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Sunday 20th November

Swindon Oasis Leisure Centre,

Swindon,

Wiltshire,

SN2 1EP

Doors open at 9.30am

The schedule will be as follows: (times are approximate)

  9.30 am

Doors open

10.00 am

Junior weigh-in/height test (including Little PUMAs)

10:30 am

Musical Patterns

10:30 am

Junior Bo Staff Patterns

10:30 am

Junior Patterns   

11.30 am

Junior High Kick (coloured belts only) followed by sparring (including Black Belt Juniors)

  1:00 pm

Adult Coloured Belt weigh-in followed by Patterns and Sparring

  2.00 pm

All Black Belt Adults

 

Competition Entry Fee

Adult/Junior:                 One event £20, each event thereafter £5.

Little P.U.M.A.:             £20.00 per competitor for all events.

Spectators:                   £5.00 spectators

 

Closing Date for Entries

All students should enter via the online entry system. This can be found on the home page of the PUMA website. Click on the link to go to the ‘Competition Entry’ system.

Entries must be received no later than Sunday 13th November 2016.  No Late entries will be accepted.

 

Events

Musical Patterns

The Musical Pattern event is available to all P.U.M.A. students aged 7 and above.

Each competitor performs their Musical Pattern in turn.  Please see your instructor for the musical pattern rules.

Please send your music no later than one week prior to the competition to; chairman@puma-uk.com

 

Bo/Jang Bong

This event is open to all ages and grades that have graded and passed within the P.U.M.A. Jang Bong syllabus.

Two competitors will compete at the same time; the successful competitor will progress through to the next round.

 

Divisions

Junior coloured belt

Jang Bong pattern 1, 2 or 3 (according to Jang Bong grading passed)

Junior black belt

Adult coloured belt

Adult black belt

 

 

Junior High Kick

The High-Kick event is open to junior competitors aged 14 or below who hold a coloured belt.

 

Divisions

≤140 cm

141 cm – 150 cm

151 cm – 160 cm

161 cm – 170 cm

170 cm +

 

 

Patterns

Divisions are first split by age, into junior, adult and veteran, and then grade.

These divisions are then split by gender, into male and female.

 

Divisions

Grade

Exercise/Pattern

Little P.U.M.A.s

Little P.U.M.A. competition drill

PUMA 1 & 2, 9th kup

Saju Jirugi 1 or 2, Saju Makgi or Chon-Ji

8th & 7th Kup

Chon-Ji or Dan-Gun

6th & 5th Kup

Do-San or Won-Hyo

4th & 3rd Kup

Yul-Gok or Joong-Gun

2nd & 1st Kup

Toi-Gye or Hwa-Rang

1st Degree

Choong-Moo up to Gae-Baek

2nd Degree

Eui-Am, Choong Jang, Juche or Ko-Dang

3rd Degree +

Pattern applicable to current grade

 

Please note: In the final of a black belt division, competitors must perform their choice pattern followed by a pattern designated by the centre judge ranging from Chon-Ji to the patterns of grade. The winner will then be decided based on the two patterns seen by the judges in that round.

 

Kickboxing Drill

The Kickboxing Drill event is available to all P.U.M.A. students aged 7 and above.

The following equipment is compulsory:

  • (Drill 1 or 2) Hand wraps, gloves, gum shield. Head guards are optional.
  • (Drill 3) Hand wraps, gloves, gum shield, shin & forearm guards. Foot guards and head guards are optional.
  • Please enter this event through your instructor only and not the P.U.M.A. online entry system

 

Divisions

There are two divisions in the kickboxing drill event: white belt up to and including blue stripe; and blue belts and above.

 

Sparring

 

P.U.M.A. approved sparring equipment must be worn for all sparring categories.

 

Junior 10th kup, P.U.M.A grade 1, 2 and junior 9th kup, who are aged 7 to 9, can compete in ‘Bully Bob’ sparring.

The following equipment is compulsory: Head guard, hand guards, foot guards, forearm guards & elbow guards.

 

Point stop sparring for grades 8th kup up to and including 5th kup (Blue Stripe).

Continuous sparring for 4th kup (Blue Belt) and above.

The following equipment is compulsory: Head guard (open faced), gum shield, non-weighted closed-finger hand guards, forearm guards, foot guards & shin guards. Groin guards are compulsory for males and optional for females. Chest guards are optional for females.

 

Junior Divisions

Cadet Divisions

≤140 cm

141 cm – 150 cm

151 cm – 160 cm

161 cm – 170 cm

170 cm +

Female

Male

≤45 kg

≤50 kg

46 kg – 51 kg

51 kg – 56 kg

52 kg – 57 kg

57 kg – 63 kg

58 kg – 64 kg

64 kg – 70 kg

65 kg +

71 kg +

 

Adult & Veteran Divisions

Colour Belts

Black Belts

Female

Male

Female

Male

≤57 kg

≤57 kg

≤ 58 kg

58 kg – 63kg

≤ 64 kg

58 kg – 63kg

59 kg – 64 kg

65 kg – 72 kg

65 kg – 70 kg

64kg – 70kg

73 kg – 80 kg

64kg – 70kg

71 kg – 76 kg

77 kg – 80 kg

71kg +

81 kg +

71kg +

81 kg +

 

 

Destruction

Destruction events are only open to adults (i.e. those aged 18 or above on the day of the competition).

Competitors will be split by gender and grade.

 

Male Divisions – Board

 

Blue and Red Belts

Hand Technique

Knife hand strike

 

Foot Technique

Standing side kick

Black Belts

Hand Technique

Any hand excluding elbow

 

Foot Technique

Jumping back kick

 

Female Divisions – Board

 

Blue and Red Belts

Hand Technique

Any hand technique including elbow

 

Foot Technique

Any standing kick

Black Belts

Hand Technique

Any hand technique including elbow

 

Foot Technique

Any jumping or flying kick

 

Please note: Students are allowed to compete in more than one destruction event. An additional fee is required for each separate destruction category.

 

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