CACMA San Shou Fighting Rules
NOTE: All Lei Tai competitors MUST contact Sifu Chris Facente BEFORE the tournament to ensure all fight arrangements can be made.
- Contestants will fight on a 20 square foot – 24 square foot, and raised platform (if available at venue).
- Competitors must use headgear, gloves, mouthpiece, and groin cup. Female competitors must also wear a chest protector. Gloves and Headgear will be approved by tournament director before the fight.
- Rounds will be 1 1/2 minutes each. The victor must win two out of three rounds.
- Scoring:
- Contestant executes clear punch or kick – 1 point.
- Contestant executes clear punch or kick that knocks opponent down – 2 points.
- Without falling, contestant successfully throws opponent to the ground – 2 points.
- Both falling during throw, contestant who lands on top – 1 point
- Contestant forces or throws opponent off Lei Tai – 3 points.
- Through own error, contestant loses balance – 1 point deduction
- Contestant executes clear elbow/knee technique without holding – 1 point
- Penalties:
- Contact to the eyes, throat, back of the head, or groin is illegal. For female
- Competitors, contact to the chest is also illegal.
- Techniques using the head are illegal.
- Fouls:
- First violation: 1 point deduction
- Second violation: 3 point deduction
- Third violation: disqualification
- Technical Fouls:
- First violation: warning
- Second violation: 1 point deduction
- Third violation: disqualification
- Any serious foul will be grounds for immediate disqualification.
- Center Referee:
The Center Referee is to keep safety at a maximum within the allowed rules. All North Carolina CACMA fights are for demonstration purposes only. Fights can be called for the following reasons:
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- Fight is an obvious mismatch
- Fighter gets back up but referee feels he cannot continue safely
- Excessive bleeding jeopardizing vision
- Unsportsmanlike like conduct, (example: Fighter A throws Fighter B on the ground then Fighter A knees his opponent while getting back up.)