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Referee and Judges Training
Sunday, 11th May 2008

Masters and students discuss the practice bout

On a hot summer's day approximately fifty duan grades and red belts gathered at National Headquarters for Referee and Judges training in preparation for this year's National Championships.

It was good to see several Masters in attendance and also many new faces. We were pleased to welcome eleven students from Reading with their instructor Master Nazim Gokcezade.

Bob Hooper and Master Goward advise young red belt
students on timing the bouts

Aaron Clark referees practice bout

The training session was an ideal opportunity for those new to the task of refereeing and/or judging to practice their skills, ask questions and debate.

Tony White v William Grove: Referee Tina Matania

Grandmaster Loke and Senior Masters presided over practice bouts and gave direction and feedback regarding several areas for discussion. For example: to remind students not to wear glasses when sparring (only sports glasses or contact lenses), the scoring system and when two points or one point is applicable, when to deduct points and the process for doing this, when one judge's score may cancel out another, techniques that are not permitted (e.g. spinning back fists, open hand techniques, kicks below the belt) and general etiquette and control of the sparring ring.

L to R: Master Blakemore, Master Cook, Master Goward,
Grandmaster Loke, Bob Hooper

Our 16th National Championships will take place on Saturday 28th June 2008 at the Dolphin Leisure Centre, Haywards Heath, Sussex. Full details are available from your instructor.

David Bray v Andrew Mangion

Championship Rules can be found by clicking on the link below.

You will need Adobe Acrobat to read them which can be downloaded here