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WhatsNew
You Can Register for MMAL Online NOW!
It is now possible to join the MMAL on-line through
Active.Com. (Clicking Link will take you MMAL Registration)
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CurrentNews
Upcoming Events!
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May 22nd | WKC Regionals | Stevens Point, WI
July 30th, 2011 | 2011 MMAL IL Championships | Hoffman Estates, IL
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RecentNews
Congratulations to Master & Mrs. Helaney who hosted the Omaha National
Martial Arts Championshps and all the over 250 participants who enjoyed a great
event!
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Tournament Competitors
What Makes the MMAL Tournament Different?
The MMAL has been founded with the sole purpose of providing great
tournaments for its members without all the politics that plague so many other
organizations. Come see what makes this organization so much different and
the place for top of the line competition in safe, well ran, none biased events.
Competitor Membership
Application
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Tournament Rules
- Basic Rules General information: Tournament rules have been
implemented to insure the safe enjoyment of all participants and
spectators.
- The promoter, staff, and officials reserve the right to refuse
entry, and/or the right to eject anyone for non-compliance of the rules
or unsportsmanlike conduct.
- ¡Non-Competitor Safety Issues: No one but competitors, judges, and
officials are allowed on the competition floor or to enter a ring while
in session. Spectators should remain in designated seating areas at all
times to avoid unintentional injury. (*Exceptions will be made for
parents of small children escorting them to and from a ring.)
- Coaching: NO COACHING IS ALLOWED DURING COMPETITION. Coaching has
the potential to cause distractions for the judges and competitors.
Anyone attempting to coach a competitor will cause the competitor
forfeit the division or match.
- Sportsmanship: Any competitor that displays poor sportsmanship, or
that deliberately causes or attempts to cause injury to another opponent
will be disqualified and removed from the tournament. Not demonstrating
appropriate respect to judges or other competitors shall be grounds for
match or division forfeit.
- Ranks Levels: Generally, a beginner has been training from 0 to 8
months, an intermediate competitor has been training from 8 months to 1
½ years, an advanced competitor has been training more than 1 ½ years.
Black belt and junior black belts (or equivalent) are self-explanatory.
Questions about where a competitor fits in the competition level can be
directed to the tournament staff. ¡Identification: Although rarely
requested, it is required that competitors have a birth certificate or
other form of government issued identification available if their age is
challenged in a division. Failure to produce identification when
requested may result in the transference of the competitor to a division
of the staff’s choice or disqualification from a completed division.
Transfers will always be made with the safety and fairness of all
competitors in mind.
- Reporting: It is the responsibility of each competitor to arrive at
his or her ring prior to the start of the division. Ring assignments are
subject to change. The staff ¡will make every effort to call competitors
to their rings, but assume no liability if they do not arrive.
- Uniforms: All competitors must wear complete traditional martial
arts uniforms representative of their style, or full contemporary team
style martial arts uniforms. No T-Shirts Permitted! All competing judges
are required to wear a full traditional or contemporary martial arts
uniform. Non-Competing judges have the option of wearing a black MMAL
embroidered polo shirt and a khaki pants.
- Refunds: No refunds shall be issued after the start of the
tournament. All other refunds are at the discretion of the tournament
staff, and must be made for cause. ¡Forms – Traditional, Creative, and
Weapons ¡Scoring: Beginner, Intermediate, and Advanced ranks shall
receive scores between 6.0 and 8.0 for their performance. Competitors
may receive scores lower than 6.0 for failing to complete a form, or if
they are required to restart a form. Forms that must be restarted incur
an automatic .5 deduction by the scorekeepers. Black belts shall be
scored from 7.0 to 10.0 for their performance. No black belt shall be
allowed to restart a form. Failing to complete a form is cause for
disqualification in the black belt divisions. Any black belt that drops
a weapon shall be disqualified from the weapons division.
- Judging: Since all styles and schools forms contain different
techniques and pattern variations. Judges score the competitor based on
their display balance, focus, technique fluidity, and power. Each ring
shall have a minimum of three black belt judges. The Center (ranking
ring official) shall maintain control of the ring at all times. The
major responsibility of the Center is to maintain competitor safety. All
protests must be made to the Center. Protests can only be made by the
competitor or his/her instructor for rule violations and or scorekeeping
errors. No protests will be allowed on judgment calls.
- Traditional Forms: A traditional hard or soft empty hand form must
be taught as a part of the competitors actual style and contain
traditional techniques. No acrobatics are allowed.
- Creative Forms: A creative form may be done with or without music.
