WELCOME
It is a great pleasure to invite you to the 2025 BUDO SOUTH OPEN Championship. All players and coaches should be knowledgable of the WT Kyorugi and Poomsae Competition rules. Please refer to:
http://www.worldtaekwondo.org/rules/
LIMIT ON THE NUMBER OF COMPETITORS
The tournament will be limited to 300 competitors (Poomsae (100), Kyorugi (200) – Combined (300)).
Kyorugi (Sparring) Competitors
This is a single elimination tournament format, held under WT competition rules. All competitors must pre-register and qualify through weigh-in. Late entries will be accepted but with a $20 fee attached. Kyorugi is scheduled for Saturday (12th) and Poomsae is scheduled for Sunday (13th).
Saturday 12th April – Kyorugi
- 9am to 1pm – NON ELECTRONIC PSS SCORING – 1min0sec rounds, 30sec rest
- All Minor Divisions,
- Cadets, Juniors, Seniors and Veterans, Grades 8-6, 5-3
- 130pm until Finish (7pm or earlier) – ELECTRONIC PSS SCORING – 1min30sec rounds, 40sec rest
- Cadets, Juniors, Seniors and Veterans Grades 2-1, Black Belt
Daedo Electronic Scoring System and Sensor Socks
It will be necessary that each competitor in these divisions bring their own pair of Daedo Sensor socks. Please visit http://www.kwon.co.nz to order and purchase the latest Daedo Sensor Socks.
Poomsae Competitors:
The Poomsae competition will be held on Sunday 13th April – Poomsae from 9am to 1pm
- Poomsae will start on Sunday on both Courts at 9am, with projected finish by 1pm.
- Poomsae required for each competition division are outlined within this package.
Entry Details
• Two competition mats in Gym1 with Gym 2 acting as the warm up room
• 200 Kyorugi competitors maximum, 100 Poomsae competitors maximum
• Preference will be given to Clubs on the following basis
- Clubs that attended the Budo South in 2024
- Oceania Clubs based from outside New Zealand
- The Rest – First come basis
See you on the mats,
Garry Carpenter
Technical Delegate