New Changes in the Competition Rules Lie Ahead
By ETU
Wednesday, May 09, 2007
At the upcoming Taekwondo World Championships in Beijing (May 18th to 22nd) the world's Taekwondo leaders will gather again. WTF will hold its General Assembly on May 17th and again the Competition Rules for Kyorugi will be changed.
We have taken a look on the proposals and here are the most important topics that will have an influence on competition training and tactics - provided that all changes are accepted by the General Assembly:
- Hand and foot protector will become mandatory.
- New definition of legal attack zones.
- 3 points for successful attacks to the face.
- 7 point gap and 12 point ceiling will be deleted.
- New definitions of Kyonggos (reduced number).
- 4th round with sudden death with prolongation (if no decision is made in the 4th round, then the fight will go on in more rounds until one competitor scores).
- After a KO to the head the competitor can still fight again within 30 days if a doctor gives a written permission.
Furthermore, an Ethics Committee against the violation of ethical values will be established.
A lot of work for the delegates at the G.A. and a lot of responsibility. All those proposed changes have been prepared by the respective commissions in regard to a better and smoother competition management. Hopefully it will come out that way.
Regarding Poomse tournaments, new doboks for Poomse competition have been designed. There will be a difference between male and female dobok and between those for Poom grades, low Dan grades (from 1st to 6th Dan) and high Dan grades (from 7th to 9th Dan). Design resembles closely traditional koran clothing but has been generally well acepted by those who have seen a sample already.
Make you own decision and look at the drawings (from left to right: dobok for high Dan, dobok for low Dan male/female, dobok for Poom male/female):
