Tournaments

      Barbados Inter-School Martial Arts Association

5^th Annual National and Invitational Open Championship

General Information

Tournament Dates: SATURDAY,NOVEMBER 24TH 2007

                                SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 25^TH 2007

Venue:                     Barbados Community College Gymnasium

                                 The ‘Erie’, Howells X Road, The Ivy, St Michael

Starting Time: Saturday 24^th 5:00PM SHARP

                          Sunday 25^th 9:00AM SHARP

Spectator fee:          Adults $10.00 Bds.     Children under 12 accompanied by parents - $5.00 Bds. DAILY

Competitor fee: $10.U.S. Registration and $10.U.S. per event

WTF Tae Kwon Do ($20.U.S)

Late penalty: $10.per competitor late penalty fee apply after deadline date

Contested Events: Push up competition, Sit up competition, Open Hand Forms, Weapons Forms, Grappling, Continuous Point sparring, Teams Open Hand Forms, Team Weapons Forms,3 Man/Woman team point sparring Tae kwon do (WTF rules),

Prizes will be awarded from 1^st -3^rd place in all divisions immediately after the event.

OFFICIAL LANGUAGE OF COMPETITION:

English

HOTEL ACCOMMODATIONS:

visit www.barbados.org

MONIES:

Rate of Exchange

$1.98 Bds to $1 US

Barbados Airport Departure Tax - $12.5 US

VIDEO PASS:

Camera must be brought to registration booth to have passed attached. Fee is $25. U.S.

AWARDS:

Beautifully designed Medals and Trophies,

Euro cups

TRANSPORTATION:

Local transportation is government regulated. Groups’ transportation can be arranged through our tournament body. Please note that we need three weeks advance notice and all contracts for transportation is made between teams and carriers.

INTERNATIONAL/REGIONAL TEAMS:

Please supply the following information so we can make your trip as comfortable as possible.

a. Date of Arrival & Departure Times

b. Airline & Flight #

c. No. of persons in group

d. Contact person and contact info.

Email/ Phone/ Mail etc.

Eats and Drinks will be on sale!

CONTACT:

For further information please contact Tournament Director Master, Ronald Philip, Mc Cleans Gap, Brittons Hill, St Michael, Barbados.W.I. Tel: (246) 228 0697/(246 822 6583                                                  Email: Bisma__association@hotmail.com

BISMAA OPEN ‘NATIONAL’ & ‘INVITATIONAL’CHAMPIONSHIP

REGISTRATION FORM



Name:________________________________ Birth date:____________Sex: M__F___

Address:________________________________________________________________

Phone:_______________Email:_____________________________________________

School:________________________________________Coach:___________________

Rank: ______________________ Age:________ Weight______________

EVENT

CHECK

OPEN COMP $20

OLYMPIC TKD $20

DIVISION#

NOTE

GRAPPLING

FORMS

WEAPONS

POINT SPARRING

TEAM FORMS

TEAM WEAPONS

TEAM SPARRING

TAEKWONDO

TOTAL

I,…………………………………………………………………………….. Hereby submit my son/daughters' application for Inter-School Martial Arts tournament. We hereby acknowledge that there are possible risks of bodily injury involved in competing in the tournament. If he/she does get injured, we also understand that medical treatment will be of first aid only. I also state that he/she is of healthy body and mind and hereby waive and release all claims, causes of actions, losses, damages, cost, expenses (including but not limited to attorney's fees) either known or unknown, now existing or arising in the future, that we may have of whatever nature against the tournament or its promoters, sponsors or any one related with the organizing of this championship. Furthermore, I hereby waive any compensation whatsoever for the use of pictures or video production, etc., utilized by those associated with this tournament for any profit making motives, now or in the future. I agree that I am entirely responsible for obtaining permission from the artist(s) for any music I may use for my performances in the competition and verify by signing I have done such. I agree that this permission indemnifies all of the above named parties from any liability or compensation for use of such music and permits the above named parties to use such music in any recorded performances of myself for profit making motives, now or in the future.

