TMA 18th Annual Spring Taekwondo Championships 2019

Saturday, February 23, 2019
Tiger Martial Arts in Sunnyvale

TENTATIVE SCHEDULE ONLY: Please arrive early

9:00AM-9:30AM Obstacle Course

9:30AM-10:00PM Poomsae (Forms – Kibons)

10:00AM-11:15AM Poomsae (Forms – Palgwe)

10:30AM-12:30PM Poomsae (Forms – Taegeuk)

12:30PM-1:30PM (Black Belt-Poomsae)

12:30PM-1:30PM Breaking

2:15PM-3:00PM Kyorugi (Sparring)

3:00PM-3:30PM Weapons

ALL REGISTRATIONS ARE CURRENTLY CLOSED

Sparring

All sparring athletes must bring:

Shin protectors without instep protectors
Forearm protectors
White or clear mouth guard
Red, Blue, or White helmet
Chest protector
Groin protection worn inside the pants (mandatory for males and females)

Students 8 years old and older shall use the an electronic sparring system. TMA shall provide electronic chest protectors, and instep protectors. Please return them when your athlete is finished sparring.

Finger and toe nails must be kept trimmed. Hair must be short or tied in a ponytail using an elastic hair band. No metallic or hard items such as hair pins, ear rings, necklaces, rings, plastic headbands, or casts may be worn.

Color belts will spar for 3 rounds, 90 seconds each, with 30 second breaks in between rounds.

Black belts will spar for 3 rounds, 120 seconds each, with 60 second breaks in between rounds.

We will use the latest USAT rules, which now allows pushing the opponent, with only a few exceptions: pushing the opponent out of bounds and pushing the kicking opponent are not allowed.

Traditional Poomsae

Color belt students shall perform one form from the following choices suitable for their belt level. Accuracy and presentation are more important than choosing a higher level form; do not attempt a form beyond your belt level. The competition format shall be single elimination.

BELT LEVEL	FORM
White	Kibon 1
White Belt Yellow Stripe	Kibon 2
White Belt Orange Stripe	Kibon 3
White Belt Purple Stripe	Kibon 4
White Belt Green Stripe	Kibon 5
White Belt Blue Stripe	Kibon 6
Yellow Belt (Adult Only)	Taegeuk 1-2, Palgwe 1-2
Yellow Belt White Stripe	Taegeuk 1, Palgwe 1
Yellow Belt Orange Stripe	Taegeuk 2, Palgwe 2
Orange Belt (Adult Only)	Taegeuk 3, Palgwe 3
Orange Belt	Taegeuk 3
Orange Belt Black Stripe	Palgwe 3
Purple Belt (Adult Only)	Taegeuk 4, Palgwe 4
Purple Belt	Taegeuk 4
Purple Belt Black Stripe	Palgwe 4
Green Belt (Adult Only)	Taegeuk 5, Palgwe 5
Green Belt	Taegeuk 5
Green Belt Black Stripe	Palgwe 5
Blue Belt (Adult Only)	Taegeuk 6, Palgwe 6
Blue Belt	Taegeuk 6
Blue Belt Black Stripe	Palgwe 6
Brown Belt (Adult Only)	Taegeuk 7, Palgwe 7
Brown Belt	Taegeuk 7
Brown Belt Black Stripe	Palgwe 7
Red Belt (Adult Only)	Taegeuk 8, Palgwe 8
Red Belt	Taegeuk 8
Red Belt Black Stripe	Palgwe 8

Sport Poomsae

All black belt competitors shall compete using Sport Poomsae rules.
Red belt competitors may opt to compete using Sport Poomsae rules.

For this tournament, most divisions will likely be between 3-7 athletes. To give competitors more training while balancing tournament time, individual divisions will start with the Semi-Finals round of one form, and two forms for the Finals round. Each athlete needs to be prepared to demonstrate all their forms. Advanced sport poomsae competition formats (e.g. WTF combination Single Elimination Finals, USAT modified 3-round Finals) shall be practiced in poomsae training camps.

Poomsae Draws are available.

Schedule – Please report 30 minutes prior to your division time

All athletes shall report to TMA3 for check-in and weigh-ins prior to competing. TMA3 shall be the holding/staging area and TMA1 shall be reserved for competition. Athletes and parents that are actively competing shall be allowed to TMA1; all other athletes and parents are asked to please wait at TMA3 until it is time for you to compete.