The team challenge tournament is open to all students of Chito-Ryu Karate-Do. If you’ve never competed before, it’s a great tournament to get started. And if you’ve never done a Team Challenge Tournament before, you don’t want to miss it.
When: Sun, 30 Mar 2025
Where: Pacific Paradise State School (Sunshine Coast)
Entry Fee: $40 per person or $100 per family
(Learn how to pay entry fees…)
Entries Closes: Sun, 16 Mar 2025
For this tournament all members must join a team to represent to compete against other teams. You can think of the teams like school sports houses. Each team will have a maximum of 9 competitors. Every event you enter will earn points for your team. If you place in the top 3 places, you will earn more points.
In order to help your team earn maximum points, we encourage teams to have a mixture of ages and levels.
At the end of the competition, the team with the most points will be crowned the champion team.
Quick Links
- Why Compete?
- Tournament Rules
- Events & Divisions
- Do You Have Any Questions?
- Register Now Online (via Kihapp)
- Entry Fees – How to Pay
Why Compete?
Tournaments are a great way to grow your skills and see how you perform under pressure. All students are encouraged to participate, either as a competitor or as a volunteer to help run the event.
Local tournaments are a great stepping stone for those who are interested in competing internationally at the Soke Cup. The Soke Cup brings together the top Chito-Ryu competitors from around the world and is usually held every 3 years.
The next Soke Cup will be held on the Gold Coast next year, 2026. Even if you’ve never competed before, this tournament could be your first step towards earning a place on the Australian team. Even if that’s not a goal just yet, this is a great opportunity for match practice and an opportunity to put your skills to the test under tournament conditions.
Tournament Rules
This tournament will operate under draft rules of the 2026 Soke Cup Rules (v 0.1.2). As these rules are still being finalised, there may be some changes before the Soke Cup, but until then we would like to give all athletes who are looking towards the Soke Cup the best chance to prepare under these rules.
The Kumite & Little Chamions Basic Skills events will operate using a knockout style draw. Kata, Team Kata & Kubujutsu events will operate using the score card system.
Kumite (sparring) – head contact & head gear:
- Masters & Adults (18 Yrs +) – Head gear will be worn. Controlled contact will be required to score a point.
- Juniors 14-17 Yrs – Head gear will be worn. Touch contact to the headgear is required to score a point.
- Juniors 10-13 Yrs – Head gear will be worn. Only non-contact techniques in close proximity to the headgear can score a point. Contact that causes injury, a penalty will be awarded.
- Juniors 9 Yrs + Under – No headgear is worn and no techniques targeting the head are allowed. Techniques aimed to the head will be penalised, even if they do not make contact. Points will only be awarded for controlled chudan attacks in these divisions.
In this tournament there will be a special event just for Little Champions (children 4-7 years): Little Champions Basic Skills. Here’s an overview of the event including video examples demonstrating the routines and the competition format.
Some additional resources for referees & officials:
Events & Divisions
All students will have the opportunity to compete against others of a similar age & level in a number of different events:
- Little Chamions Basic Skills (4-7 yrs only)
- Individual Kata (Sequence performance)
- Team Kata (Teams of 3)
- Kumite (Sparring)
- Kobujutsu Bo Kata (Weapon performance)
- Kobujutsu Sai Kata (Weapon performance)
If there are sufficient numbers of entries, events will be broken up into the following divisions. However, if there are insufficient entries to run a division, divisions may be combined or adjusted.
Little Champions Basic Skills (4-7 Yrs Only)
- 4-5 Years, All Levels
- 6-7 Years, White – Orange Stripe Belt
- 6-7 Years, Green Stripe Belt & Above
Individual Kata (Sequence performance)
- 4-7 Years, All levels
- 8-9 Years, Beginner ~ White – Orange Belt (10th Kyu)
- 8-9 Years, Advanced ~ Green Belt (9th Kyu) & Above
- 10-13 Years, Beginner ~ White – Orange Belt (10th Kyu)
- 10-13 Years, Intermeidate ~ Green Belt (9th Kyu) – Blue Belt (6th Kyu)
- 10-13 Years, Advanced ~ Purple Belt (5th Kyu) & Above
- 14-17 Years, Beginner ~ White – Green Belt (8th Kyu)
- 14-17 Years, Intermeidate ~ Blue (7th Kyu) – Purple Belt (4th Kyu)
- 14-17 Years, Advanced ~ Brown (3rd Kyu) & Above
- Adults (18-39 Years), Beginner ~ White – Green Belt (8th Kyu)
- Adults (18-39 Years), Intermeidate ~ Blue (7th Kyu) – Purple Belt (4th Kyu)
- Adults (18-39 Years), Advanced ~ Brown (3rd Kyu) & Above
- Masters (40 Years +), Beginner ~ White – Green Belt (8th Kyu)
- Masters (40 Years +), Intermeidate ~ Blue (7th Kyu) – Purple Belt (4th Kyu)
- Masters (40 Years +), Advanced ~ Brown (3rd Kyu) & Above
Team Kata (Teams of 3)
Team kata divisions are determined by the rank of the most senior person in the team.
- All ages, Beginner (White – Green Belt)
- All ages, Intermediate (Blue – Purple Belt)
- All ages, Advanced (Brown – Black Belt)
Kumite (Sparring)
- 4-5 Years, Male
- 4-5 Years, Female
- 6-7 Years, Male
- 6-7 Years, Female
- 8-9 Years, Male
- 8-9 Years, Female
- 10-11 Years, Male
- 10-11 Years, Female
- 12-13 Years, Male
- 12-13 Years, Female
- 14-15 Years, Male
- 14-15 Years, Female
- 16-17 Years, Male
- 16-17 Years, Female
- 18-39 Years, Male, U/70kg
- 18-39 Years, Male, O/70kg
- 18-39 Years, Female
- 40-59 Years, Male
- 40-59 Years, Female
Team Kumite (Sparring)
- 14-17 Years Mixed Team Kumite (2 Boys & 1 Girls Per Team)
- 18-59 Years Mixed Team Kumite (2 Men & 1 Women Per Team)
Kobujutsu Bo Kata (Weapon performance)
- 8-15 Years Open Rank
- 16-39 Years, Open Rank
- 40 Years +, Open Rank
Kobujutsu Sai Kata (Weapon performance)
- 8-15 Years Open Rank
- 16-39 Years, Open Rank
- 40 Years +, Open Rank
Do You Have Any Questions?
If you’ve got any questions about the tournament, please be sure to speak to your dojo instructor(s).
Entries Closes: Sun, 16 Mar 2025
Entry Fees – How To Pay
Entry Fee: $40 per person or $100 per family
Payment Due: Sun, 16 Mar 2025
Please make direct bank deposit payment by the due date to the following bank account:
Account Name: ICKFA-SC Inc.
Acc Num: 136 535 382
BSB: 633-000
Please reference transaction with name and what you’re paying for, eg. “Your name – tournament”.