Intercollegiate Wushu Championships Rules

The tournament will have several awards: Best Individual Man, Best Individual Woman and Best Individual Team. Any qualified competitor can compete for the Individual titles, but only full groups can compete for the team title.(see rules below).

Divisions:
The following divisions will be offered for competition for teams and individuals, divided up into beginner, intermediate and advanced skill divisions:

Handsets:

Chang Chuan

Nan Chuan

Traditional (all styles)

Tai Chi (Chen, Yang, Other)

Weapons:

Broadsword

Straightsword

Spear

Staff

Traditional Long

Traditional Short

Other:

Open Wushu (includes other weapons and other handsets)

Group Set (Teams only)

Team Competition:

Team Definition:

-6 people, determined before the beginning of the tournament.

-At least two females per team.

-ALL team members must be currently enrolled students at the SAME University or College.

-Team MUST compete in group set division.

Scoring:

-Best two places for each competitor will be chosen and summed.

-Sum of all six competitor's places will be summed [12 places total].

-Group Set place will be DOUBLED and added to team sum.

-Team with highest team sum will be the winning team.

Individual Competition:

Eligible Competitors:

-Must be a currently enrolled student or faculty/staff at a University or College.

-Members of a team are also eligible for the individual awards.

Scoring:

-Sum of places in 3 divisions will be summed:

1)Hand Form (Nan Quan, Chang Quan, Internal, Traditional)

2)Short Weapon(Broadsword, Straightsword, Traditional Short)

3)Long Weapon(Staff, Spear, Traditional Long)

-Male and Female competitors with highest individual sum will be Men's and Women's Individual Champion.

Points awarded for placing:
Individual and Team competition will be combined. Scores for all competitors will be given as in any normal competition. There will be no ties awarded. Once the competition in that division is complete, there will be two separate set of results listed on the scoring sheet:

1) First through fourth of ALL competitors (for use in the individual competition)

2) First through fourth of ONLY competitors competing in team competition.

For both sets of scores, points will be awarded as follows:

First Place - 4 points

Second Place - 3 points

Third Place - 2 points

Fourth Place - 1 point

5th and Below - 0 points

Rules for Group Set Competition:

-Only open to valid, full teams.

-All participants must be from the same team.

-Minimum of 4 team members must perform set.

-Minimum time limit: One minute.

-Can not be a set that any team members competed with in individual competition.

-Due to the fact that the score for group set counts double in the team competition, points for this division are awarded as follows:

First Place - 4 points

Second Place - 3 points

Third Place - 2 points

4th and Below - 1 point