Referee Course – Bunbury – 12 July 09

Application forms and fee can be sent in earlier.
Send to:  TWA Referee Committee, 22 Carina Circle, Mandurah, WA  6210.
or submit by the registration time on the day.

The Referee Course Application Form is also available.

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Referee Course – Perth – 5 July 09

The next referee course is scheduled to be 

Application forms and fee can be sent in earlier.
Send to:  TWA Referee Committee, 22 Carina Circle, Mandurah, WA  6210.
or submit by the registration time on the day.

The Referee Course Application Form is also available.

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WTF Competition Rules changes – to be implemented from June 2009

The WTF competition rule changes will be implemented from June 2009 at the World Cup being held in Baku, Azerbaijan.  Three senior International referees from Australia attended, including Kim Seng, ATA Master Instructor.  The 63rd International Referee Refresher course was held in Suzhou, China during April, which covered the latest rules amendments and new changes to make taekwondo sport faster paced, fairer and more appealing to the spectators and audience.

You can refer to an earlier post which itemised the amendments and changes of the competition rules.  Click here to view.

Amongst some of the more important changes or inclusions are: More

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ATA Peel region league tournament – 24th May 2009

The next tournament on the schedule for ATA members is the ATA Peel region league tournament to be held in:

Location: Mandurah High School Gym, Gibla Street, Mandurah (where we normally have the Mandurah classes and gradings)

Date: Sunday 24th May 2009

Times: start: 8:45 am to 11 am junior sparring; 11:00 am to 12 noon poomsae; 12 noon to 1:30 pm high school and seniors sparring

Application forms: obtainable from your club instructors and must be returned to your club instructors by 15th May 2009.

Open to all ATA members.

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Poomsae judging and scoring criteria reforms

Poomsae Judge Score Sheet 2012-a5 colour

Update: 2011:  In October 2011, the WTF revised its poomsae judging scoring criteria to be 40% on technical accuracy and 60% on presentation.  This follows on from the view presented in this earlier article.

The Korea Taekwondo Association (KTA) held meetings with its judging officials and kukkiwon poomsae experts recently during January 2009.  The consensus view was that the current methods of scoring and criteria for scores should be reformed and changed. 

The current scoring criteria is based on accuracy of movements and techniques which is allotted 50%; 30% to mastery (extent of movement, balance, power & speed); and 20% to presentation (rhythmn, tempo, tone & power and expression of ki. 

The reform suggestions are to reduce the accuracy allocation to 30% and increase allocation to 70% for experience and expressivity.  Experience category entails balance, range of motion, speed and strength of movements, while expressivity involves fluidity, rhythm, tempo and ki-hap.

The thought is to increase focus on expressivity and experience and raising the standards of poomsae.  It is considered that the current criterion and scoring methods reward stiff and robotic movements.  Poomsae is not about producing a regurgitated set of movements from memory, but rather poomsae is about an art form that requires unity between the mind and body and how this is being expressed.

Comments are welcome in this post or you can join in with the discussions in the forum.

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