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THE VIDEO WEIGHT-IN (BLACK BELTS ONLY)

May 31 : Friday Video Weight-In (Facetime)

● Coaches will get assigned numbers to call; all coaches must provide their contact numbers!

○ It must be supervised by a qualified coach

● Only black belts

● Time : 3 - 6 pm

● Attire: must wear shorts and a shirt

● 1 lb allowance

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Set-Up

● A 5 lb dumbell is used to show that the scale is calibrated correctly.

● Scale can not be close to the wall, desk, or chair.

● Phone video resolution must be reasonable for inspectors to see the scale.

● Video-weight in will be supervised by the referee chair, Master Todd Peterson.

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Phone Number

● Team’s name starts with ‘A to L’ : (805) 813-2551.

● Team’s name starts with ‘M to S’’ : (213) 547-5266

● Team’s name starts with ‘T’ : (818) 590-5924

● Team’s name starts with ‘V to Z’ : (805) 431-1041

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In Person Weight-In

● American Martial Arts Academy

○ 15 McCoy Place, Simi Valley, CA 93065

○ 3 pm - 6 pm

○ RSVP by calling 805-527-5505

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Important Reminder

You can qualify for the nationals at any weight division and then change your class.

For example, you can compete at -52 kg at your regional qualifier and then compete at -55 kg at the

nationals.

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Coach’s Attire

  • Must wear Official Blue AAU Coach’s shirt may not be modified in any way.

  • White or black dobok (uniform) pants or any ankle-length pants (no jeans).

  • Athletic sneakers (any color).

  • No jean, no shorts and no sandals.

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Head Contact

  • Under youth Safety rules, excessive head contact can result in ganjam and a possible DQ if it cause injury.

  • Black Belts: Cadets, Juniors, Seniors: Full Contact.\

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Protective Equipment

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  • Forearm protectors, shin/instep protectors and groin protection must be worn inside the dobok.

  • Mouth-guard can be any color excluding red. If the competitor has braces then a mouth-guard which

  • covers both the upper and lower braces must be worn.

  • Eyeglasses: For all belt ranks 5 to 11 years of age (excluding the mini-cadet black belt 10-11), "sport" eyeglasses will be allowed.

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Appeal Card

  • The coach may only appeal the following:

  • Penalties against the opponent for:

  • Falling down

  • Crossing the Boundary Line

  • Attacking the opponent after “Kal-yeo”

  • Attacking the fallen opponent

  • Any penalty against the coach’s own contestant.

  • Technical point scored or not scored.

  • Wrong identification of fist-attacking contestants by judges.

  • Any mechanical malfunction or error in time management.

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In this case, the Referee uses his/her own card.

The coach may request instant video replay for a head kick that has been scored or not scored.

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V.A. Match Times. All match times shall consist of three (3) 90-second rounds with a 30- second rest

between rounds (Black Belts), three (3) 60-second rounds with a 30- second rest between rounds

(Color Belts).

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V.B. Rest Time Between Semi-Final and Final Matches. Competitors shall be allowed at least a

two-minute rest between semi-final and final matches.

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V.C. For District and Regional competition, the tournament director has the option to modify the match

times as desired. Match times being used at local events must be specified on tournament flyer if

varied from above prescribed times.

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XV.B. Coach’s appeal is limited to only (1) action which has occurred within (5) seconds of the

appeal. Once the coach raises the Challenge Card to request an appeal, it will be considered that the

coach has used their allocated appeal, unless the Judge’s meeting satisfies the coach. If the coach’s

appeal is successful and the contested request is corrected, the coach shall retain the appeal right for

the match.

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XV.C. Coach may only appeal the following:

  • XV.C.1. IVR matches only: Penalties against the opponent for instances of falling down or

  • crossing the boundary line or attacking the opponent after kal-yeo or attacking the fallen

  • opponent.

  • XV.C.2. Technical point.

  • XV.C.3. IVR matches only: Any penalty against own contestant 2023 AAU Taekwondo Rule

  • Book Olympic-Style Sparring 2/21/2023 25.

  • XV.C.4. Any mechanical malfunction or error in time management. In case of appeal for PSS

  • mechanical malfunction, the coach may use his challenge card to request testing of the PSS at

  • any time during the 2nd and/or 3rd round. However, if the PSS mechanical function is working

  • properly, the coach shall lose his challenge card and his player will receive a gam-jeom for

  • misconduct. (Referee shall use his challenge card to test PSS equipment during 1st round).

  • XV.C.5. When referee forgot to invalidate point(s) after gam-jeom was given for prohibited act.

  • XV.C.6. Wrong identification of fist attacking contestant by judge.

  • XV.C.7. Head kick that is not scored.

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XV.D. If the referee perceives a contestant to be staggering, bleeding or knocked down by a kick to

the head, this includes a strong impact to the head, kick to the eye(s) or bleeding, and so begins

counting, but the attack was not scored by the head PSS, the referee shall request IVR or judges

review to make the decision for awarding or not awarding points after the count.

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XV.E. At any time during the match any of the judges can ask for IVR review for technical points

(addition or removal), regardless of the coach’s challenge card status.

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