KATA RULES
1.
Contestants must perform a Japanese or Okinawan kata.
2.
Beginner and Intermediate Belts must perform basic kata such
as: Heian, Pinan, Gekisai, and any other similarly categorized
kata.
3.
Saifa is okay for beginner and intermediate Goju
practitioners.
4.
Brown Belts and Black Belts may perform any kata.
5.
If there are five scores, the highest and lowest score is
eliminated. Total Score
is the sum of the three remaining scores.
6.
In case of a tie:
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Compare the lowest scores from the remaining three scores and
NOT the low score that was
eliminated.
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If
there’s still a tie, compare the highest score from the
remaining three scores and NOT
the high score that was eliminated.
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If there is still a tie after comparing the low and high scores,
the contestants must perform another kata. Beginners may
perform the same kata. All others must perform a different kata
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