Date/Time
Date(s) - 11/09/2024
8:00 am - 5:00 pm
Categories
Region
Circuit: World/National
Date: Saturday, November 9, 2024
Location: 535 West Main Street, Cheshire, CT 06410
Time: Saturday- Doors open at 8:00 am, 9:00 am start time.
Nearest Airport: Bradley International Airport
Tournament Hotel: Suggested- Holiday Inn Cheshire-Southington, 64 Knotter Drive, Cheshire, Connecticut 06410 (there are also other hotels in the area)
Breaking Categories: USBA/WBA- First Time Breaker, Creative Open, Creative Wood, Power Wood, Double Power Wood Hand, Double Power Wood Elbow, Non-Spaced Power Wood, Power Concrete. All ages, ranks, and genders.
Forms Categories: Open Hand Forms and Weapons Form; Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced, Black Belt Rank groups, within the the following age groups; 7 & Under, 8-12, 13-17, 18 & Over. Age groups may be broken down further to smaller age spreads based on registration number.
Grand Champion Adult Prize Money-$500 (sponsored by Point Fighter Live): Open to all adult Black Belt competitors, 18 and over, Male and Female. Most materials broken in 4 divisions- Double Power Wood Hand, Power Wood Foot, Power Concrete Elbow, and Power Concrete Foot. All materials broken from these four divisions will be totaled to determine a winner. This division will be open to all adult Black Belts, male and female. To even the playing field between Heavyweight Male, Lightweight Male and Female competitors an “SCDA Factor” will be applied based on the SCDA (often referred to as handicapping in sports). The SCDA Factor will be a number added to the total amount of material broken. Heavyweight males receive a 0 SCDA Factor, Lightweight males receive a 6 SCDA Factor, and Women receive a 20 SCDA Factor.
As an example if a Heavyweight Male competitor breaks a total of 65 pieces of material a Lightweight Male competitor needs to break a total of 60 pieces of material to win (60 plus 6 for a total of 66), and a Female competitor needs to break 46 pieces of material to win (46 plus 20 for a total of 66).
In the event of a tie for Grand Champion, the winner will be decided by the highest percentage broken. Example: A Heavyweight Male Competitor breaks 65 pieces of material and a Female Competitor breaks 45 pieces of material. Once the SCDA Factor of 20 for the Female Competitor is applied both competitors will be tied at 65 pieces of material. If the Heavyweight Male Competitor broke 65 out of 65, that would be 100%. If the Female Competitor broke 45 out of 47, that would be 96%. The Heavyweight Male Competitor would be the winner. If the inclusion of percentage broken does not break the tie the prize money will be split among those competitors that remain tied.
Registration Pricing: Register by October 28th. USBA/WBA categories- First Time Breakers- $50 (includes 3 boards and community stand fee, competitors who register in First Time Breaker may not compete in other events); Other USBA/WBA divisions (including forms)- $60 for 1st, $20 for 2nd, $15 each additional.
Spectator Pricing: General Admission- $5 at door, children 12 and under Free
Material Pricing: Boards- $3 and $2.50, Blocks- $3, Community stand fee (all competitors except First Time Breakers)- $10
Rating info: All USBA/WBA members will receive the following points toward World/National ratings: 1st place- 5 points, 2nd- 4 points, 3rd- 3 Points. *Note: Same day new memberships and renewals will not be seeded the day of the event. If you wish to be seeded please submit your membership no later than one week before the event.
Additional Info:
After Party: To be announced
Forms Rules: Open Forms & Weapons: • All Forms & Weapons Events will be Judged on a 1 – 10 Scale, with 1/10 point increments. Scores from all Judges will be added together, and the highest total will win. In the case of a tie, judges may use their discretion and possibly ask for a repeat performance to determine a winner. • Competitors in these divisions will perform ANY Forms (patterns, kata, poomse, etc.) traditional or creative in nature. • Forms may include an array of techniques. These forms may be a traditional forms from a style or system, devised in their entirety by the competitor, or be a traditional form in which modern aspects were added. • In this division, the competitor may perform any movements whether they originate from traditional or contemporary martial arts systems or otherwise. • However, at least half of the form should originate from martial arts techniques. • Emphasis is placed on the quality of execution of techniques and movements, martial arts skills, balance, speed, power, degree of difficulty, and showmanship, solid stances and focus. Spinning kicks, jump spinning kicks, flying kicks, multiple kicks, splits and other creative martial arts techniques are permitted. • In addition, competitors should limit the techniques to only those movements that portray a definite offensive or defensive martial arts purpose, or are included to illustrate extreme flexibility or agility. • In addition, Weapons forms will take into consideration heavily the use of the weapons, including, striking & blocking with the weapon as well as weapon manipulations.