Form Rules

Single Elimination Tournament

Double Elimination Tournament

TABLE OF CONTENTS

I. OFFICIALS QUALIFICATIONS & DUTIES
a) Center Judge
b) End Judge
c) Judging Officials Dress Code

II. NON SCORING OFFICIALS
a) Scorekeeper
b) Timekeeper
c) Rules Arbitrator

III. DIVISION TITLE DEFINITION
a) 3 Competitor Rule
b) Traditional Form
c) Open Form
d) Weapons Form
e) Senior Form
f) Executive Form
g) Beginning (White/Yellow)
h) Intermediate (Colored)
i) Advanced (Red/Brown)
j) Black
k) Penalty for Entering Wrong Division

IV. COMPETITORS UNIFORM
a) Competitors Uniform

V. SEQUENCE OF PLAY
a) Seeded Competitors
b) Non Seeded Competitors

VI. COMPETITORS AVAILABILITY
a) Competitor
b) Competitor Stand-In

VII. RULES OF PLAY
a) Contestant
b) Time Limit
c) Introduction to the Judges
d) Starting Over
e) Scoring of 1st Competitor

VIII. SCORING
a) Scoring Range
b) Admitted Judging Error
c) Determining the Final Score
d) Winning Score
e) Errors Found After Division is Bowed Out

IX. TIES
a) 1st Tie
b) 2nd Tie

X. COMPETITORS RIGHT TO KNOW
a) When Calling & Entering Score
b) When Adding Score
c) When 1st thru 3rd Places are Announced

XI. PROTESTS
a) Judge Removal
b) Point Discrepancies
c) Scoring Addition Errors
d) Rules Violations
e) Placement Discrepancies
f) Errors Found After Division Has Bowed Out