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NEW FOR
NEW
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Junior Black Belts |
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Saturday 11:30am |
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13 & Under |
Weapon |
Boys |
Creative/Extreme |
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13 & Under |
Weapon |
Girls |
Creative/Extreme |
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14 - 17 |
Weapon |
Boys |
Creative/Extreme |
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14 - 17 |
Weapon |
Girls |
Creative/Extreme |
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Saturday 11:30 a.m. |
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13 & Under |
Weapon |
Boys |
Traditional |
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13 & Under |
Weapon |
Girls |
Traditional |
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13 & Under |
Form |
Boys |
Traditional |
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13 & Under |
Form |
Girls |
Traditional |
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13 & Under |
Form |
Boys |
Creative/Extreme |
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13 & Under |
Form |
Girls |
Creative/Extreme |
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14 - 17 |
Weapon |
Boys |
Traditional |
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14 - 17 |
Weapon |
Girls |
Traditional |
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14 - 17 |
Form |
Boys |
Traditional |
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14 - 17 |
Form |
Girls |
Traditional |
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14 - 17 |
Form |
Boys |
Creative/Extreme |
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14 - 17 |
Form |
Girls |
Creative/Extreme |
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Overall Grand Divisions
Saturday Finals |
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13 & Under |
Weapon |
Boys & Girls |
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14 - 17 |
Weapon |
Boys & Girls |
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Boys & Girls |
Form |
Boys & Girls |
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14 - 17 |
Form |
Boys & Girls |
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All Adult Black Belt Weapon
and Form Run-off at 2:30pm
All Adult Black Belt Sparring Run-offs at 3:30pm |
NEW
Grand Champions Divisions
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16 Jr. Black Belt Divisional
Grand |
| 13 & Under |
Weapon |
Boys |
Creative/Extreme |
| 13 & Under |
Weapon |
Girls |
Creative/Extreme |
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14 - 17 |
Weapon |
Boys |
Creative/Extreme |
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14 - 17 |
Weapon |
Girls |
Creative/Extreme |
| 13 & Under |
Weapon |
Boys |
Traditional |
| 13 & Under |
Weapon |
Girls |
Traditional |
| 13 & Under |
Form |
Boys |
Traditional |
| 13 & Under |
Form |
Girls |
Traditional |
| 13 & Under |
Form |
Boys |
Creative/Extreme |
| 13 & Under |
Form |
Girls |
Creative/Extreme |
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14 - 17 |
Weapon |
Boys |
Traditional |
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14 - 17 |
Weapon |
Girls |
Traditional |
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14 - 17 |
Form |
Boys |
Traditional |
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14 - 17 |
Form |
Girls |
Traditional |
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14 - 17 |
Form |
Boys |
Creative/Extreme |
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14 - 17 |
Form |
Girls |
Creative/Extreme |
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4 Overall Jr. Black Belt
Grand |
| 13 & Under |
Weapon |
Boys & Girls |
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14 - 17 |
Weapon |
Boys &
Girls |
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| 13 & Under |
Form |
Boys & Girls |
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14 - 17 |
Form |
Boys & Girls |
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2 Overall 30 & Over Grand
Divisions |
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30 & Over |
Weapon |
Men & Women |
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30 & Over |
Form |
Men & Women |
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NEW
Kenpo Divisions
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16 Color belt Form Divisions
for Kenpo |
NEW
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Extreme
Division |
The Extreme Divisions allow the
competitor to perform any movements whether they originate from
traditional or contemporary martial arts systems or otherwise.
However, (1) at least half of the form must originate from martial
arts techniques, and (2) the competitor must execute at least one
technique that involves an inverted move or greater than 360
degree spin. Emphasis is placed on the quality of execution of
techniques and movements, martial arts skills, balance, speed,
power, degree of difficulty, and showmanship. In addition, only
those movements that portray a definite offensive or defensive
martial arts purpose, or are included to illustrate extreme
flexibility or agility, are allowed. Inclusion of other movements,
or the performance of a form or weapons form meeting the criteria
above for a Traditional or Creative form, will result in a
downgrade by the judges, or upon a unanimous vote of the judges, a
"no score" as a form inappropriate for the division.