Parent’s Signature: ……………………………………..              Child's Signature:………………………

RULES AND CODE OF CONDUCT

B.I.S.M.A.A. RESERVES THE RIGHT TO EXPEL FROM THE COMPETITION OR THE PREMISISE ALL AND ANY PERSONS FAILING TO ADHERE TO THE PRESCRIBE RULES AND CODE OF CONDUCT.

1.                  Required equipment

Item

Point Sparring

Continuous sparring

Grappling

Head protector:

Required

Required

Optional

Mouth piece:

Required

Required

Required

Sparring gloves:

Required

Required

Boots:

Optional

Required

Groin cups:

Required

Required

Chest guards          Required (juniors)   Required (juniors)

Lack of equipment – A player entering the ring without the proper equipment will be given 2 minutes to obtain proper safety equipment, failing which he will be disqualified. Strict rule in effect!

2.                  Personal presentation

a.   Fingernails and toenails: neatly clipped for all contact events

b.      Attire: Uniforms are optional but preferred. Attire must be clean and neat, with no dangerous attachments or obscenities

3.                  Availability

No late entries will be allowed when a division is declared closed and/or charting has started. Is a player is competing on one event (e.g. sparring) when called to another event (e.g. grappling), the Centre Referee will hold the division for up to 5 minutes. However, if a player is competing in one division when called for another division in the same event, he must report to perform within 2 minutes after being called or he will be disqualified.

4.                  Rules Arbitration

The Rules Arbitrator will make final decisions on all competition rules issues.

Procedure to lodge protest:

i.                     Ask Centre Referee for Arbitration

ii.                   Pay the arbitration fee to the Rules Arbitrator ($25)

iii.                  Remain in the ring – only the players, their coaches, referees may be in the ring

iv.                 Briefly explain your protest when called upon to do so/provide visual evidence

v.                   Abide by the ruling

vi.                 If protester wins, arbitration fee is refunded

COMPETITION RULES

A.                 Point Sparring

NUMBER OF

REFEREES

3 or 5 (Center Referee and two or four corner judges)

SEQUENCING

Luck of the draw; bye system will be used where necessary. In the first round only, players from the same school will not be paired against each other, to the extent possible. At the Centre Referee’s discretion, matches may also be paired by height.

TIME LIMIT

2 minutes running time

TIME OUTS

Player or coach can call one time out per match for up to 10 seconds when play is already stopped.

STOPPING THE

CLOCK

For player time out, equipment adjustment or medical conference

COACHING

One registered coach may coach a player from the coaches corner. Coach may enter ring only with Centre Referee’s permission on medical conference or arbitration.

SCORING AREAS

No face contact. Score to head, chest, ribs, abdomen, kidneys

CONTACT

Light contact to all junior point fighting categories. Light contact (i.e. just a touch) to head; light or moderate contact (penetration but no blood) to body for adults and same rule for continuous point sparring.

TECHNIQUES

Kick, punch, back fist, ridge hand, sweeps to the back or side of the lower front leg, spins, aerials; leg throws

SCORING

1 pt for hand and kicking techniques;

PENALTIES

Awarded for hitting after call to stop; coach entering ring; excessive force; malicious illegal technique; running out of bounds

POINT AND

PENALTY

A point can be given to one player and a penalty to the other player on one call, thus giving 2 scores to a single player when the score is called at the break

POINTS TO WIN

The player with the most points when time is called, or the first player to reach or 5 pts wins the bout

OUT OF BOUNDS

When neither foot is inside or touching the edge of the ring

JUDGING ERROR

A judge making an admitted error may change the error before the play resumes

TIES

Result in sudden death overtime

INJURY

Doctor may allow up to 5 mins for recovery counting from doctor’s arrival. Centre Referee or the Doctor may prohibit a player from continuing. If a player is not allowed to continue due to injury inflicted by his opponent, the opponent is disqualified and the injured player is declared the winner; if the injured player cannot continue in the next round he is entered as the loser. However, if a player bows out due to injury (i.e. doctor says he can continue, but he chooses not to) then he is declared the loser.

B.        Continuous sparring

# OF JUDGES/

REFEREES

2 Judges or kick/punch counters and 1 Center Referee/

Referee may end match in his discretion after giving a player an 8 count; Referee may disqualify a player with or without consulting the judges

SEQUENCING ……

Matches will be by preset bouts

TIME LIMIT ……….

