the Competition
Competitors / combatants go through a grueling process of combat in their countries, in their individual weight categories to reach the final rounds whereby the winner is determined by an accumulation of points and their final performance or outright knockout or submission. The overall winner of the preliminary rounds, known as the “Warrior Rounds!”, is determined by the judges who review all weight categories and evaluate a final round performance of the competitor as they battle in the ‘mass attack’ combat scenario against multiple attackers, a kata (form) performance (unarmed and weapons) and psyche / personality review based on a question / answer process.
20 combat competitors shall be allowed to represent each country. Up to 30 martial arts competitors will be allowed to represent each country in the other categories: Breaking, Striking, Takedowns, Weapons Kata, Weapons Wielding [Throwing, Drawing, Cutting] and Best Self-Defense Technique [both armed & unarmed].
Hand-to-Hand Combat
Phase 1 is Hand-to-Hand combat as finalists from around the world face-off to battle on unknown and untested stages that will truly determine their martial arts skills and abilities.
Weapons Combat
Phase 2 is the Weapons Combat phase and will allow martial artists to get to the next level in the competition by being provided with a randomly selected weapon and defending against another skilled combatant with a weapon.
Mass Attack
Phase 3 is the final phase before the final matches, that forces competitors to truly prove their martial skills by fighting against successive rounds of multiple opponents: 2, 4 & 6 opponents, all trying to knock your head off.
Breaking
This competition requires the Martial Artist to test their striking power by advancing via 4 stages - breaking boards, bricks, ice and finally, coconuts.
Striking
The striking contest is designed to determine 2 distinct tests, Power & Speed.
Power: hardest strike [psi counter] (punches, kicks)
Speed: fastest strike [inches per sec] (punches, kicks)
Takedowns
This competition requires the Martial Artist to perform takedowns in a variety of circumstances.
Takedowns – quickest, most effective takedown
Weapons Forms [Kata]
The Weapons Kata (Forms) competition will no doubt bring out the best weapons experts on the planet, as they compete using all types of martial arts weapons to reach gold in weapons competition.
Weapons Manipulation: Throwing, Cutting / Drawing
This contest shall allow competitors to show their skills at:
Throwing (Knives / Shaken / Shuriken) Cutting [Through Objects (Sword – Katana, Kukri, etc] |
Drawing [Speed of the Draw – Iaidō / Speed & Cutting]
Best Technique
This competition sees Martial Artists performing at their best:
Best Unarmed Self-Defense Technique
Best Weapon Self-Defense Technique
Best Overall Martial Arts Performance
Forms [Kata]
The Kata (Forms) competition will no doubt bring out the best forms / kata experts on the planet, as they compete in expressing the best versions of their kata in martial arts to reach gold in kata competition.
Striking Dynamics
- Multiple Strike Combinations
- Multiple Kick Combination
- Response: Fastest Reaction to Unknown Strike to Combination to Takedown
- 1-inch Punch
- Flying Side Kick
Grand Master
⁃ Kata
⁃ Weapons Kata
⁃ Striking
⁃ Breaking
⁃ Takedowns
⁃ Self-Defense
⁃ Striking Dynamics