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Stora Höga Open 2017 Kumite

Stora Höga Open-17, Kumite is an International Kyokushin tournament for children, cadets, juniors and seniors.

Stora Höga Open is an International Kyokushin tournament for children, cadets, juniors and seniors who participate from various parts of the world. It is open to all Kyokushin groups and organisations which would like to participate and test their skills under the Stora Höga Open Tournament Regulations.

The competition is not all about winning, but is also about meeting other fellow competitors and teams under the traditional Kyokushin values and traditions with respect, curiosity and a strive to always improve oneself in all aspects. Another important goal of the tournament is to allow people, especially young persons, from different places to meet and make new friends and experiences.

Since the competition involves children, safety will always take precedence over whatever can be perceived as “right” from a competition perspective.

Entrance fee of 40 SEK for audience from 18 and over and 20 SEK for 17 and under.

Rules and regulations

Entry

The Stora Höga Open organizing committee reserves the right to refuse entry and/or participation to anyone not following the rules and regulations set forth herewith. All competitors must wear a neat, complete karate gi and when competing one competitor will wear his/hers own respective belt plus an extra red string. The other competitor will only wear his/hers own belt.

Finger and toe nails must be cut short, no protective clothing, bandages or guards.

It is not allowed to fight with glasses; the use of contact lenses is allowed.

In case of injury to a competitor, the wearing of bandages or other protective materials is at the absolute discretion of the tournament doctor and the head referee, whose decision shall be final and binding upon the competitor. In principle no support, bandages or tape shall be worn in the first round and thereafter at the discretion of the doctor.

Said equipment may not contain any metal or hard shell plastic or enhancement and will be verified prior to each match. Competitors must provide their own personal equipment.

The competitors must be available 1 minute prior to their impending match and is solely responsible for arriving at the tatami on time when the competitor's name is called. If competitors fail to appear after two announcements, they will forfeit their right to compete.

Competitors of any grade will be allowed to enter the competition, however if a participant in unable to defend himself/herself at any time, he or she will be excluded for safety reasons.

The tournament doctor may exclude any participant at any time for any medical reason.

For security reasons, all participants must have a coach available. The coach may at any time give up the match for his/her competitor.

The age under which the competitor enters the competition shall be counted at the same day as the competition takes place.

The duration of possible elimination rounds and normal rounds are usually 1, 1.5 or 2 minutes with no extension. However, the Tournament organising committee reserves the right to make up the pools or elimination scheme and also to decide the match length in the various pools and elimination schemes. Factors for this includes, but is not limited to, the number of participants, participants in a certain pools, number of tatamis, availability of referees and total competition schedule.

Courtesy

Kyokushin karate is a martial art that requires cooperation and courtesy from all participants (competitors as well as coaches). Make Kyokushin a fun sport by praising your opponents’ good techniques by not:

• conducting loud post-mortems after points;

• embarrassing a weak opponent by being overly gracious or condescending.

• losing your temper, using vile language, throwing your mouth guard,

• or leaving the tatami in anger.

Scoring

Depending on the selected contact type (light or semi) different points will be awarded:

Semi contact

Seniors and 14-17 Years

IPPON is awarded for a technique that prevents the opponent to continue the match within 5 seconds (not full contact to the head), if the other participant is disqualified or if the other party gives up.

WAZA-ARI is awarded for a controlled kick against the head that hits the other participant’s helmet and an otherwise allowed technique that prevents the opponent to continue the match momentary.

If equal score: Dominance in strength in combination with technique and number of hits, with correct technique that has hit the opponent.

12-13 Years

Same as above but with no contact against the other opponents head/helmet

10-11 Years

IPPON is only awarded if the other participant is disqualified or if the other participant gives up.

WAZA-ARI is awarded for unblocked kick aimed at the head but the kick must be fully controlled and stop 5-10 cm from the opponent's helmet. Where a contestant is unable to continue due to a technique allowed within the contest rules and regains a standing position within 5 seconds, a half point will (WAZA-ARI) be awarded to his opponent. The (downed) opponent will be allowed to continue with the contest, only if in opinion of the referee and the doctor he is able to do so. This will be after consultation with the doctor, who can, on medical grounds stop the continuation of the match.