Three 2-minute rounds with a 1 minute rest between rounds

TECHNIQUES …….

Kick; punch; no sweeping, no holding, no throwing

PENALTIES ………..

Awarded by the Referee

·         1 pt awarded for coach entering ring; malicious illegal technique; running out of bounds; hitting after call to stop

·         Warning: use of improper technique (e.g. slapping)

·         Disqualification: automatic on second warning offence; wild play; pinching; biting, poor sportsmanship

POINTS TO WIN ….

The player with the most points at the end of the bout

SCORING

Most point scored system will be used. Recorder tallies total points for each player and adds penalties to give final score

C.              Grappling

Adults

Youth

Age

18+

17-

Time limit

3 min

2 min

Score to win

10 pts

10 pts

Hold to score

5 count

5 count

Starting position

Standing (age 16+)

Back to back (age 15-)

Submissions allowed

Yes (no small joint locks)

No

Scoring



Throw with control                  3 points

Pins (5 count)                         3 points

Rear mount                             3 points

Pass the guard & control        2 points

Reversal with control        2 points

Combination score           2 points

Submission [adults]          Wins

Standing start: If no take down occurs in the first minute, players will resume back to back.

Legal techniques: Controlled throw; kick to the leg as a feint; sweep

Illegal techniques: throwing straight back; body slam; hand strikes; kick as a dominant technique

D.        Forms

# OF JUDGES ……….

3 or 5 seated at one side of the ring

SEQUENCING……..

Luck of the draw

TIME LIMIT…………

5 minutes from entering ring or start of music, whichever is first

Going over time results in penalty of 0.05 points for every 10 seconds (or part) over time (unless resulting from delay in start of music)

RESTART ……………

Black belt – no score; Under belt – one restart allowed

SCORING ……………

Black belt: 8 – 10 (average 9)             Under belts: 7 – 8 (average 7.5)

OUT OF BOUNDS ….

When either foot is outside the ring; judges have option to penalize up to 0.05 points

SCORING ERROR ….

Error discovered before first player of next division may be corrected; players must exchange awards.

TIES …………………

First time: Tied players compete again with same or different form

Second time: Judges point to their choice on one call

Boys Grappling

(17 years and under)

#1            39.1 lbs & Under

#2            40.9 lbs - 49.9lbs

#3            50 lbs - 50.9 lbs

#4            60 lbs - 69.9 lbs

#5            70 lbs - 79.9 lbs

#6            80 lbs - 89.9 lbs

#7            90 lbs - 99.9 lbs

#8            100 lbs - 109.9 lbs

#9            110 lbs - 119.9 lbs

#10          120 lbs - 129.9 lbs

#11          130 lbs - 139.9 lbs

#12          140 lbs - 14.9 lbs

#13          150 lbs - 159.9lbs

#14          160 lbs & over

Girls Grappling

(17 years & under)

#15          39.1 lbs & Under

#16          49.9 lbs

#17          50 lbs - 50.9 lbs

#18          60 lbs - 69.9 lbs

#19          70 lbs - 79.9 lbs

#20          80 lbs - 89.9 lbs

#21          90 lbs - 99.9 lbs

#22          100 lbs - 109.9 lbs

#23          110 lbs - 119.9 lbs

#24          120 lbs - 129.9 lbs

#25          130 lbs - 139.9 lbs

#26          140 lbs - 14.9 lbs

#27          150 lbs - 159.9lbs

#28          160 lbs & over

18 + Adult Females

#29          B’weight 124.9 +-

#30          L’weight 125 - 134.9

#31          M’weight 135 - 149.9

#32          H’weight 145 - 154.9

#33            SH’weight 175 lbs +

18 + Adult Male

#34          F’weight 124.9 -

#35          Fe’weight125 - 134.9

#36          B’weight 135 - 144.9

#37          L’weight 145 - 154.9

#38          W’weight155 - 169.9

#40          M’weight170 - 184.9

#41          LH’weight185- 204.9

#42          H’weight 205 - 264.9

#43          SH’weight 265 +

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Point Sparring Divisions

Boys’ Sparring

(17 years and under)

