Karate
COMPETITION SITE: Benton Convention Center, Winston-Salem
COMPETITION DATE: Saturday, June 16
SCHEDULE: On-site registration begins at 7:30 a.m. and will continue throughout the day prior to your competition. Competition begins at 9:30 a.m.
ENTRY FEE: $50
2012 HOST HOTELS: CLICK HERE
ENTRY DEADLINE: June 8th - All entries accepted after this date and on-site will be charged a $10 late fee
ON-SITE REGISTRATION: Available the day of the event with a $10 late fee. If you are registering on-site, visit www.ncsports.org for venue directions map.
ENTRY INSTRUCTIONS: Participants may register online using either VISA or MasterCard to receive a special discount
AWARDS: Top finishers will receive gold, silver and bronze medals.
RULES:
Sparring
• Black Belt divisions will use 5-point maximum, two minutes. Under Belt divisions will use 3-point system with sudden victory point in case of a tie at the end of a two-minute time period.
• Legal targets in all divisions are above the belt only. One point is awarded for every kind of technique. Dipped foam head, hand and foot protectors and mouth guards are mandatory in all divisions. Shin guards are recommended for everyone. Groin protectors are mandatory in all men’s divisions. No tape will be permitted on the striking surface of safety gear.
• Contact rules: In lower belt competition, points will be awarded for controlled (not fully extended) techniques to the face which come close enough to score (with adequate power and focus). Contact is not necessary to score a point. However, if light contact is adequately made, the attacker may still receive the point.
•NO FACE contact in children’s divisions. IMPORTANT NOTE: FACE CONTACT FOR ALL CHILDREN'S DIVISIONS AND UNDER BLACK BELT: THERE WILL ONLY BE TWO (2) WARNINGS DURING THIS ENTIRE EVENT! EXAMPLE: A COMPETITOR RECEIVES TWO (2) WARNINGS IN HIS/HER FIRST ROUND OF FIGHTING. REGARDLESS OF THE NEXT ROUNDS - IF AT ANY TIME THE COMPETITOR STRIKES TO THE FACE, HE/SHE IS DISQUALIFED. NO QUESTIONS ASKED. HITTING TO THE HELMET WITH CONTROL IS ALLOWED. If the contestant’s head is snapped back from the face blow, the contestant struck will be awarded a penalty point. Or if the center referee determines that there was too much force in the blow – regardless of the visual effect – he may award a penalty point or call for disqualification. Light to medium contact is permitted for body parts. In Black Belt competitions, light contact to the face is necessary for a point. Only slightly harder contact will be permitted in this division than in the lower belt divisions. If contact is excessive, penalty points and disqualification will be awarded. However, such a decision will be made by the center referee. Acting by the competitors will not be considered in the decision. We urge contestants not to pretend to be hurt simply to gain sympathy or to receive a penalty point, but to conduct themselves in such a way as to lead the spectators to believe that karate does develop a sense of toughness.
• Drawing blood is cause for immediate disqualification.
