Referee and Judges Training
30th April 2006
Master Siew Ying Loke refereeing, watched by senior instructors
Daniel Eastman (1st Duan, Grays) v James Slade (1st Duan, Hornchurch)The first of the two referee and judges training sessions took place at National Headquarters, Grays, Essex on
Sunday 30th April.
Red belts (1st ji) sparring (tooi ta)
1st ji red belt students practiced their sparring to give new and seasoned duan grades the opportunity to practice their
judging skills.
1st ji's were also able to perform timing and scoring
record keeping duties at the control table
Grandmaster Loke and senior Masters directed events,
checking the scoring accuracy of referees and hand signals of those performing judging duties.
Grandmaster Loke addresses those present
watched by Jonathan King, 1st Duan (Epsom)Grandmaster Loke took time to explain rules for scoring,
etiquette and general procedures and protocol.
The three hour training session was well attended
by many duan grades and 1st Ji's.
Simon King (2nd Duan, Epsom) v Roland Vasallo (1st Duan, Epsom)
Referee Korel Gokcezade (3rd Duan, Reading)
New duan grades had the opportunity of practicing judging for the first time, whilst more senior members were able to refresh their refereeing skills.
Rebecca Marshall (1st Duan, Rochford) v Danielle Young (1st Duan, Grays)
Referee Chris Wright (3rd Duan, Grays)
Referees had several opportunities during the afternoon
to practice their skills ready for the championships.
Senior members also participated in sparring practice.
Robert Little (2nd Duan, Grays) refereeing
Tony Salton (3rd Duan, Grays) v Barry Smith (2nd Duan, Hornchurch)New duan grades from different clubs also had the
opportuinty to practice their sparring and learn the scoring system, e.g. two points for evasion and counter, block and counter or a jumping kick.
Those present were also reminded of prohibited techniques which inlcude open hand techniqes, knees, elbows, spinning back fists, grabbing, sweeping etc.
Barry Fisher (1st Duan, Croydon) v Kris Knight (1st Duan, Grays)
Referee Craig Dawson (3rd Duan, Rainham)
Barry Smith (2nd Duan, Hornchurch) - "one point blue"Judges were called uppon to enter the ring and complete scoring tests by counting the scores from the four ring judges
and their own score.
Master Blakemore, Master Butterworth, Grandmaster Loke and Master GowardSenior Masters answered quesions from students
throughout the afternoon including the distance from
target to score for different level belts.
If you want to refresh your memory or learn about the sparring rules, check with your instructor and/or see our 'Competitions' pages index where a pdf file covering the rules can be downloaded.
The second and final referee and judges training session before the National Championships will take place on
Sunday 14th May.Tang Sou!
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