Competition Overview

Competing in forms and sparring is a time-honored tradition in martial arts. The demonstration of martial prowess through forms and testing ones skills against others through sparring has been a key part of martial arts training for thousands of years. It is the goal of the Wu Dao Competition to provide a positive environment to help students experience this part of their martial arts training and to help promote the practice of traditional Kung Fu.

Registering for the Competition

Wu Dao will be accepting pre-registration for the competition through Thursday, April 5, 2012. We will not be accepting registration the day of the competition.

You can register for the competition by email, mail or in person.

Email Registration
Scan and Email Wu Dao the completed registration form to Wu Dao

Conventional Mail - Write a check and mail your filled out registration form to
Wu Dao Kung Fu and Tai Chi
675 Concord Ave
Cambridge, MA 02138

Register in Person - Stop by Wu Dao at 675 Concord Ave in Cambridge MA, with your registration form and payment.

Age Groups, Skill Levels and Divisions Overview

Skill level criteria

Novice: 1 Year or less experience

Beginner: Between 1 and 2 years of experience

Intermediate: Between 2 and 4 years of experience

Advanced: More than 4 years of experience

Students who wish to compete at levels higher than their experience dictates, may do so with the approval of their instructor.

Forms Forms competition includes all weapon and hand demonstrations that are performed in front of the judges and awarded scores based on Traditional Chinese martial arts criteria. Only Traditional Chinese martial arts forms are allowed at the Wu Dao competition. This excludes all Japanese and Korean styles. This also excludes Contemporary Wu Shu and other contemporary mixed styles such as Kempo Karate.

Point Sparring - (Junior and Teen Divisions) Each student will fight three, two-minute matches. Each match will be against a different opponent. Each time the judge calls break, the clock will be stopped and the three judges will call either black or red and a point will be awarded accordingly. One point will be awarded for contact to any of the legal targets. In addition to scoring points during the match, students that win their matches will be awarded five additional points. After all matches have been completed, the student with the most points will win their division.

If there are an uneven number of students, causing a situation where some students must fight four matches, an average of points from their third and fourth matches will be taken. If the student fighting four matches wins both the third and fourth matches, they will still only receive five additional bonus points.

Continuous Sparring - (Adult Divisions) Continuous sparring is an elimination style competition. Students that successfully win their match will move on in the elimination.

Each sparring match will consist of three, two-minute rounds. The winner of a round will be determined based on the scoring from three judges. The first competitor to win two out of three rounds wins the match. If a competitor wins the first two rounds, the match will not continue to the third round.

Upon a successful kick to an opponents head the judges will call break and the student performing the kick will be awarded a point. This rule has been added to more accurately simulate the effect of a kick to the head. In a fighting situation a kick to the head is almost never grabbed and the person being kicked will be stunned.

Push Hands for Children - (Children Divisions) Children Push Hands done on slightly elevated posts (2.5 inches), which are on top of a padded floor. This competition provides the opportunity for young competitors to test their balance, structure and control in a safe and competitive environment. Similar to the scoring in Point Sparring, each student will get to push against three different competitors.

Points will be awarded by pushing an opponent off of their poles, while maintaining balance and control. At the end of three matches, the competitors with the most points will be awarded Gold, DSilver and Bronze medals.

Push Hands Video from Wu Dao on Vimeo.

Schedule of Events

Pre-Competition Activities
-8:00-9:00AM - Registration and Competitor Sign-In
-9:00-10:00AM - Rules Review and Youth Competitor Warm Up

Children and Junior Divisions
10:00-11:30AM
- Junior Sparring (Ring 1)
- Children Forms (Ring 2)

11:30-1:00PM
- Children Push Hands (Ring 1)
- Junior Forms (Ring 2)

Teen and Adult Divisions

-12:00-1:00PM - Teen and Adult Competitor Sign-In

1:00-2:30AM
- Adult Sparring (Ring 1)
- Teen Forms (Ring 2)

2:30-4:00AM
- Adult Forms (Ring 1)
- Teen Sparring (Ring 2)

Date, Location and Contact Information

Date: April 7, 2012
Cost: $40 per division, plus $5 for each additional division
Location: 675 Concord Ave, Cambridge, MA 02138
Call us: 617-812-2180
Email us: info@wudaokungfu.com
Cancellation Policy: Purchases are non-refundable.