DATE AND PLACE
When: Saturday December 1, 2018
Venue: Stockholmsmässan, Mässvägen 1, Älvsjö - Stockholm, SWEDEN

COMPETITION CATEGORIES & CLASSES TAOLU

Children’s festival (6-10 yrs) 
open hand forms – modern, traditional, internal
open weapons – modern, traditional, internal, short, long, flexible

Cadets (11-14 yrs) 
modern hand forms girls – Changquan, Nanquan
modern hand forms boys – Changquan, Nanquan
modern weapons girls – Dao, gun, jian, qiang, nandao, nangun
modern weapons boys – Dao, gun, jian, qiang, nandao, nangun
traditional & internal hand forms girls – Ex: Taiji, Hunggar etc
traditional & internal weapons boys – Ex: Taijijian, Shaolingun etc

Juniors (15-17 yrs) 
modern hand forms girls – Changquan, Nanquan
modern hand forms boys – Changquan, Nanquan
modern weapons girls – Dao, gun, jian, qiang, nandao, nangun
modern weapons boys – Dao, gun, jian, qiang, nandao, nangun
traditional & internal hand forms girls – Ex: Taiji, Hunggar etc
traditional & internal weapons boys – Ex: Taijijian, Shaolingun etc

Senior (18+)
modern hand forms women – Changquan, Nanquan
modern hand forms men – Changquan, Nanquan
modern weapons women – Dao, gun, jian, qiang, nandao, nangun
modern weapons men – Dao, gun, jian, qiang, nandao, nangun
traditional external hand forms women – Ex: Shaolin, Hunggar etc
traditional external hand forms men – Ex: Shaolin, Hunggar etc
traditional internal hand forms women: Wudang, Baji, Xingyi, Bagua
traditional internal hand forms men: Wudang, Baji, Xingyi, Bagua
traditional weapons women – Ex: Shaolingun, Shuangdao etc
traditional weapons men – Ex: Shaolingun, Shuangdao etc
taiji hand forms women – All traditional styles of Taijiquan
taiji hand forms men – All traditional styles of Taijiquan
taiji weapons women – All Taiji weapons: Dao, jian, shan
taiji weapons men – All Taiji weapons: Dao, jian, shan

Duilian Junior/senior open (15+)
Duilian women – Fight set forms
Duilian men – Fight set forms

About number of participants per class
In case less than 3 athletes are registered in a category it will be merged together with the nearest possible category according to age and gender. If a merge still is impossible the category will be cancelled, and coaches will be notified the day after the registration deadline.

TAOLU COMPETITION RULES

Sweden Kung fu & Wushu Federation rules for Taolu will be implemented at this competition. The SKWF competition rules for Wushu Taolu is based on the 1999 set of IWUF rules.

Smoothcomp registration and competition system will be used, and the score of each athlete will be announced on a monitor after each performance, and also published online.

Competition floor

The WESING IWUF approved taolu carpet 16 m x 10 m, placed on 2 cm jigsaw mats will be used in the competition. This is a thin carpet surface with a thick soft layer underneath.

REGISTRATION FEE
The fee for participation is 30 EUR. If you want to register in more classes, it is another 10 EUR per class. This will be calculated automatically in the total amount upon registration. Payment is done online with credit card. For Sweden citizens also Swish payment is accepted.

Stockholm Kung fu Festival show
We welcome all teams or individuals in taolu to also participate in the Stockholm Kung fu festival performance show on the big Martial Arts Festival stage.
Preferably a team program of 2 - 5 minutes, or individual performances 20 sec - 40 sec.
The individuals without a team will be put together in groups to show part of forms or techniques one after each other in a high tempo. It is possible for individuals to go two different times, for example one bare hand form and one weapon form.
To participate in the show, please send us an email to [email protected] with number of persons, ages, team and names, and description of performance (style, forms, weapons, group etc). If you want to have your own music, please send this as well as a digital audio file.
To be able for the organizer to set the program correctly, we need as accurate information as possible, and that the athletes are aware of the timing and schedule in the performances, as well as the organizer have the right to set the program and final terms for participation.

Organizer & contact information

For general questions and full info about the competition:
[email protected]
www.nordicopenwushu.se

Organizer
Peder Finnsiö
President Sweden Kung fu & Wushu Federation
[email protected]
+46 70 6705181

The competition is sanctioned by Sweden Kung fu & Wushu Federation