three match wins the
contest. If both sides win the same amount of points, the winner will be
determined based upon the
following criteria:
a.The one who has the least faults wins the contest.
b.The one who has more technical attacks wins the contest.
c.The one who has higher spirit and better Kung-Fu skill wins the contest.
SECTION
18.
FAULTS AND RESTRICTIONS
1.Prohibited
attacking portions of body :
1)
Eyes
2)
Throat
3)
Groin area
4)
Back head.
2.
Points deduction:
(1 ) Deduct
three points for the first fault.
(Serious
fault may result in the cancellation
of the contestant’s right
to continue participating ).
(2) Cancel the right of contest for the second violation. In intentional injury
against
the competitor, the
violator will be
responsible for the illegal attack and medical expenses.
3.Other violations:
(1) Against the
Judge.
(2) Attacking before the fighting signal is given by the Judge.
(3)
Continuing to fight
when the stop fighting signal is given by the Judge.
(4)
Continuing to fight when the
opponent is on the ground
(considered as an
intentional injury ).
(5) Continuing to fight when
the opponent is out of the court.
4.Punishments:
(1) Warning for the first
violation( except
(4) and (5) in 3 above ).
(2) Deduct two
point for the second violation(except
(4) and (5) in 3 above).
(3) Fails the match for the third violation.
(4)
Deduct
three points for the first violation of items (4) and (5) in 3; and fails the
match for the second time violation.
SECTION 19.
TIME AND RULES OF CONTEST
1.
Two minutes for each
match(one minute
for each match for children).
2.
One minute break between
matches.
3.
Winning of two matches win the
contest
(need to finish three matches).
CHAPTER
5.
Rules of Interruption for Injury
SECTION
20.
INTERRUPTION FOR INJURY
1.The executive Judge calls for
an interruption when a competitor is injured. During the interruption
the competitor is not allowed to talk to others.
2.The time of interruption should be deducted from the total amount of contest
time.
3.Doctor’s permission is
required for an injured person to continue the contest. He will be dismissed
from the contest if the interruption exceeds five minutes.
CHAPTER 6.
Rules of Scoring and Judging
SECTION
21.
POINTS
1.
In each match the four scoring judge are divided
into two groups-red and blue, to judge the score independently
and to record faults.
2.The
two groups of red and blue scoring judges stand at the diagonal corners of the
court.
3. The notification of point
deduction due to a fault by red
(blue) group will be made
by the Executive Judge with hand signal to the red
(blue) group of scoring
judges for record. In each match, the sum of points gained and deducted divided
by two is the actual
earned points of the red
(blue)
group. The scoring
judges report
their score records to the Chief
Judge for determining and announcing the winner of each match.
SECTION
22.
THE WINNERS
1.The one who wins two matches
out of three matches wins the contest. At the end of each contest, the Chief
Judge announces the winner and then the Executive Judge raises the winner’s arm
to show the winner of
the contest.
2. If in three matches both
sides are tied, then the Chief Judge will call a meeting with the Executive
Judges and Scoring Judges to determine the
winner based on the rules of Section
17.3.(5). Neither side can raise objections. If the winner cannot be
determined by the rules then the contest will be extended to one additional
match.
CHAPTER
7.Scoring
demonstrations competition
SECTION
23.
TIME OF DEMONSTRATION
1.Individual show: Limited to
three minutes
(except special event ).
2.Grope show: Limited to ten
minutes
(except special event ).
SECTION
24.
JUDGING STANDARD
1.Spirit and behavior:15
points.
2. Uniform and Ceremony: 15
points.
3. Kung-Fu skill: 70 points (
hand, eye, body, method, steps, style, and regulation Qi movement each 10
points.)
4. Total score is 100
points.
CHAPTER
8.
Complaints
SECTION
25.
PROCEDURES OF COMPLAINTS
1.
Complaint of participant’s qualification should be
directed to the Arbitrary Committee in writing with signature.
The Arbitrary Committee’s
decision is final.
2.Dispute
in barehanded contest or
demonstration
contest
will
be
resolved
by the
Arbitrary
Chief
Judge’s
decision.
3.All other complaints can be
made by oral statements:
however,
a written statement
should be presented to the
committee in 30 minutes. Otherwise, the complaint is not valid.
4.
Those who do not follow the
complaint procedure and disturb the
order of the contest will be dismissed and lose their right of contest.
SECTION
26.
THESE RULES WILL BE IN EFFECT UPON APPROVAL BY THE
CORRESPONDING
GOVERNMENT AGENCIES.