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| Commentary:
As martial arts evolves from the Traditional to Creative to
Extreme, this category allows for the integration of techniques
and movements from all martial art styles, gymnastics, acrobatics,
dance, and athletic disciplines. If a competitor wishes to
participate in a division with moves not permitted in the
Traditional and Creative Divisions but meeting the guidelines
described here, the competitor should compete in the Extreme
Division. |
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NEW
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Creative Divisions
- Forms & Weapons |
The Creative Division allows
forms to include contemporary martial arts techniques that have
evolved over the last 30 years. These may be added to traditional
form, or the form may be devised in its entirety by the
competitor. The Creative Division was formerly known as the Open
and before that the American Division. A form in the Creative
Division must ONLY include techniques which originate from martial
arts and like the Traditional Division, emphasis will be placed on
execution of the techniques, application of the techniques,
balance, speed, power, solid stances, and focus. Spinning kicks,
jump spinning kicks, flying kicks, multiple kicks, splits, weapon
twirls, weapon releases, and other creative martial arts
techniques are permitted. Movements that involve more than a 360
degree spin, require the body to be inverted more than parallel to
the floor, or are similar to movements found in gymnastics and/or
non martial arts disciplines, or forms that meet the above
definition of strictly traditional forms, will result in a
downgrade by the judges or, upon a unanimous vote of the judges, a
"no score" as a form inappropriate for the division.
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| Commentary:
The Creative Division is intended for those competitors who do not
wish to compete with a strictly traditional form, and/or do not
wish to compete against other participants who execute extreme
gymnastic-type movements. Over the past several years, it was
often observed that judging these "creative" forms in the same
division with forms including extreme martial arts "tricks" was
essentially comparing apples and oranges, and to be more fair to
the participants these divisions should be separated. NASKA has
therefore created a separate "Extreme Division", as detailed
below, separate and distinct from the Creative Division, thus
allowing the Creative Division to include only those forms with
movements that originate more inherently from the classic martial
arts systems.
Regarding the Creative Weapons Divisions, it is important to note
that any particular weapons movement shall NOT be a factor in
determining whether the weapons form constitutes a Creative or
Extreme Form. The determining factor shall be the particular body
movements as defined below in the Extreme Divisions. Consequently,
a Creative Weapons competitor is permitted to perform any weapons
move (i.e., twirls, releases, spins, etc.), but is not permitted
to perform "Extreme" body movements (i.e., flips, 540 and above
spins or any inverted body moves, etc.). |
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NEW
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Traditional Division - Forms & Weapons |
These forms must capture the
essence of classic martial arts movements, showcasing the
traditional techniques, stances, footwork, and weapons. Emphasis
is placed on execution of technique, application of technique,
balance, speed, power, solid stances, and focus. Forms may be
unmodified or modified from what a system or school considers to
be the original version of the form; however, performance of the
following movements will result in a downgrade of the form, or
upon unanimous vote of the judges, a "no score" as a form
inappropriate for the division: more than two kicks with the same
leg without putting the foot down in between; front or back flips;
cartwheels; front or side leg splits; releases of the weapon other
than simple hand switches; or any other gymnastic movements or
extreme exhibitions of flexibility or agility with the body or
weapon that are deemed in the opinion of the judges to be
inappropriate for the division pursuant to the general guidelines
set forth here.
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| Commentary:
There has been a great deal of debate among reputable martial
artists regarding whether a form or series of moves are outside of
the bounds of the Traditional Division. Because NASKA is a
tournament circuit open to all styles and schools (across the
nation and around the world) and from which judges are utilized,
each competitor must make his or her own decision regarding
whether to include movements which might appear to be
objectionable for the Traditional Division. |
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