If equal score: 1) Number of hits with correct technique, 2) Technical skill 3) Dominance in strength

Light contact (any age)

Same as semi contact (corresponding age) except:

No points are awarded for any hit that prevents the opponent to continue. Instead, warnings are issued for the party that hit the opponent. (Thus, WAZA-ARI can only be won for kicks against the head). In case of equal score: 1) Number of hits with correct technique, 2) Technical skill

For both Semi and Light Contact

In the final rounds, a winner always has to be decided (ENCHOSEN).

When an opponent is downed with any allowed technique including foot sweeps which are followed up by a well-focused non-contact technique to the body, WAZA-ARI is awarded.

Hindrance issues

• a competitor shall not talk to the referee or opponent while in a match;

• When a competitor deliberately injures an opponent (with an illegal technique) and affects the opponent’s ability to proceed, then the opponent wins the match by default. Hitting the opponent with an illegal technique or throwing a mouth guard in anger is considered a deliberate act.

• Stalling. The following actions constitute stalling:

• Warming up longer than the allotted time;

• Contestants who arrive late (the maximum time is 1 minute) for bouts or who fail to appear at all.

• Contestants who refuse to engage in kumite during a match after 3 calls by the referee.

Physical disability arising during the tournament shall allow a contestant to withdraw after examination and verification of the injury, and agreement between the Tournament Doctor and the Tournament Referee. This decision is final and must be documented.

When to contact an official

Withdrawing from a match or tournament. A competitor shall not enter a tournament and then withdraw when the karateka discovers that tough opponents have also entered. A karateka may withdraw from a match or tournament only because of injury, illness, or personal emergency. A competitor who cannot play a match shall notify the referee at once by means of his coach.

Allowed techniques:

• all punches to the body

• all kicks to head, except front kick to the head

• all kicks to the body and legs

Forbidden techniques:

• all punches and blows to head, neck and back

• all kicks to any part of the knee, crotch and back

• front kick to the head (jodan mae geri, jodan yoko geri, jodan ushiro geri )

• knee kicks towards the head (jodan hiza geri)

• jumping kicks (tobi hiza geri etc.)

• kagato otoshi, uchiro mawashi geri to the head

• punching or kicking the adversary while laying on the floor

• Failing to obey the referee’s instructions during the bout, or making comments to the referee

• leaving the tatami on different occasions during the fight

• producing indecent, disrespectful and aggressive behaviour

• grabbing and pulling

• Any other techniques or practice that the referee of the contest shall decide is improper or unfair

Categories

Depending on the number of participants, different categories for the children, cadets and juniors will be drawn up, taken into account age, weight, length, experience, grade and selected rules (light or semi).

Competitors may elect to participate either in light or semi contact (not in both).

There are several divisions:

Kids

7FL - 7 year, female light contact

7ML - 7 year, male light contact

8FL - 8 year, female light contact

8ML - 8 year, male light contact

9FL - 9 year, female light contact

9ML - 9 year, male light contact

10FL - 10 year, female light contact

10ML - 10 year, male light contact

10FS - 10 year, female semi contact

10MS - 10 year, male semi contact

11FL - 11 year, female light contact

11ML - 11 year, male light contact

11FS - 11 year, female semi contact

11MS - 11 year, male semi contact

Cadets

12-13FS - 12-13 year, female semi contact

12-13MS - 12-13 year, male semi contact

14-15FS - 14-15 year, female semi contact

14-15MS - 14-15 year, male semi contact

Juniors

16-17FS - 16-17 year, female semi contact

16-17MS - 16-17 year, male semi contact

Seniors

FS-55 - under 55 kg, female semi contact

FS-65 - under 65 kg, female semi contact

FS+65 - over 65 kg, female semi contact

MS-70 - under 70 kg, male semi contact

MS-80 - under 80 kg, male semi contact

MS+80 - over 80 kg, male semi contact

The tournament organization committee may elect to run just one contact version if the number of participants is not enough for one or both variants. In such case, there will be only a light contact version and all participants must adhere to the rules of light contact.

In the above divisions, there are three protection categories:

1. Participants 7 - 13 years

From 7 years up and including 13 years, the participants must wear fist protection, mouth protection, head-, crotch- , shin-guard and a body protector. No breast cups allowed under the body protector.

