Annex Seven:
The 15th 2018 World Martial Arts Cultural Competition
Competition Rules of Martial Arts Routines
I. Age Category:
(A) Children Level: 12 years old or below(Born after January 1st, 2006)
(B) Junior Level: 13 years old to 17 years old(Born on January 1st, 2001 to December 31st, 2005)
(C) Youth Level:18 years old to 35 years old (Born on January 1st, 1983 to December 31st, 2000)
(D) Senior Level:36 years old to 55 years old (Born on January 1st, 1963 to December 31st, 1982)
(E) Elderly Level:56 years old or above(Born before December 31st, 1962)
II. Competition Event :
Each athlete shall select three individual competitions at most and a demonstration event, among which must be “Chin Woo Traditional Routine”, otherwise, the athlete will be disqualified. (Note: Pair exercise item will be regarded as single item. It must note which two athletes are paired.). Each athlete can select one performance event or one group performance event (Each delegation can only select one group event).
(A) Children Level:
1. Items of Chin Woo Traditional Sports:
Chinese Boxing: Choose one of Leg Kicking (upper) or (lower), Power Boxing, Cross Battle, Block Boxing and War Boxing (upper) or (lower);
Weapons: Choose one of Eight Diagram Broadsword, Moon Knife, Tamo Sword, Emei Sword, Killing Sheep Cudgel, Dew Flower Cudgel, Five Tiger Spear,Dew Flower Spear;
Pair Exercise: Take Lower Leg Kicking (Upper).
2. Items of Traditional Martial Arts Sports:
Chinese Boxing: Choose one of traditional Chinese Boxing;
Weapons: Choose one of traditional weapons (single weapon, double weapon, soft weapon).
3. Items of Competition Sports of Martial Arts:
Chinese Boxing:Choose one of Long Boxing, Nan Boxing, Tai Chi Boxing of 24 style competition and Tai Chi Boxing of 42 style competition;
Weapons:Choose one of Broadsword Play, Swordsmanship, Spear play, Cudgel Play, Nan Knives, Nan Cudgels, Tai Chi Sword of 32 style competition and Tai Chi Sword of 42 style competition.
4. Items of demonstration events: Collective and individual routines are unlimited.
(B) Junior Level:
1. Items of Chin Woo Traditional Sports:
Chinese Boxing:Choose one of Power Boxing, War Boxing (upper) or (lower), Block Boxing, Huo’s Hand Boxing and Section Boxing;
Weapons:Choose one of Eight Diagram Broadsword, Snowflakes Knife, Tamo Sword, San Kwang Sword, Killing Sheep Cudgel, Special Cudgel, Liuhe Spear and Zhang’s Spear;
Pair Exercise:Choose one of Take Lower Leg Kicking (Upper), Match Set of Boxing, Single Knife Versus Spear.
2. Items of Traditional Martial Arts Sports:
Chinese Boxing:Choose one of every traditional Chinese Boxing;
Weapons: Choose one of traditional weapons (single weapon, double weapon, soft weapon).
3. Items of Competition Sports of Martial Arts:
Chinese Boxing:Choose one of Long Boxing, Nan Boxing, Tai Chi Boxing of 42 style competition;
Weapons: Choose one of Broadsword Play, Swordsmanship, Spear play, Cudgel Play, Nan Knives, Nan Cudgels, Tai Chi Sword of 42 style competition.
4. Items of demonstration events: Collective and individual routines are unlimited.
(C) Youth Level:
1. Items of Chin Woo Traditional Sports:
Chinese Boxing: Choose one of Section Boxing, Rebounding Boxing, Yang’s Hand, Mian Palm and Mizong Headgear Boxing;
Weapons: Choose one of Eight Diagram Broadsword, Dew Flower Knife , Moon Knife, San Kwang Sword , Emei Sword,Five Tiger Spear, Special Cudgel, Killing Sheep Cudgel, Golden Cudgel, Zhang’s Spear and Liuhe Spear;
Pair Exercise:Choose one of Match Set of Boxing, Single Knife Versus Double Spears, Cut Horse Broadsword Versus Spear.
2. Items of Traditional Martial Arts Sports:
Chinese Boxing:Choose one of every traditional Chinese Boxing, every traditional Tai Chi Boxing;
Weapons:Choose one of traditional weapons (single weapon, double weapon, soft weapon), Tai Chi Weapons, etc.
3. Items of Competition Sports of Martial Arts and Optional Items:
Chinese Boxing: Choose one of Long Boxing, Nan Boxing, Tai Chi Boxing of 42 style competition or Optional Boxing;
Weapons: Choose one of Broadsword Play, Swordsmanship, Spear play, Cudgel Play, Nan Knives, Nan Cudgels, Tai Chi Sword of 42 style competition.
4. Items of demonstration events: Collective and individual routines are unlimited.
(D) Senior Level:
1. Items of Chin Woo Traditional Sports:
Chinese Boxing: Choose one of Power Boxing, War Boxing (lower), Mian Palm, Rebounding Boxing, Liujiaoshi;
Weapons: Choose one of Eight Diagram Broadsword, Tiger-headed double hook, Tamo Sword, San Kwang Sword,Killing Sheep Cudgel, Dew Flower Cudgel, Special Cudgel, Zhang’s Spear and Five Tiger Spear;
Pair Exercise: Choose one of Chassis Hammer, Double Knives Versus Spear, Three Section Cudgel Versus Spear.