It should represent the personal creativity of the competitor. Acrobatic
movements are allowed, provided they show a relevance to the pattern
being performed. Weapons are not allowed in this division. ¡Weapons
Traditional/Creative Forms: The judges reserve the right to inspect all
weapons before the competitor is allowed to compete. NO SHARPENED
WEAPONS PERMITTED. Weapons are not allowed to leave a competitor’s
hands during a routine. (i.e. competitors may not throw their weapon in
the air)
- Team Forms: Team forms may be traditional or creative. No more than
5 person teams may compete in this division. Scoring will be based on
coordination, balance, power, and flow of the form. For purposes of
competition, the team will be placed in the division of the highest
ranking member.
- Length of Form: No form performed should be over two minutes in
length. Forms must stay within the confines of the competition ring.
(Exceptions may be made by ¡the Center, if the request is made prior to
the execution of the form and it can be done safely.)
- Self-Defense Routines
- Self-defense routines should last no longer than two
minutes.
- All competitors must complete a minimum of 8 self defense
techniques to be scored.
- Competitors in the self-defense division must provide their own
attacker(s). Multiple attackers are allowed, however; no competitor
should utilize more than 3 attackers in a single routine.
- If a competitor chooses to have his or her attackers use
simulated weapons in a routine, the competitor shall show the judges
all weapons to be used. All attackers must wear head gear (and males
shall wear groin cups).
- To insure that a competitor does not miss this division,
it is recommended that attackers be either ‘non-competitors’ or that
they be competitors in the same division.
- Judges: Each ring shall have a minimum of three black belt
judges. The Center (ranking ring official) shall maintain control at
all times. The major responsibility of the Center is to maintain
competitor safety. All protests must be made to the Center.
- Protests can only be made by the competitor or his/her
instructor for rule violations and or scorekeeping errors.
- Scoring: Only the competitor will be scored. Attackers do have
the potential to affect the competitors score. Scoring is based on
the overall look, feel, and performance of the competitor in the
routine. Poor performance by any party can have either a positive or
negative effect on the outcome. Beginner, Intermediate, and Advanced
ranks shall receive scores between 6.0 and 8.0 for their
performance. Black belts shall be scored from 7.0 to 10.0 for their
performance.
- Point Sparring Rules
- Safety Equipment: No competitor may compete in a sparring match
without appropriate protective equipment including, but not limited
to: foam dipped head gear (M/F), closed finger foam dipped hand gear
(M/F), foam dipped foot gear (M/F), mouth piece (M/F), and groin
cups (M). Rib guards, chest protectors, and face shields are
optional. All equipment should be in good, functional order.
Competitors will not be able to compete with equipment deemed unsafe
by the center judge. (i.e. taped, wrapped, torn items)
- Judges: Each ring shall have a minimum of three black belt
judges. The Center (ranking ring official) shall maintain control of
the ring at all times. The major responsibility of the Center is to
maintain competitor safety. All protests are must be made to the
Center. Protests can only be made by the competitor or his/her
instructor for rule violations and or scorekeeping errors. No
protests will be allowed on judgment calls.
- General Ring Size: 18’ x 18’ main rings to 16’ x 16’ auxiliary
rings
- Understanding calls: Judge covers eyes (did not see); Judge
points to competitor (point); Judge points to floor by competitor
(point due to illegal technique by opponent); Judge hits fist to
hand and points to competitor (point due to excessive contact by
opponent); Center hits fist to hand and circles while pointing at
competitor (disqualification)
- Scoring: Matches are a maximum two minutes in duration. Match
time does not stop unless called by the Center. The first competitor
to reach five (5) points spread wins the match. One (1) point is
awarded for any legal technique. Legal techniques are defined as any
controlled hand or foot technique executed to a legal area. Legal
areas include front of the body above the belt, and the side and top
of the head. The face is only a legal light contact target area for
adult black belts. Light contact rules are in effect. To score a
light contact point the competitor must execute a controlled
technique to a legal target area and make non-jarring contact. In
the event time expires and competitors are tied, the round will go
into “Sudden Victory”. In a “Sudden Victory” match the next point
achieved results in a win.
- Prohibited Acts: Excessive contact, blind techniques, and
illegal techniques are prohibited. Excessive contact may result in a
one (1) point being added to the injured competitor or
disqualification of the offending competitor. More than one call for
excessive contact in a match is grounds for immediate
disqualification. Excessive contact is defined as any contact that
causes injury or that causes to an opponent tremble from impact.
Excessive contact to the head (force that causes the head to rock)
will result in an automatic forfeit of the match. Blind techniques
are defined as those techniques where the actor cannot reasonably
see his/her opponent and safely execute the technique. (Example:
spinning back fist) Illegal techniques include but are not limited
the following: groin kicks, leg kicks, leg sweeps, spinning
techniques where the head is not turned to the opponent at the time
of contact, any contact technique to the face (except adult BB), any
throw, any grappling technique, holding on to an opponent, etc.
Running (not fighting) outside of the ring is considered an illegal
technique for scoring purposes. Illegal techniques result in a point
being given to the offending competitor’s opponent.
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