World Union of Karate-Do Federations Rules of Karate Competition INDEX PART 1: WUKF COMPETITION RULES ................................................................................................. 4 ART.1: COMPETITION STRUCTURE .................................................................................................................. 4 ART.2: PARTICIPATION RULES .......................................................................................................................... 5 ART. 3: COMPETITION STAFF ........................................................................................................................... 5 ART. 4: OFFICIAL UNIFORMS.............................................................................................................................. 5 ART. 5: PROTECTION EQUIPMENT, OUTFIT AND PRESENTATION ..................................................... 7 ART. 6: MATCH AREA SIZES ............................................................................................................................... 8 ART. 7: COMPETITION EQUIPMENT ............................................................................................................... 8 ART. 8: PROTESTS AGAINST DECISION AND REVISION OF DECISION ................................................. 9 ART. 9: OTHER MATTERS ................................................................................................................................... 9 PART 2: JUDGING RULES ...................................................................................................................... 10 ART. 1: GENERAL MATTERS ........................................................................................................................... 10 CHAPTER 1: THE PANEL OF REFEREES ......................................................................................... 10 ART. 1: APPOINTMENTS .................................................................................................................................. 10 ART. 2: GENERAL DUTIES OF REFEREES AND JUDGES .......................................................................... 10 ART. 3: RESPONSIBILITIES AND DUTIES OF THE CHIEF REFEREE ................................................... 11 ART. 4: RESPONSIBILITIES AND DUTIES OF THE REFEREE (SUSHIN) ............................................... 11 ART. 5: RESPONSIBILITIES AND DUTIES OF THE MIRROR JUDGE (FUKUSHIN), CORNER JUDGE AND ARBITRATOR (KANSA) ............................................................................................................................. 12 ART. 6: RESPONSIBILITIES AND DUTIES OF THE JURY TABLE .......................................................... 13 (JURY TABLE JUDGE, SCORE-KEEPER, TIME-KEEPER, AND THE CALLER-ANNOUNCER) ............ 13 Chapter 2: TERMINOLOGY & GESTURES ......................................................................................... 14 ART. 1: THE MEANING OF THE TERMS USED AND THE GESTURES .................................................... 14 ART. 2: THE CENTRAL REFEREE’S GESTURES MUST BE CLEAR AND LARGE ................................... 15 ART. 3: THE MIRROR JUDGE’S GESTURES ................................................................................................... 16 ART. 4: SIGNALS .................................................................................................................................................... 17 Chapter 3: DECISIONS ............................................................................................................................. 18 PART 3: KUMITE RULES ........................................................................................................................ 19 ART. 1: STARTING – SUSPENDING – ENDING THE KUMITE MATCH ................................................. 19 ART.2: CRITERIA FOR DECIDING IPPON AND WAZA-ARI ...................................................................... 20 ART. 3: VICTORY OR DEFEAT ......................................................................................................................... 20 ART. 4: SCORING AREAS AND SCORING TECHINQUES ............................................................................ 22 ART. 5: FORBIDDEN ACTIONS/TECHNIQUES–WARNINGS AND PENALTIES ................................. 22 ART. 6: INJURIES AND ACCIDENTS................................................................................................................. 25 A. KUMITE SANBON ................................................................................................................................. 27 Chapter 4: INDIVIDUAL SANBON KUMITE ...................................................................................... 27 ART. 1: CATEGORIES ALLOWED .................................................................................................................... 27 ART. 2: DURATION OF AN INDIVIDUAL KUMITE SANBON MATCH ..................................................... 28 1 ART. 3: TIE AND EXTENSION ............................................................................................................................ 28 Chapter 5: TEAM SANBON KUMITE ................................................................................................... 28 ART. 1: CATEGORIES ALLOWED ...................................................................................................................... 28 ART. 2: TEAM SANBON MATCH ....................................................................................................................... 29 ART. 3: THE SANBON TEAM MEMBERS ........................................................................................................ 29 ART. 4: CRITERIA FOR DECIDING THE WINNING TEAM ......................................................................... 29 ART. 5: TIE AND EXTRA MATCH ..................................................................................................................... 29 `Chapter 6: ROTATION TEAM SANBON KUMITE ........................................................................... 30 ART. 1: CATEGORIES ALLOWED ...................................................................................................................... 30 ART. 2: DURATION ............................................................................................................................................... 30 ART. 3: THE ROTATION TEAM MEMBERS ................................................................................................... 30 ART.4: CRITERIA FOR DECIDING THE WINNING TEAM .......................................................................... 30 ART. 5: TIE IN ROTATION TEAM ..................................................................................................................... 30 ART. 6: SUBSTITUTIONS IN ROTATION TEAM ........................................................................................... 32 ART. 7: PENALTIES IN ROTATION TEAM ..................................................................................................... 32 B. KUMITE NIHON .................................................................................................................................... 33 ART. 1: CATEGORIES ALLOWED ...................................................................................................................... 33 ART. 2: DURATION ............................................................................................................................................... 33 ART.3: PROTECTIONS ......................................................................................................................................... 33 ART. 4: FORBIDDEN CONTACT AND TECHNIQUES ................................................................................... 33 C. KUMITE IPPON ..................................................................................................................................... 34 Chapter 7: INDIVIDUAL IPPON KUMITE .......................................................................................... 34 ART. 1: CATEGORIES ALLOWED ...................................................................................................................... 34 ART. 2: DURATION OF A MATCH ................................................................................................................... 34 ART. 3: THE ADJUDICATION SYSTEM .......................................................................................................... 34 ART.4: EXTENSIONS ......................................................................................................................................... 34 ART. 5: PROHIBITED ACTS AND TECHNIQUES ........................................................................................ 35 ART. 6: PENALTIES AND DISQUALIFICATION .......................................................................................... 35 Chapter 8: TEAM IPPON KUMITE ....................................................................................................... 36 ART. 1: CATEGEGORIES ALLOWED ................................................................................................................ 36 ART. 2: TEAM IPPON MATCH ......................................................................................................................... 36 ART. 3: THE IPPON TEAM MEMBERS .........................................................................................................