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Arnold Battle of Columbus Karate:

Competition Rules:

         Arnold Battle of  Columbus Open Karate Divisions for 2023

Age 6 & under - Novice / Intermediate / Advanced 
Ages 7 & 8 - Boys Novice / Intermediate / Advanced
Ages 7 & 8 - Girls Novice / Intermediate / Advanced
Ages 9 & 10 - Boys Novice / Intermediate / Advanced / Jr. Black Belt
Ages 9 & 10 - Girls Novice / Intermediate / Advanced / Jr. Black Belt
Ages 11 & 12 & 13 - Boys Novice / Intermediate / Advanced / Jr. Black Belt
Ages 11 & 12 & 13 - Girls Novice / Intermediate / Advanced / Jr. Black Belt
Ages 14 & 15 - Boys Novice / Intermediate / Advanced / Jr. Black Belt
Ages 14 & 15 - Girls Novice / Intermediate / Advanced / Jr. Black Belt
Ages 16 & 17 - Boys Novice / Intermediate / Advanced / Jr. Black Belt
Ages 16 & 17 - Girls Novice / Intermediate / Advanced / Jr. Black Belt

Ages 18 to 34 - Adult Women Novice / Intermediate / Advanced / Adult Black Belt
Ages 18 to 34 - Adult Males Novice / Intermediate / Advanced / Adult Black Belt
Ages 35 to 44 - Adult Women Novice / Intermediate / Advanced / Adult Black Belt
Ages 35 to 44 - Adult Males Novice / Intermediate / Advanced / Adult Black Belt
Ages 45 to 54 - Adult Women Novice / Intermediate / Advanced / Adult Black Belt
Ages 45 to 54 - Adult Males Novice / Intermediate / Advanced / Adult Black Belt
Ages 55 to 64 - Adult Women Novice / Intermediate / Advanced / Adult Black Belt
Ages 55 to 64 - Adult Males Novice / Intermediate / Advanced / Adult Black Belt
Ages 65 & Older - Adult Women Novice / Intermediate / Advanced / Adult Black Belt
Ages 65 & Older - Adult Males Novice / Intermediate / Advanced / Adult Black Belt

Kata & Weapons scoring range for Jr. & Adults B/B will be 9.00 to 9.99 with 9.50 being average 
Kata & Weapons scoring range for Advanced under B/B will be 8.00 to 9.00 with 8.50 being average 
Kata & Weapons scoring range for Novice & Intermed. under B/B will be 7.00 to 8.00 with 7.50 average 

Kumite / Sparring is (8) points in all divisions (2) points head kicks (1) point punches time limit is  

Awards are 1st, 2nd & 3rd places in all events 

Novice will compete against Novice
Intermediates  will compete against Intermediates
Advanced will complete against Advanced
Jr. Back Belts against Jr. Black Belts
Black Belts will compete against Black Belts
Exhibition bouts rule in place if sparring against a higher rank we will use the lower belt rank
rules to control contact and ensure no injuries occur by accidental power or hard contact

3 to 5 Judges will be accepted to judge competitors based on availability of judges

Any Question please contact:

If anyone plans on volunteering to be a Black Belt Judge / Referee or
an event volunteer please reach out to myself Soke Campbell or GM Upton
so we can get you registered ASAP we don't want to wait until the last minute 
next year. Thanks in advance for your support

For all questions regarding discipline and rules please email to the following email address: ArnoldBOC@gmail.com.