IUKF: Referee & Judges – Reference Sheet

[JaySal]

IUKF: Referee & Judges – Reference Sheet

The following is the IUKF reference guide that all officials should be looking for and using as a guide when ever you judge a tournament division.

Judging Kata, Weapons, & Two-Person Sets:

·Each Kata , Weapons, and Two-Person set forms are judged and evaluated on: execution, presentation, and difficulty of the techniques preformed.

·Execution: is the act or process of performing and executing the techniques relating to that form being displayed. The execution stage of the judging is the most critical and should carry the most weight in the officials final score.

·Elements of Execution: Balance, power, speed, stability, coordination, flexibility stamina, timing, technique & skill, and proper hand and leg techniques.

·Presentation: Is the image of the competitor as reflected un his / her performance of the form. The presentation stage is the second most important or critical and should be weighted accordingly in the officials final score.

·Elements of Presentation: Confidence,poise,determination,commitment,
imagery,respect,sportsmanship,realism,concentration,sprit,showmanship,
appearance, and imagination.

·Difficulty: The complexity and intricacy of the form. The difficulty category is the least critical of the three judging categories, however, this area could be the deciding factor on winning or losing in the officials eyes. If an official feels that two competitors are equally as good in the execution and presentation categories. The value of this area is increased.

·Elements of Difficulty: Complexity of the techniques, flexibility, balance, versatility of techniques, length of form.

·First three Competitors: The first three competitors will come up and perform their form. This will give the officials a representation of the division. They will perform, then sit down. After the third one has finished. Call each one back up one at a time, and give them their scores. From the fourth competitor on, each one is scored right away. The first three are used to form a base line to score all the rest.

·Pen & Paper: Its perfectly all right for any official to have a pen and paper in hand to write down all their scores, so they can keep an honest track of how they have scored the competitors. This way they can reference the paper when deciding what to score a competitor later on in the division.

·Judging Weapons: make sure the weapon is safe. Check the weapon. Example – Nunchucks , make sure the tie rope or chain is in good safe condition, that the two parts will not break off, and hit someone.

·Judging Weapons Criteria: Same as forms , but also look for the control the competitor has over the weapon. Does it look like the competitor controls the weapon, or does it look like the competitor is scared of the weapon, and not in total control.


Judging Fighting:


·All fighting divisions are judged and evaluated on: execution, presentation, and fighting techniques preformed

·Know and understand the rules. Only by knowing the rules well, can you make the “Split-Second” decisions that are required in point fighting.

·Make all call’s Quickly: Make all point call’s quickly and decisively in a very confident manner. You must be able to stand with conviction on each and every call you make.

·Call what you see: Only call a point for what you clearly see. NOT what you think you saw, or heard, or thought what took place. Only what you see..

·Stay Focused: Give each match your total attention… Do not look around the room when the match is going on… Do not get distracted, by anyone or anything.

·Stay out of the way: Stay out of the way of the fighters. Move around the ring so you can see what is taking place. But do not get in their way.

·Good Clean Point: Is a controlled legal sport karate technique scored by a player in-bounds, that strikes an opponent in a legal area, with focused and controlled power.

·Focused Control: No contact is allowed in any youth division. However, the technique must be focused and controlled to about 2-3 inches from
the target (head in some divisions) for the point.


·Split Second Decisions that must be made on every point call:
·Was the technique legal
·Was the technique a legitimate sport karate strike
·Was it focused to a legal target area
·Did it have the required focused control
·Was the competitor in bounds when they scored
·Was the match in process when the point was scored, or was it stopped.
·Was it a clash,, (Each competitor scoring at the same time)
·Was their any rule violations before or after the competitor scored.

Thank you.....

[Guest]

Jay,

Is this a finished product, or a work in progress? Just wondering.

Gene

[JaySal]

Hi Gene:

NOTHING !!! is ever etched in stone...

We are always trying to create a better mouse trap...
Always trying to make somthing better.

Everything is always a "Work in Process"...

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