Official webpage of the 11th Asia Pacific
Shitoryu Karatedo Championships

Rules and Regulations

1. All participants shall be members of APSKF paid-up Affiliates, JKF-Shitokai, or the organizations practising Shitoryu Karatedo by direct invitation of the Organizer.
2. All participants shall abide by the rules and regulations; infringement of any rules and regulations will render the entrant to be disqualified and the forfeiture of any trophy or certificate given or to be given.
3. The Organizer reserves the right to decline any application without giving any reason.
4. The Organizer has the sole and absolute discretion to interpret, alter and amend any of the rules regulations and to implement additional rules and regulations at any time it considers necessary for the orderly running of the Championships and associated events; and determine all matters arising out of the Championships and associated events. The decision of the Organizer in consultation with APSKF Executive Council will be final.
5. The latest WKF Competition Rules will be adopted for the championships unless otherwise notified by the Organizer or the Referee Commission in consultation with APSKF Executive Council.
6. The Chief of the Referee Commission is Sensei Con Kassis.
7. There will be a 1-metre wide safety area around the 8m x 8m competition area.
8. Each delegation may enter 2 contestants for each Senior individual Kumite event and Kata event and 1 team for each senior team Kumite event and Kata event. Hong Kong, as the Organizer, will have the privilege to enter double as usual practice. The numbers of entries for all Junior events are unlimited.
9. In the cases of insufficient entries in any competition event categories, the Organizer has the sole and absolute discretion to cancel, merge or alter any event categories.
10. All Kumite contestants are required to bring along their own protective equipments, such as gum shield, mitts (red & blue), shin pads and foot protectors (red & blue), male groin guards, and female chest protectors, etc., and also their red and blue belts. The Organizer will not provide any of these equipments.
11. Only JKF-Shitokai style of Shitoryu Katas can be performed in all Kata competitions.
12. Boys and girls may repeat their Katas in JUNIOR Kata events, but they must not perform the same Kata in two consecutive rounds.
13. All contestants are required to put a copy of their passports (the page with their photos) at the back of their contestants pass for checking.

Click here to download the complete documentation. (note: this is a password protected document and you need to be an official apskf member to open it)