2. Participants 14 - 17 years

From 14 years up and including 17 years, the participants must wear fist protection, mouth protection, head-, crotch- and shin-guard. Females must were breast cups.

3. Participants Seniors

Seniors, from 18 and up, must wear fist protection, mouth protection, crotch- and shin-guard. Females must were breast cups.

Criteria for competing

All competitors under the age of 18 must have written permission from their legal guardian (e.g. parents) to compete in the tournament. A competitor can be asked for proof of age by producing an ID card or country passport.

Extra Criteria for Swedish competitors (only)

For legal reasons, Swedish competitors (only) from the age of 14 must be able to produce a competitors card (“tävlingskort”) issued from an organization under the Swedish Sports Confederation (“Riksidrottsförbundet”) (such as “Budo och Kampsportsförbundet” or “Karateförbundet”).

Pool system

A difference between normal Kyokushin tournaments and Stora Höga Open is the competition system. One of the main objectives of Stora Höga Open is to have the kids, cadets and junior competitor to gain as much experience as possible and that is why we prefer the pool system. We use a pool system so that each competitor will have at least 2 or 3 bouts.

The Kids, Cadets and Junior competition is divided according to the pool system. There are two kinds of pool systems in the Stora Höga Open.

1. Regular pool system

In the regular pool system (Round Robin) the pool winner is announced at the end of the tournament.

2. Combined pool system

The difference between both pool systems (regular and combined) is that in the combined pool system, at the end of pool A and B, there have to be fights for 1st,2nd, 3rd and 4th place.

The pool divisions are, as said before, drawn up taken into account age, weight, length, experience and grade. We use these parameters to make a weighing factor in case two fighters have the same amount of points when all the fights are done. The person who’s lighter, smaller has a lower weighing factor and will be placed higher in ranking.

Fighting time in pools for both boys and girls will be (1, 1½ or) 2 minutes depended on the number of fighters in our tournament. The winner receives 3 points, in case of hiki wake both fighters receive 1 point, the loser gets 0 (zero) points.

Coach

The coach shall, throughout the entire competition, wear a tracksuit with a clearly identifiable mark.

The coach is responsible for his/her competitor during the bouts and shall make every effort to make sure that the competitor follows the rules and spirit of the competition. The coach shall also withdraw his/her competitor form a match whenever he/she determines that his/her competitor is or is about to be injured.

If any uncertainties arise in connection with the interpretations of the rules herein, the organization committee has the last word whereby the official rules of the Swedish “Karateförbundet” shall be considered.


If you want to have coach-permissions in smoothcomp, just create an accout and send a mail to [email protected]. In the mail, just put your user name and the club/dojo you are responsible of.

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Accommodation partners

We have negotiated rates with a couple of partners on accommodation during the competition Stora Höga Open 2017. Offering three different accommodation solutions below.

Winn Hotell, Backadal, Gothenburg

Scandic Hotell, Backadal, Gothenburg

Stenungsögården, hostels and cabins, Stenungsund

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Winn hotel, BackadalOffers hotel rooms over the weekend at a discounted price for the participants during Stora Höga Open. 820 SEK / double room a night incl. breakfast 1110 SEK / 3-bed room a night incl. breakfast 1300 SEK / 4-bed room a night incl. breakfast 1580 SEK / 5-bed room a night incl. breakfastThe rooms are booked directly with the hotel at, Quality Hotel Winn, Tel: +46 31 750 19 00 with Booking code: STORAHOGAOPEN

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Scandic hotel, BackadalOffers hotel rooms over the weekend at a discounted price for the participants during Stora Höga Open. All rooms at the regular price has a 25% discount and includes breakfastThe rooms are booked directly at, www.scandichotels.se/backadal or Tel: +46 31 751 50 00 with Booking code: KARATE

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Stenungsögården, StenungsundOffers hostel and cabins in Stenungsund, less then 5 kilometers from Stenungsund Arena where the competition is held. Prices and selection of accommodations can be found on www.stenungsogarden.seFor booking, contact Stenungsögården direct either on homepage or tel. +46 303 770 080

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All accommodations are booked directly with the respective partner, the number of rooms and cabins are limited and we as organizers take no responsibility for availability, reservations or payment of accommodation. 

Entradas

  • Children, cadets & juniors 200 SEK
  • Seniors 250 SEK

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