2) SPARRING:

Safety equipment: Mouth piece, Head, Hand, Foot Gear required. Groin cup recommended.

REF CALLS:

The competitor to the Center Ref left side is "Red".  The competitor to the Center Referees right side is "Blue". A majority refs are required for a point to be awarded.  When a Ref wants to make a call he/she yells "STOP!" (Not POINT") At the time the Center Refs calls "STOP" and brings the competitors back to their original starting lines and says "Judges CALL!"  At that point the Refs will make 1 of the following 5 calls:

ACCEPTABLE TARGET AREA:

The front and side of the body from the belt up. The head, specifically the front and side of the face (No contact to the face area: i.e. eyes, nose, mouth, “triangle area”)

UNACCEPTABLE TARGET AREA:

Any part of the body below the belt.
Any part of the back (from the seam on the side of the uniform and back).
Back of the neck, top of the head, No contact to the eyes, nose, mouth “triangle area”

ALLOWABLE CONTACT:

Light contact to the body and head.
(No contact to the face area: i.e. eyes, nose, mouth, “triangle area”)
Hand techniques include lead punch, reverse punch, backfist, and ridge hand.

ILLEGAL TECHNIQUES:

No Spin Backfist
No open hand, (ie palm heels or spear hand techniques not allowed). No elbow or knee kicks allowed                                  

WARNINGS:

Excessive Contact: A majority of the judges must call for excessive contact.  1st and 2nd Offense: Award a point to the person hit, or Disqualify (DQ) the competitor if the judges determine the contact was extremely excessive.  3rd Offense: DQ 

Illegal techniques:  1st Offense, verbal warning.  2nd Offense, Award a point to the person receiving the illegal technique.  3rd Offense: DQ

TIME LIMIT:

Matches are two minutes, high score wins
If there is a tie after the first round, there will be an additional 1 minute round. Continue with 1 minute rounds until the tie is broken. (No sudden victory. 1 minute tie breaker rounds will be used).

3) PADDED WEAPON SPARRING: Padded Stick (NOT Handmade PVC Pipe) Head and Hand Gear required. Additional padding allowed, (i.e. Forearm, shin, foot, chest, leg padding). No “hard” plastic shin gear allowed (i.e. soccer plastic shin guards). Eye protection and Groin cup recommended.

REF CALLS: Same calls as point sparring

A) POINTS: All techniques are 1 point. A majority of judges needed to score.
First and Second disarm (A disarm is when the opponent drops his padded stick, either by striking the opponents weapon out of their hand, with your padded stick): Award a point for the person who disarmed his opponent.  Third disarm is DQ for the offender. 

B) ACCEPTABLE TARGET AREA: Front and side of the entire body. The head, specifically the front (no contact allowed to the "Face Triangle": Eyes, Nose, and Mouth area)  and side of the face.

C) UNACCEPTABLE TARGET AREA: The back, back of the neck, top of the head, No contact to the “Face Triangle” (eyes, nose, mouth)