SPARRING RULES & REGULATIONS
- 3 MINUTE ROUND
- 7 POINTS WINS
- IN CASE OF 3 MIN. RD. OVER AND NO ONE HAS 7 PTS. WHOEVER HAS MOST POINTS WINS
- IN CASE OF TIE AFTER 3 MIN ROUND, SUDDEN DEATH MATCH- 1ST POINT WINS
- ANY HAND TECHNIQUE TO THE BODY AND HEAD IS 1 POINT
- KICKS TO THE BODY IS 1 POINT, BUT KICKS TO THE HEAD IS 2 POINTS
- ANY KICK OR SWEEPS TO THE LEGS MUST BE IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWED UP BY A KICK OR PUNCH ABOVE THE BELT OR ELSE COMPETITOR WILL RECEIVE A WARNING
- AFTER 2 WARNINGS OF ANY UNJUST CONTACT COMPETITOR WILL RECEIVE MINUS 1 POINT
- AFTER 3 WARNINGS OF ANY UNJUST CONTACT COMPETITOR’S OPPENENT WILL RECEIVE PLUS ONE POINT
- AFTER 4 WARNINGS OF ANY UNJUST CONTACT COMPETITOR WILL BE DISQUALIFIED
- ANY COMPETITOR THAT COMES OUT OF THE RING WITH NO CONTACT (STEPS OUT OR RUNS OUT OF THE MATS) WILL RECEIVE A WARNING
- AFTER 3 WARNINGS OF COMING OUT OF THE RING WITH NO CONTACT COMPETITOR WILL BE DEDUCTED 1 POINT
- AFTER 4 WARNINGS OF COMING OUT OF THE RING WITH NO CONTACT COMPETITOR’S OPPENENT WILL BE AWARDED 1 POINT
- AFTER 5 WARNINGS OF COMING OUT OF THE RING WITH NO CONTACT COMPETITOR WILL BE DISQUALIFIED
- ONLY 12 YR. OLDS & OLDER AND ALL BLACK BELT DIVISIONS ARE ALLOWED HEAD CONTACT
- 11 YR. OLDS AND UNDER ARE ALLOWED CONTROL CONTACT TO THE HEAD (PLEASE HAVE ALL SENSEI’S BE PRESENT AT THE BLACK BELT MEETING TO GO OVER THIS RULE)
- ANY CONTACT TO THE HEAD FOR 13 YR. OLDS AND UNDER WILL RECEIVE A WARNING, 2ND KIND OF CONTACT TO THE HEAD WILL RESULT IN COMPETITOR LOSING 1 POINT, AND 3RD KIND OF CONTACT TO THE HEAD WILL RESULT IN IMMEDIATE DISQUALIFICATION