Uniform and Weapon Requirements

All athletes must wear appropriate uniforms and use competing equipment approved by their coaches and/or the competition judges.

However, there are no specific restrictions on the length and weight of the competition equipment.

Division Category Requirements

Duilian (choreographed sparring)

• Each group must consist of two participants to three participants at most.

• There are no gender or age restrictions.

Group

• Each group must consist of at least four participants and no more than sixteen participants.

• There are no gender or age restrictions.

Roll-Call

Competitors shall arrive at the designated area for the first roll-call, which will occur 30 minutes prior to the start of the event. The second roll-call will occur 20 minutes prior to the start of the event, and the third roll-call will occur 10 minutes prior to the start of the event.

Competition Etiquette

Timing will commence from the first movement an athlete makes after they have assumed a static position. Once an athlete has assumed an upright position and brings his or her feet next to each other upon completion of his or her routine, the timing will stop.

Time Keeping

Timing will commence from the first movement an athlete makes after they have assumed a static position. Once an athlete has assumed an upright position and brings his or her feet next to each other upon completion of his or her routine, the timing will stop.

Time Restriction

Practitioners under the age of 18 are not subject to any time restrictions on their competition forms.

• Individual events and routine durations must be between 40 seconds and 2 minutes in total (excluding Taiji Quan, Taiji Jian). 

• The Taiji and Health Qigong events, including individual and group routines, must not exceed 6 minutes in duration. 

• Kung Fu Group events must not exceed 4 minutes

• Duilian (choreographed sparring) routine must be no less than 40 seconds.

• Music is not required, except some of the original forms are required with music.

Displaying of Scores

Each athlete’s results shall be openly displayed.

Forfeit

Should an athlete fail to attend a roll-call, it will be considered as a forfeit.

Appeals

Procedures and Policies

• The Jury of Appeals shall immediately review and make an arbitration conclusion based on the content of the appeal., and the judgment of the Jury of Appeals shall be final.

• More than half of the members of the Jury of Appeals must participate in the consideration of an appeal, and more than half of the votes must be cast in favor of a decision in order for it to be valid. If the basis of the appeal is ruled legitimate the result will be altered, and the appeal fee will be refunded; if the basis for the appeal is ruled as illegitimate, the original result will be upheld, and the appeal fee will not be refunded. 

• Each team must accept the ruling of the Jury of Appeals as final. If a team is dissatisfied with the ruling and continues to argue unreasonably, such behavior will be dealt with seriously.

• Following a ruling, a full investigation report will be submitted in a timely manner to the Organizing Committee for record purposes, and a written notice will be issued to the team that has lodged the appeal.