legal scoring areas

1. Front and Side of Head

2. Torso - Front and Side

3. Feet - Only for Sweeping the Front Leg

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awarding points

Points shall be awarded when legal techniques are executed with accuracy and power to the legal scoring areas of the body.

1. All techniques must be well controlled. Techniques should not "strike through" or "carry through" the opponent. 

Striking with excessive contact, or uncontrolled striking of any kind will lead to disqualification. 

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2. Clean and controlled scoring strikes, effective combination striking, effectiveness of fighter's defense, variation of strikes used during the match will gain positive impression points from the judges.

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3. Each legal scoring technique executed will earn +1 point

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4. Match Score for each contestant will be the sum of points totaled at the end of three rounds

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5. Victory will be given to the contestant that has the greater sum of points

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Negative Judges Criteria

 Consistent rules violation, cautions made by referee, focus on overpowering opponent rather than demonstration of superior skill, lack of combination striking, lack of variation in types of strikes will lead to negative impression points from the judges. Athletes who consistently demonstrate negative sparring etiquette can receive a zero in impression points and depending on the severity of his/her violations, he/she may have points deducted as a result of his/her violations.

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illegal techniques & penalties

warning & penalties

Referee will declare caution, warning and deduction penalties on all illegal techniques and actions. Competitors who perform any of the following illegal techniques and movements during the matches will receive a caution or a warning depending on the severity.  A competitor does not have to be cautioned in order to receive an official warning. 

A deduction of -1 points shall be made for every warning. If a competitor receives 3 warnings in a round, he/she is automatically loses the round and the round is awarded to the opponent. 

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Difference Between Caution & Warning

A "Caution" may be issued without stopping the action of the fight

A "Warning" is issued by stopping the action of the fight. 

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Illegal Techniques

1. Attacking the throat, kidneys, back, legs, joints, groin, and the back of the head or neck.

2. Attack using the knee, elbow, knife-hand, head-butts, thumb, shoulder or a spinning hand strike is not allowed.

3. Intentional overuse of strength to overpower opponent through strength and not technique

4. Clinching without reason - the act of holding on to the opponents hands, arms etc.

5. Turning one's back to the opponent, running away, falling down intentionally, intentional clinching, blind techniques, wrestling or ducking below the opponent's waist.

6. Intentionally leaving the ring without permission

8. Falsely feigning injury

9. Continuing to fight after the command of "stop" or "break" or after the end of the round

10. Oil on the face or the body

11. Striking below the belt, hooking or tripping

12. Any intentional attack on the groin area

13. Head Butting, strangling or shoving is not allowed

14. Hitting with the open part of the gloves or with the wrist is not permitted.

15. Lying down, wrestling or inactivity

16. Attacking the opponent while he is falling down, fallen, or trying to get up is prohibited

17. Hitting while hooking the opponent or pulling the opponent into the strike

18. Falling down intentionally to avoid a blow

19. "Spoiling." Intentionally avoiding the opponent by moving around the ring or clinching opponent in order to cut down on round time.

20. Refusing to withdraw after the order "Break"

21. Attempting to land a blow on the opponent immediately after a "break" order and withdrawing afterwards

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disqualification

1. Heavy impact force

2. Bleeding that results from an illegal strike (If a competitor causes opponent to bleed unintentionally using a legal technique, then a warning shall be given)

3. Unsportsmanlike conduct by the competitor, coach or parent

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Referees

The referee has power to:

1. Stop the fight at any moment if he finds it to be too one-sided. The match will then be awarded to the superior competitor

2. Stop the fight at any moment if one of the fighters has received an unauthorized blow or is wounded, or if he/she considers the competitor unable to continue

3. Stop a fight at any moment if he finds unsportsmanlike behavior among the competitors. In such a case, he can disqualify one fighter.

4. Caution a competitor,  stop the round to give out a warning and deduct a point depending on the severity of the violation

5. Disqualify a coach or a second who has broken the regulations, or the competitor if the coach or the second fails to obey the referee's orders

6. Disqualify an athlete with or without warning a competitor who has committed an offence 

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Judges

Judges have power to:

1. Add or deduct impression points

2. Determine the winner of the fight through impression points as well as scoring technique points

determining the winner

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At the end of each round, the winner of the round is determined by the decision of the majority of the judges. The winner of two out of three rounds wins the match. 

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In case of a tie

For Juniors, Teens & Adult categories, there will be a 60 second Sudden-Death to determine the winner. If there is still a tie after the Sudden-Death round, the winner will be determined by the Chief Judge.

For the Kids category, the first to score will win the match