Welcome martial arts competitors of all skill level! The North County Open Karate Tournament is open to students age 3 and up, white to black belt! This is a friendly competition and demonstration of skill, discipline and martial arts spirit! Please be sure to fill out your registration form completely and contact 7 Spears Martial Arts if you have any questions.
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Date: Saturday, March 22nd, 2025
Location: Maranatha Christian School Gymnasium, 9050 Maranatha Drive
San Diego, CA 92127
Contact: info@7spearsmartialarts.com, call or text- 619-228-3706
Entry Fees:
One entry fee covers all divisions.
Early registration by December 31st: $65
January 1st-January 31st: $80
February 1st- March 8th: $95
Registration closes on March 9th!
NO DAY OF EVENT REGISTRATIONS.
All registrations will include 2 spectator passes for family and friends. Additional passes can be purchased for $10 online or at the door.
T-shirts will be available for sale at the event for $20 plus tax.
North County Open Tournament Rules
Demonstration Teams:
Certificate for 1st, 2nd and 3rd place
Teams of 2 or more performing a creative routine, option to use music.
Judging criteria will be based on the level of difficulty of the routine, formation, level of synchronization and overall performance.
Routine must be 3 minutes or less
Forms- Open Hand and Weapons, Creative and Traditional
Scoring is based on a scale of 5-10. 5 is very poor, 6 is below average, 7 average, 8 good, 9 excellent, 10 is perfect.
Please judge based on the following criteria: Skill demonstrated, speed and coordination, intensity/ spirit, degree of difficulty of form, stances
If a student makes a mistake and has to restart, points will be deducted based on rank. For colored belts .2 to .6 of a point may be deducted depending on rank and severity of mistake. For black belts deduct .5 to 1.0. Only two restarts are allowed, after that the student will automatically receive a score of 5 for not completing their form.
If a student makes a mistake and has to restart, points will be deducted based on rank. For colored belts .2 to .6 of a point may be deducted depending on rank and severity of mistake. For black belts deduct .5 to 1.0. Only two restarts are allowed, after that the student will automatically receive a score of 5 for not completing their form.
If there are 5 judges the highest and lowest score will be dropped from the overall score total. If there are 3 judges, all scores will be included.
In the case of a tie with 5 judges, the highest and lowest scores will be added back in. In the case of 3 judges, the two students with tied scores will repeat their form.
Sparring:
Flag Sparring- Tiny Tiger Age 3-6: Tiny Tigers will do flag sparring. Each competitor will have 4 flags in his or her belt, 2 in the front and 2 in the back. The first person to pull out all of the flags of their opponent wins the match. If time runs out, the student who pulled the most number of flags out of their opponent’s belt wins. Match is continuous, do not stop the match each time a flag is pulled. All matches are 2 minutes.
Point Sparring- Youth and Above: Light contact is allowed to the body and light contact to the head where the helmet is covering. Legal strikes include straight punches and kicks to the body, and kicks to the head. Controlled backfists and ridgehands are allowed to the side of the head where the helmet is covering. Hammerfists to the top of the head and groin strikes are not legal. 2 minutes per match, the first person to score 3 points wins or the person with the highest score when time runs out.
Black Belt : 5 points for black belt matches or the person with the highest number of points at the end of specified time. Black Belts may receive 2 points for clean and controlled kicks to the head at the center judge’s discretion. 3 minutes per match.
TENTATIVE SCHEDULE
8:45 am - Doors Open
9:00 am - Judges/Scorekeeper/Timekeeper Meeting
9:15 am - Opening Ceremonies
9:30 am – Demonstration Teams
10:15 am – Black Belt Competition, Creativity, Weapons, Forms, Sparring, Youth to Adult
11:30:00 am – Tiny Tigers age 3-6 Forms and Sparring Competition
12:00 pm – Youth Colored Belt Creativity Division (Forms and Weapons)
12:30 pm – Youth Colored Belt Traditional Weapons
1:00 pm – Youth Colored Belt Traditional Forms
1:30 pm – Youth Colored Belt Sparring
2:00 pm – Teen/Adult Colored Belt Creativity Division (Forms and Weapons)
2:30 pm – Teen/Adult Colored Belt Traditional Weapons
3:00 pm – Teen/Adult Colored Belt Traditional Forms
3:30 pm – Teen/Adult Colored Belt Sparring
4:30 pm - Closing Remarks