UNDER CONSTRUCTION — Official rules are being finalized and will be posted here soon.

Rules

Official competition rules for every event on the 518 Martial Arts circuit.
Find your event below to see where it’s offered and how it’s judged.

Jump to: Open Forms Traditional Forms Creative Forms Korean Forms Japanese Kata Open Weapons Traditional Weapons Creative Weapons Japanese Traditional Weapons Point Sparring Creative Breaking Power Roundhouse Kick Breaking Team Synchronized Forms & Weapons

Open Forms

Winter Cup; Capital District Open; Hudson Valley Regionals; Golden Eagle Challenge

[Rules paragraph — divisions, time limits, judging criteria, scoring and tie-break procedure.]

Competitor in a low stance performing an open form
Traditional Forms

Traditional Forms

North East Open

[Rules paragraph — what qualifies as a traditional form, time limits, judging criteria, scoring.]

Creative Forms

North East Open

[Rules paragraph — music, acrobatics allowed, time limits, judging criteria, scoring.]

Creative Forms
Competitor performing a high kick in a Korean form

Korean Forms

Capital District Traditional Tournament

[Rules paragraph — eligible forms, uniform requirements, judging and scoring.]

Japanese Kata

Capital District Traditional Tournament

[Rules paragraph — eligible kata, uniform requirements, judging and scoring.]

Japanese Kata
Open Weapons

Open Weapons

Winter Cup; Capital District Open; Hudson Valley Regionals; Capital District Traditional Tournament

[Rules paragraph — allowed weapons, safety inspection, dropped-weapon policy, judging criteria.]

Traditional Weapons

North East Open

[Rules paragraph — what qualifies as a traditional weapon, safety inspection, dropped-weapon policy, judging criteria.]

Traditional Weapons
Creative Weapons

Creative Weapons

North East Open

[Rules paragraph — allowed weapons and modifications, music, safety inspection, judging criteria.]

Japanese Traditional Weapons

Capital District Traditional Tournament

[Rules paragraph — traditional weapons permitted, kata requirements, judging criteria.]

Japanese Traditional Weapons
Two competitors point sparring, one landing a kick

Point Sparring

Capital District Open; Hudson Valley Regionals; North East Open; Capital District Traditional Tournament

[Rules paragraph — required safety gear, legal targets and techniques, point values, match length, penalties.]

Creative Breaking

Winter Cup; Capital District Open; Hudson Valley Regionals; North East Open; Capital District Traditional Tournament

[Rules paragraph — board types and count, holders, time limit, re-attempts, scoring.]

Young competitor breaking a board with a side kick
Competitor breaking a stack of boards with a roundhouse kick

Power Roundhouse Kick Breaking

North East Open

[Rules paragraph — board specs, holder setup, attempts allowed, how winners are determined.]

Team Synchronized Forms & Weapons

North East Open

[Rules paragraph — team size, divisions, time limits, synchronization and judging criteria.]

Two competitors performing a synchronized kata