There will be a total of 10 categories, separated by age and grade group:
Under 11 (School year 6 and below):
- White-Orange Belt
- Yellow-purple belt
- Brown-Black Belt
11-16 yo (School year 7-11):
- White-Orange Belt
- Yellow-purple belt
- Brown-Black Belt
16+ (including adults):
- White-Orange Belt
- Yellow-purple belt
- Brown-Black Belt
10. Team Kata (all grades and ages)
- Competition format will be points based with each competitor performing their chosen kata and the top 5 will perform a second kata to determine the medal positions.
- Children in white-orange belt categories will be allowed to perform the first half of Taikyoku Shodan as their kata
- Brown Belt + categories will be required to perform a different kata (does not apply to team kata)
- Age categories will be split by their current academic year rather than absolute age.
- Please remember when submitting entries that there is a kyu grading scheduled the week before. If you need to make any adjustments then please let me know.
The cost will be £5 per competitor. If someone enters the individual category, there is no extra cost to also enter the team category.
We have the capacity for up to 100 individual competitors and 30 teams (more teams are possible if we have less individuals allowing us to start the teams category earlier). The local clubs (Cambridge, Biggleswade, Duxford, Takeley) will have priority entry until 13th November and then entries will open to all other ESKA clubs too.