#44          5 & - Open

#45          6 – 7 Novice

#46          6 – 7 Int

#47          6 – 7 Adv

#48          8 – 9 Nov

#49          8 – 9 Int

#50          8 – 9 Adv

#51          10 – 11 Nov

#52          10 – 11 Int

#53          10 – 11 Adv

#54          12 – 13 Nov

#55          12 – 13 Int

#56          12 – 13 Adv

#57          14 – 15 Nov

#57          14 – 15 Int

#57          14 – 15 Adv

#58          16 – 17 Nov

#59          16 – 17 Int

#60          16 – 17 Adv

Girls’ Sparring

(17 years & under)

#61          5 & - Open

#62          6 – 7 Novice

#63          6 – 7 Int

#64          6 – 7 Adv

#65          8 – 9 Nov

#66          8 – 9 Int

#67          8 – 9 Adv

#68          10 – 11 Nov

#69          10 – 11 Int

#70          10 – 11 Adv

#71          12 – 13 Nov

#72          12 – 13 Int

#73          12 – 13 Adv

#74          14 – 15 Nov

#75          14 – 15 Int

#76          14 – 15 Adv

#77          16 – 17 Nov

#78          16 – 17 Int

#79          16 – 17 Adv

18 + Adult Females

#80          Novice

#81          Int.

#82          Adv.

#83          Black Belt Open

18 + Adult Male

#84          Novice

#85          Int.

#86          Adv.

#87    Black Belt 150.9

#88    Black Belt 151 – 169.9

#89    Black Belt 170 – 189.9

#90    Black Belt 190+

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Continuous Sparring

Women

#91 Fly                    125.4-

#92 Feather             138.6-

#93 Light                 151.8-

#94 Light Mid.         162.8-

#95 Middle               173.8-

#96 Light Heavy      184.8-

#97 Heavy                202.2-

#98 S. Heavy           202.2+

Men

#99 Fly                    125.4-

#100 Feather           138.6-

#101 Light                               151.8-

#102 Light Middle   162.8-

#103Middle              173.8-

#104 Light Heavy    184.8-

#105 Heavy             202.2-

#106 S. Heavy         202.2+

Junior Girls

#107 Fly                 66-

#108 Feather           77-

#109 Light                               88-

#110 Light Mid        99-

#111 Middle             121-

#112 Light                               143-

#113 Heavy             165-

#114 S. Heavy         165+

Junior Boys

#115 Fly                 66-

#116 Feather           77-

#117 Light                               88-

#118 Light Mid        99-

#119 Middle             121-

#120 Light                               143-

#121 Heavy             165-

#122 S. Heavy         165+

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Empty Hand Forms

#123 under 6 OPEN

#124        6 -- 7 Nov.

#125        6 -- 7 Int.

#126        6 -- 7 Adv.

#127        7-- 8 Nov.

#128        7-- 8 Int.

#129        7-- 8 Adv

#130        8 – 9 Nov

#131        8 – 9 14Int

#132        8 – 9 Adv

#133         10 -11 Nov

#134         10 -11 Int.

#135         10 – 11 Adv

#135         12 – 13 Nov.

#136         12 -13 Int.

#137         12 – 13 Adv

#138         14 – 15 Nov

#139         14 – 15 Int.

#140         14 – 15 Adv.

#141        16-17 Nov

#142        16 -17 Int.

#143        16 -17 Adv.

#144        18 + Nov.

#145        18 + Int.

#146        18 + Adv.

#147        35 & over Open

#148        10 – BB

#149        11-14 BB

#150        15 - 17 BB

#151        18+ BB Women

#152        18+ BB Men

#153        35 & BB open

Weapon Forms

Under Black Belt

#154        10 + under Open

#155        11 – 14       Open

#156        15 – 17         Open

#157        18+             Open

#158        35 & over     Open

Black Belt

#159        13 & under Female

#160          13 & under Male

#161        14 - 17 Female

#162        18 + Male

#163        18 + Female

#164       35 & over Open