Kata participants are registered individually in Smoothcomp, but are required to be allocated to a team, consisting of two persons. The name of the team is up to the first person to register, we recommend that you use the first Initial and last names as the team’s name. For Example, "LTheda&JTracy".

Kata teams consist of two people. Teams can be single or mixed gender.

Junior Kata Division (12 years and under) and Novice Adult (white or yellow)

The following three Katas are to be contested (teams can be of single or mixed gender)

● Nage-No-Kata (First three sets, te-waza, koshi-waza and ashi-waza)

● Katame-No-Kata (osaekomi waza only)

● Ju-No Kata ( First two sets)

Youth Kata Division (13 years to 16)

The following three Katas are to be contested (teams can be of single or mixed gender)

● Nage-No-Kata (All five sets)

● Katame-No-Kata (osaekomi waza and shime waza)

● Ju-No Kata (All three sets)

Adult Kata Divisions (17 years and older)

The following four Katas are to be contested (teams can be of single or mixed gender)

● Nage-No-Kata (All five sets)

● Katame-No-Kata (All five sets)

● Ju-No-Kata (All three sets)

● Kime-No-Kata

Method of Kata Competition

The Competition will use modified IJF Kata rules and scoring.

Awards and Fees

Awards will be presented as divisions are completed.

Gold, silver, and bronze (one bronze) medals will be awarded for first, second and third places for all divisions.

Cost: $20 per person $20 per person for each additional kata