In-School Tournament Information
Competition Times and Ring Assignments
Please remember:
Full white uniforms are required for the OG sparring and one-step competitions.
Please arrive a few minutes early so we’re ready to go at the start time.
For those of you sparring, please don’t forget your sparring gear!
| Time | Person | Ring |
| 9a, Ninja Warrior Course | ||
| Corey Henry | 1 | |
| Sam Roper | 1 | |
| Kareem daoud | 1 | |
| Khaled daoud | 1 | |
| James Marion | 1 | |
| Hunter Sitton | 1 | |
| James Murray | 1 | |
| Ashley Paulin | 1 | |
| Nathan Awoyode | 1 | |
| 10a OG Sparring | Ring Assignment | |
| Black Belts | Aaron Gibbs | 1 |
| Levi Cato | 1 | |
| Michael Velez | 1 | |
| William Ratcliff | 1 | |
| Braden Mendoza | 1 | |
| Emma Tamplain | 3 | |
| Kai Aklestad | 3 | |
| Grayson Schnellhardt | 3 | |
| Nicholas Gomez | 3 | |
| Sofia Gusart | 3 | |
| Rachel Ling | 3 | |
| 10:30a OG Sparring | ||
| Intermediates | Dylan Hierro | 1 |
| Joseph Garza | 1 | |
| Matthew Serrano | 1 | |
| Daniel Murray | 1 | |
| Julia Olson | 3 | |
| Alyssa Aguilar | 3 | |
| Nya Newman | 3 | |
| James Olson | 3 | |
| 11a OG Sparring | ||
| Advanced | Julian Giarratano | 1 |
| Brady Stevens | 1 | |
| Darius Kashi | 1 | |
| Gabriel Richardson | 1 | |
| Cole Davies | 1 | |
| Mason spector | 1 | |
| 11:30a One Steps | ||
| Beginners | Aarav Dutta | 1 |
| Albert Chu | 1 | |
| Rapheal Akinribido | 1 | |
| Daniel Nichol | 3 | |
| Tobi oladipo | 3 | |
| Daniel Uk | 3 |
OG Sparring Rules
Taekwondo America tournament sparring rules will be governing the sparring competition (hits only allowed between the belt and shoulders and on the red helmet. Punches to the head, illegal target areas, excessive contact will receive warnings. Drawing blood results in automatic disqualification. Excessive contact can result in two warnings.)
On the first warning, the opponent receives a point. On the second warning, the opponent receives 2 additional points. On the 3rd warning, the competitor is disqualified from that match).
Points can only be earned inside the ring (competitors must be in the black squares to score). Warnings can be earned at any point in the match.
Sparring point scoring
1 point:
each punch
basic kick to the body
2 points:
basic kick to the head
jump OR spin kick to the body
3 points:
jump OR spin kick to the head
jump spin kick to the body (includes 360 kicks)
4 points:
jump spin kick to the body (includes 360 kicks)
In addition, each time a point is scored, the judge will stop the match, announce the point, and begin the match again.
Matches will run 1.5 minutes with an ongoing clock – time will continue to run even though breaks will be called to announce points. Time will be stopped only for an injury or if both competitors go out of the ring.
In the event of a tie, a 15 second tie breaker will take place. The match will NOT be stopped to announce points in a tie-breaker.
One-Step Rules
Two competitors will go against each other per round. Each competitor will alternate between their one steps in consecutive order: (1, 1,; 2, 2; 3, 3).
After each one-step (1, 1,), judges will determine who performed the combination better and award a point to that person).
The competitor with the most points will advance on in our Gold Medal bracket. The competitor who does not have the most points will be placed into our Secondary Bracket where they will have a shot at competing for 2nd or 3rd place.
Kicking Challenge Info
The kicking Challenge will begin at approximately 10:30 a.m. Students who are participating are welcome to head over to our heavy bag area from 10:30a – noon to participate.
Here are the assigned kicks and the number needed to earn 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place ribbons:
| #kicks in 30 seconds for | |||||
| 1st Place Ribbon | 2nd Place Ribbon | 3rd Place Ribbon | |||
| White Belts | Front Kick
|
20 | 15 | 10 | |
| Yellow/Orange Belts | hop side kick
|
20 | 15 | 10 | |
| Sr. Orange – Sr. Purple Belts | spin side kick
|
20 | 15 | 10 | |
| Blue – Sr. Red Belts | jump spin side kick
|
20 | 15 | 10 | |
| Black Belts | hop side kick w/ one foot; jump spin side w/other foot | 20 | 15 | 10 | |
Please be aware of the following rules for the challenge:
Kicks must be executed with correct chamber, technique, and re-chamber.
Students must use the correct part of the foot to touch the bag. (Front kick – ball of the foot; all side kicks – bottom of the heel of the foot).
Kicks must make contact with the bag in order for them to be counted.
Kicks can be done with either foot (black belts must use both feet on their kicking challenge).
Kicks that don’t meet the requirements listed above will not be counted.
In addition:
Students may switch feet at any time.
Students do not have to touch the floor in between each kick.
Judges have final say on whether or not a kick is counted.
Team Sparring
Team sparring for all teams takes place at noon. Here are the ring assignments:
| Noon | |||
| Team Sparring | Ring 1 | Ring 2 | Ring 3 |
| Black Belt Teams | Intermediate Teams | Advanced Teams |
Teams can wear a t-shirt and either white or black taekwondo pants. The t-shirt does NOT have to be a Fort Bend TKD t-shirt if the team wants to wear matching t-shirts. If the team chooses to not coordinate their clothing, then a Fort Bend TKD shirt will need to be worn.
With team sparring, the 1st teammate on each team will spar. Then the 2nd teammate, and finally, the third. Each match will run for 30 seconds. Points will accumulate across each teammate’s round. The team with the most total number of points will be deemed the winner of that round.
Warnings will also accumulate. Each team has 6 warnings PER TEAM for the team round. One point will be award PER WARNING to the other team. If a team receives a 7th warning, the entire team will be disqualified from that round.
The team will choose the order of competitors each round.
Taekwondo America tournament sparring rules will be governing team sparring competition (hits only allowed between the belt and shoulders and on the red helmet. Punches to the head, illegal target areas, excessive contact will receive warnings. Drawing blood results in automatic disqualification. Excessive contact can result in two warnings.)
Point scoring
1 point:
each punch
basic kick to the body
2 points:
basic kick to the head
jump OR spin kick to the body
3 points:
jump OR spin kick to the head
jump spin kick to the body (includes 360 kicks)
4 points:
jump spin kick to the body (includes 360 kicks)
Points can only be earned inside the ring (competitors must be in the black squares to score). Warnings can be earned at any point in the match.