Competition for students ages 3-17 yo
Dear Student, Parents, Instructors & Friends,
I hope this letter finds you in good health and spirits. I would like to thank you for your past support & look forward to seeing you at the 25th Tang Soo Do Youth (17 & Under) Challenge on SATURDAY January 25, 2025. The SNOW date is SUNDAY, January 26, 2025.
This year's event will be held at Valentin Karate 75 S Colony Street, Meriden, CT. 06450. This is an Invitational Tang Soo Do Event. Tang Soo Do Grand Masters, Masters, Instructors and Students throughout New England will be participating. It will be a great opportunity to meet, share and grow in healthy competition! Our goal as always is to run the finest Invitational Tournament in New England. We rely on your support and participation to achieve our goal and I would like to thank you in advance for your commitment.
As always we offer Tiny Tiger and Little Dragons competitor’s two options:
“Traditional” sparring with gear, forms & weapons 1st-4th place
“Instructional” Belt sparring, forms & breaking where all receive the same trophy.
All divisions will be awarded Trophies or Medals for 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 4th place finishers.
Please review your applications before they are submitted to ensure all information is correct.
Only "Instructional" Tiger & Dragons will have breaking.
I encourage you to Early Register online to keep your cost at a minimum ($75 for all three events, now until January 18)!
Online Registration will be until 3pm on January 23 with an additional $20 fee.
Late registration will begin at 8:00 am on Saturday, January 27 and will continue throughout the day. ALL AGES Black Belt Competitions will start at 9 AM. As such we ask that all Masters and Black Belts arrive on time so there are enough judges for the black belt competition. Please look at the schedule below.
Event Schedule:
8:00 a.m. Registration at the door Begins & Continues throughout the day
PLEASE BRING YOUR REGISTRATION CONFIRMATION
SO WE CAN SPEED REGISTRATION USING THE QR CODE INCLUDED
8:45 a.m. Line Up & Judges Meeting
9:00 a.m. All Dan (All BLACK BELTS) Competition, All Ages (7 -17yrs)
10:00 a.m. All GUP Teens, (13-17, White - Blue belts)
11:00 a.m. All GUP 11 & 12 Year old
12:00 p.m. All GUP 9 & 10 Year old
1:00 p.m. All GUP 7 & 8 Year old
2:00 p.m. All 6 & Under "Traditional" and "Instructional" Tigers & Dragons
3:00 p.m. Competition Ends
PLEASE NOTE: Competitors should arrive 30 minutes prior to your start time.
Encourage your students to early register to keep the cost for them at a minimum.
ONLINE REGISTRATION
EARLY BIRD REGISTRATION until JANUARY 18To compete in all events at the tournament (Weapons, Forms and Sparring) the fee is $75(Breaking for Instructional Tigers and Dragons only)
REGISTRATION: January 19 - 23rd: The fee is $95
All online registration closes at 3:00 pm on January 23.
DAY OF EVENT REGISTRATIONRegistration at the door on January 25 (or snow date 26th)Will be $95 for one division, $115 for two divisions or $135 for all three divisions
Spectator Fees are $10 Helps us support St. Judes Children's Hospital and Smilow kids cancer unit (https://www.ynhh.org/smilow)
If you have any questions, please contact me at (203) 238-0427 or contact my co-host, Master Steven Voelker at (860) 388-6300. Please checkout our Facebook Page Tang Soo Do Tournaments https://www.facebook.com/TSDTournament
Yours in Tang Soo Do,
Efrain Valentin Jr. & Steve VoelkerTournament Directors
DAY OF EVENT PRICES
One event - $95
Two events - $115
Three Events - $135
Competitor application does NOT come with any Spectator tickets. Please order what you need.
Online Registration
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ONLINE REGISTRATION IS CLOSED
NOTHING WILL BE SAVED PAST THIS POINT
Rules and Requirements for Youth (17 & under) Challenge are listed. Your confirmation email will contain a link to view and print if needed.
Only forms that are recognized requirements for Tang Soo Do Organizations are allowed. Competitors may demonstrate the form they are working on for their next promotion or any junior level form. Competitors may be asked to demonstrate (2) at a time. Tigers & Dragons competing in Traditional will compete in weapons.
Only forms that are recognized requirements for Tang Soo Do Organizations are allowed. Competitors may demonstrate the form they are working on for their next promotion or any junior level form. Competitors may be asked to demonstrate (2) at a time.
All competitors must wear molded foam type safety equipment. NO EXCEPTIONS! Safety equipment will include head gear, hand gear, foot gear and a mouthpiece. A groin cup for males is required.ACCEPTABLE TARGET AREA:The front and sides of the body from the belt up. The head to include the front and sides of the face.UNACCEPTABLE TARGET AREA:The body below the belt; any part of the back to include the kidneys, the back of the neck and the top of the head are all unacceptable targets.ALLOWABLE CONTACT: Light contact to the front and sides of body from the belt up. No contact allowed to the head. This includes face shields. Any properly executed kicking techniques will be allowed. Hand techniques will include lead punch, reverse punch, back fist and ridge hand. NO SPIN BACKFIST!TIME LIMIT:Matches will be unlimited points, high score after (1) two minute round. A tie score after (1) two minute round will result in an additional One minute round. A tie score after the One minute round will result in sudden victory. The next point scored will determine the winner.
If you can help with the judging please sign up here.