2. Items of Traditional Martial Arts Sports:
Chinese Boxing:Choose one of every traditional Chinese Boxing, every traditional Tai Chi Boxing;
Weapons:Choose one of traditional weapons (single weapon, double weapon, soft weapon), Tai Chi Weapons, etc.
3. Items of Competition Sports of Martial Arts:
Chinese Boxing: Choose one of Long Boxing, Nan Boxing, Tai Chi Boxing of 42 style competition;
Weapons: Choose one of Broadsword Play, Swordsmanship, Spear play, Cudgel Play, Nan Knives, Nan Cudgels, Tai Chi Sword of 42 style competition.
4. Items of demonstration events: Collective and individual routines are unlimited.
(E) Elderly Level:
1. Items of Chin Woo Traditional Sports:
Chinese Boxing: Choose one of Lower Leg Kicking (Upper), Power Boxing, Short War Boxing, Cross Battle, War Boxing (Lower);
Weapons: Choose one of Eight Diagram Broadsword, Moon Knife, Tamo Sword, Emei Sword, Killing Sheep Cudgel, Dew Flower Cudgel, Zhang’s Spear, Five Tiger Spear, Dew Flower Spear;
Pair Exercise: Choose one of Take Lower Leg Kicking (upper), 108 Hands, Double Knives Versus Spear.
2. Items of Traditional Martial Arts Sports:
Chinese Boxing: Choose one of every traditional Chinese Boxing, every traditional Tai Chi Boxing
Weapons:Choose one of traditional weapons (single weapon, double weapon, soft weapon), Tai Chi Weapons, etc.
3. Items of Competition Sports of Martial Arts:
Chinese Boxing:Choose one of Long Boxing, Nan Boxing, Tai Chi Boxing of 42 style competition.
Weapons: Choose one of Broadsword Play, Swordsmanship, Spear play, Cudgel Play, Nan Knives, Nan Cudgels, Tai Chi Sword of 42 style competition.
4. Items of demonstration events: Collective and individual routines are unlimited.
III. Participation Measures
1. Each group may submit 1-3 teams, including one leader, 1-2 trainers, and 12 athletes (regardless of gender and group);
2. The Secretariat of the World Chin Woo Federation shall invite referees based on the needs.
IV. Method of Competition:
1. Competition Character:The tournament only scores personal achievement without team total score.
2. Competition Rules:We adopt Chin Woo Competition Rules of International Martial Arts and Competition Measures of Traditional Martial Arts(2006 Edition).
3.Team Event:6-12 people freedom from form, content and music(accompanying music must have no lyrics). The main content of team event is Martial Arts Techniques to set off technical style of Martial Arts by contrast.
V. Competition Time
1. The routine time of every single exercise event, pair exercise event and personal demonstration event is 40 seconds to 4 minutes (Tai Chi event is within 4 minutes, other events are 40 seconds to 2 minutes). The head of referee will whistle for the one minute left of Tai Chi events.
2. The routine time of team event shall not be more than 4 minutes.
3. Regulations of the deficiency of time and beyond the time. If the athlete does not reach 2 seconds, he will have 0.1 point deducted, if 4 seconds, 0.2 points deducted, if more than 4 seconds, 0.3 points deducted at most; If the athlete exceed 5 seconds, he will have 0.1 point deducted, if 10 seconds, 0.2 points deducted, if more than 10 seconds, 0.3 points deducted at most. (Note: Cross Battle needs drills for two times).
VI. Clothing and Weapons:
1. Clothing: The athletes who will participate in Chin Woo Traditional Items must wear traditional Chin Woo cloth (interlocks), (fabric, color and style are unlimited), soft shoes; the athletes who will participate in other events are required to wear martial arts cloth (fabric, color and style are not regulated). But clothing on the stage must be tidy (Button unbuckled will make score deducted).
2. Weapons:The athletes who will participate in Chin Woo traditional events must use hard weapons.
3. Participants shall bring their own clothes and weapons.
VII. Rank:
1. Individual Event:We will enroll top eight according to items、age、gender、routine(Subject to the name of routine, more than 3 people can be independently projected for the same routine, the organizer has the right to combine the group if the number of participation is less than 3 people),if the total number is less than eight, each category shall enroll the total-number-minus-one people.
2. Pair-exercise Event:We will enroll top eight according to items, age and group. If the total number is less than eight, each category shall enroll the total-number-minus-one people.
3. Individual and Pair-exercise Event:Top three of individual event and pair-exercise event will be awarded with gold medal, silver medal, bronze medal and certificates, No.4 to No.8 will be awarded with certificates.
4. Individual Performance Event:We will set up 30% first prize, 30% second prize, 40% third prize regardless of gender, group according to the number of participation. Top three will be awarded with medals and certificates.
5. Group Performance Event:We will set up 30% first prize, 30% second prize, 40% third prize. They will be awarded with group trophy, personal medals and certificates.
VIII. The unaccomplished matters shall be followed by further notice.
Competition Group of the 2018 World Martial Arts Cultural Competition
September 20, 2017