4th Taekwondo Open 2011

GUIDELINE FOR POOMSAE COMPETITION

* The age for each category are the following:
CATEGORY TRADITIONAL POOMSAE INDIVIDUAL PAIR X TEAM X X X Infant 1 (up to 8 years) X Infant 2 (9 to 11 years) X Junior 1 (12 -14 years) X AGES Junior 2 (15- 18 years) X Senior 1 (19- 30 years) X Senior 2 (31 -40 years) X Master1 (41 -50 years) X Master2 (over 50) X

Costa Rica

* The competidor must have attained the age established by August 19th 2011

* The belts for the competition are the following:

BELT COLOR WHITE YELLOW GREEN BLUE RED BLACK INDIVIDUAL X X X X X X TRADITIONAL POOMSAE PAIR X X X TEAM X X X

Individual poomsae competition are going to be for both male and female competitors. Pair competition must be necessarly, one male and one female competitor. ( cant be of the same gender) Team competition, are going to be for both male and female competitors and the three competitors must be of the same gender.

* Poomsae you must perform according to your Belt Color are the following:
BELT COLOR WHITE YELLOW GREEN BLUE RED BLACK (UP TO JUNIOR 2) FIRST GROUP MANDATORY (PRELIMINARY) Taegeuk 1 Taegeuk 1 Taegeuk 1 & 2 Taegeuk 1 & 2 Taegeuk 2, 3 & 4 Taegeuk 4, 5, 6 & 7 SECOND GROUP MANDATORY (SEMIFINAL-FINAL) Taegeuk 1 Taegeuk 2 & 3 Taegeuk 3 & 4 Taegeuk 3, 4 & 5 Taegeuk 5, 6 & 7 Taegeuk 8, Koryo, Keumgan & Taeback Keumgan, Taeback, Pyongwon & Shipjin Pyongwon, Shipjin, Jitae & Chonkwon Shipjin, Jitae, Chonkwon & Hansu

BLACK (SENIOR 1 & 2)

Taegeuk 6, 7, 8 & Koryo

BLACK (MASTER 1)

BLACK (MASTER 2)

Taegeuk 8, Koryo, Keumgang & Taeback Koryo, Keumgang, Taeback & Pyongwon

In the first round you must perform a Poomsae from the first mandatory Group, in the semifinal round you must perform a Poomsae from the second mandatory Group and for the final round the White, yellow and green Belt colors should perform the remaining Poomsae from the second mandatory Group. Blue Belt and over will execute the 2 remaining Poomsae from the second mandatory Group. The Poomsae that are going to be perform will be defined by draw at technical meeting.

* Depending on the amount of competitors in each category, competition will start directly at semifinal or finals in the following way:
Number of Competitors 2 Competitors 3 competitors 4 competitors 5 competitors 6 competitors 7 competitors 8 competitors 9 competitors 10 competitors 11 competitors 12 competitors 13 competitors 14 competitors 15 and up

Preliminary Round

Semifinal Round

9 competitors 10 competitors 11 competitors 12 competitors 13 competitors 14 competitors 15 and up

5 competitors 6 competitors 7 competitors 8 competitors 5 competitors 5 competitors 6 competitors 6 competitors 7 competitors 7 competitors 8 competitors

Final Round 2 Competitors 3 competitors 4 competitors 4 competitors 4 competitors 4 competitors 4 competitors 4 competitors 4 competitors 4 competitors 4 competitors 4 competitors 4 competitors 4 competitors

All competitors from the infant division should perform two Poomsae depending on their degree poomsae; all of them will receive a medal. The first 3 places from the infant category will receive points, that will be cumulative for the general standings. In order to receive medal points in the general standings, there should be at least 3 athletes from different clubs, leagues or federations. In each category the first 3 places should be awarded, 1 gold, 1 silver and 1 bronze for third place.

Scoring for this event will be as follow: a) Seven (7) points per gold medal b) Three (3) points per silver medal c) One (1) point per bronze medal

Wilmar Alvarado Castillo President Costa Rica Taekwondo Federation Karen Stern Tournament Director Costa Rica Taekwondo Federation