Welsh Championships 2023

Cardiff Metropolitan University Arena
Cyncoed Campus, Cyncoed Road, Cardiff, CF23 6XD

There are some changes to the divisions, so please check carefully

JUNIORS
Coloured Belts Up to & including 15 years old.
Black Belts Up to & including 14 years old.

CADETS (Black Belts Only)
15 years up to & including 17 years old.

ADULTS
Coloured Belts 16 years & over
Black Belts (Female) 18 years old to 34 years old
Black Belts (Male) 18 years old to 39 years old

EXECUTIVE MALE (Black Belts Only)
40 years old & over (patterns & sparring)

EXECUTIVE FEMALE (Black Belts Only)
35 years old & over (patterns & sparring)

ALL Competitors to arrive by 9.00 A.M.

ENTRY FEES
Competitor: £15.00 per event (i.e. 3 events £45.00)
Spectators: £10.00 (5 years old & under FREE)
Team Events: £15.00 per 3 person team. To be paid & entered on the day.

Spectators ARE NOT ALLOWED onto the competition area.

The deadline for entries is Wednesday 26th April 2023

Online Entry Form can be found here

OFFICIALS
Officials must be Black Belts who have attended at least part 1 of the TAGB umpire’s course.
Officials must wear the official t-shirt with smart grey or black trousers and sports shoes.
DO NOT WEAR A SHIRT & TAGB TIE

All officials MUST bring their Black Belt licence book for stamping to record their attendance.
** YOU MUST ARRIVE BY 8.30 A.M. OTHERWISE YOU WILL BE ASKED TO PAY TO ENTER**

PHOTOGRAPHY
NO PUBLIC PHOTOGRAPHY IS PERMITTED ANYWHERE ON THE COMPETITION AREA. OTHER THAN THE
OFFICIAL MEDIA TEAM STAFF.
THIS RULE ALSO APPLIES TO OFFICIALS ON THE COMPETITION AREA.

COMPETITORS
All competitors are permitted to only wear standard white TAGB doboks, the most recent national doboks or TAGB Tiger dobok. (No club doboks).
All sparring competitors may wear forearm protectors in addition to their regulation TAGB sparring equipment.

BLACK BELT WEIGH-IN
All Black Belt Divisions (Adults, Cadets & Executives Only) MUST weigh in before the closing time or they
will be withdrawn from the competition.
The weigh-in will close at 10.30 am

PATTERN DIVISIONS
All competitors must perform a pattern of their grade from the list below.
Juniors
All junior pattern divisions are as follows.
Yellow (9th Kup to 7th Kup)
Green (6th Kup to 5th Kup)
Blue (4th Kup to 3rd Kup)
Red (2nd Kup to 1st Kup)
Black (All grades together)
Boys & Girls in separate divisions

Cadets
Cadet pattern divisions are as follows.
Black Belt Only
(All Dan Grades together)
Male & female in separate divisions.

Adults
All adults pattern divisions are as follows.
Yellow (9th Kup to 7th Kup)
Green (6th Kup to 5th Kup)
Blue (4th Kup to 3rd Kup)
Red (2nd Kup to 1st Kup)
Black (1 ) (1ST Dan Only)
Black (2+3) (2nd & 3rd Dan)
Black (4+) (4th Dan and above)
Male & Female in separate divisions

EXECUTIVE
(Black Belt Only) All grades together.
Male & Female in separate divisions

PATTERNS
All Coloured Belt competitors must perform a pattern up to their grade from their grade group below.

All Black Belt competitors must perform a pattern of their grade from their grade group below.

TEAM PATTERN COMPETITION
Divisions
Juniors – Boys and Girls in the same divisions
Three competitors in a team
Split as follows
9th Kup to 7th Kup
6th Kup to 4th Kup
3rd Kup to ls Kup
All Dan Grades
Adults – Males and Females in the same division
Three competitors in a team
Split as per junior divisions

RULES OF THE COMPETITION
Each team to perform a pattern in unison.
Pattern to be scored in the same way as in individual pattern events.
The pattern to be relevant to the most junior grade in the team.
(e.g. A team with a 9th Kup in can only perform Chon Ji and a team with a 3rd Kup in can perform any pattern up to and including Toi Gye)

SPARRING DIVISIONS

All the above divisions 1 x 1.5 minute rounds. Medals awarded 1 x Gold 1 x Silver 2 x Bronze

All the above divisions 1 x 2 minute rounds. Medals awarded 1 x Gold 1 x Silver 2 x Bronze

All the above divisions 1 x 2 minute rounds. Medals awarded 1 x Gold 1xSilver 2xBronze

All the above divisions 1 x 2 minute rounds. Medals awarded 1 x Gold 1 x Silver 2 x Bronze
Black Belt Final 2 x 2 minute rounds.

All the above divisions 1 x 2 minute rounds. Medals awarded 1 x Gold 1 x Silver 2 x Bronze
Black Belt Final 2 x 2 minute rounds.

All the above divisions 1 x 2 minute rounds. Medals awarded 1 x Gold 1 x Silver 2 x Bronze

All the above divisions 1 x 2 minute rounds. Medals awarded 1 x Gold 1 x Silver 2 x Bronze

DESTRUCTION (BLACK BELTS ONLY)
Competitors may enter hand, foot or both

Medals awarded 1 x Gold Foot destruction 1 x Gold Hand destruction

TAG TEAM SPARRING DIVISIONS
MALE:
3 person team. White/Yellow/Green belts together. No weights.
3 person team. Blue/red belts together. No weights
3 person team. Black belts. No weights.
FEMALE:
3 person team. White/Yellow/green belts together. No weights.
3 person team. Blue/red belts together. No weights.
3 person team. Black belts. No weights.
JUNIOR’s
3-person team. White/Yellow/Green belts together. Must all be from the same division.
3 person team: Blue/Red belts together. Must all be from the same division.
3 person team: Black belts. Must all be from the same division.
* There will be four junior divisions
1. Pee wee.
2. Lightweight.
3. Middleweight.
4. Heavyweight.
* Boys and Girls separate teams
** There are no separate team events for Executive Male & Executive Female or Cadet Male & Cadet
Female.

All junior teams are under 16 years old
All senior teams are 16 years and over

The deadline for entries is Wednesday 26th April 2023

Online Entry Form can be found here