1. KATA COMPETITION RULES IJF KATA COMMISSION JANUARY 2009

2. KATA Nage no kata Kime no kata Katame no kata Kodokan goshin jutsu Ju no kata The judges will evaluate these kata on the basis of the official Kodokan kata standard according and with reference to the Kodokan edition of video.

3. COMPETITION AREA The competition area 10x10 Safety area 2 meters A strip of visible color adhesive tape 10cmx50cm, 6meter apart The starting position of Tori and Uke

4. Participants Two couples per kata from each Federation Must be same nationality If changed nationality, must wait for three years before they can represent new country Must be 18 years and shodan and up Couples can be same or deferent sex

5. Uniform White Judogi IJF Kata Championship back number must be applied on the back of the jacket No old back number are allowed National emblem 100 cm 2

6. Judges Each kata shall be evaluated by five judges under the supervision of IJF kata commission The five judges will be posotioned on the shomen side and they will seat at 1meter distance each other

7. Kata evaluation system Open and close ceremony and each evaluated with a maximum positive score of 10 points A global evaluation of the kata will be given in the row fluidity, course and rhythm with a positive score 0 to 10 If there is a forgotten technique, this score shall be zero Nage no kata right and left techniques will be evaluated globally (only one score)

8. The positive score is decreased by mistakes marking crosses on the score sheet Small: value of the mistake = 1 Maximum number of crosses = 2 Medium : value of mistake = 3 Maximum number of crosses = 1 Big or wrong technique: The score starts from 5 instead of 10 Maximum number of crosses = 1 (small or medium can be added if necessary)

9. Forgotten technique The score of the technique is Zero and the total score of kata is halved If the forgotten technique is more than one, Zero score will be not halved again

10. Score points 1 - 2Poor 3 - 4Nearly correct 5 - 6Correct 7 - 8Good 9 - 10Excellent

11. General elements to be in the execution of kata NAGE NO KATA GENERAL ELEMENTS TO BE OBSERVEDKIND OF MISTAKES Tori decides the starting positionMedium Tsugi ashi steps (Uki otoshi to Yoko gake)From small to medium Effectiveness and realismMedium TECHNIQUEELEMENTS OF OBSERVEDKIND OF MISTAKES Uki goshiTori steps in to meet the attackSmall/Medium and throws Uke diagonally Ura nageTori avoids Uke’s blow duringMedium the second step, stepping for- ward very low, left-right/right-left foot.