Fall 2024 Judge Quiz - Bobby Lawrence Karate (BLK) Dojos

Welcome to your Fall 2024 Judge Quiz

Take this quiz to become a certified tournament judge.

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Karate School

What events can Kid Champs enter?

Forms, Weapons, and Sparring

Forms (can be either an empty hand form or weapons form), sparring OR power karate, and board breaking

Forms, weapons, power karate, sparring, board breaking. (Every competitor can participate in all five events.)

In the Kid Champ board breaking event, what technique do competitors use to break the board?

Heal Palm

Front Kick

Reverse Punch

Whatever move they want to use

What events can Junior white through green belts enter?

Forms, weapons, sparring, and power karate

Forms, weapons, and point sparring

Forms, weapons, power karate, and flag sparring OR point sparring

True or False: A judge should be able to explain their reasoning behind the scores that they give out

True: While the competitor may not always agree with the judge's score, the judge should be able to explain the rationale behind scoring each competitor the way that they did

False: It's none of the competitor's business why the judge scored them the way they did!

What are the power karate combos for the fall 2024 tournament?

123 power 8

Both 145 p8 and 252 switch-kick

123 power 8 for Kid Champs and then both 145 power 8 and 252 switch kick for all others

123 power 8 plus a combo of the competitor's choice

Which guarding stance should competitors use for power karate?

Left foot forward for all combos

Right foot forward for all combos

Competitors should do each combo on both the left and right side

Competitors choose the side that they want to do the combos on

When does a point sparring match end for all non-black-belt divisions?

After two minutes. If the score is tied at the two minute mark, then the match goes into sudden death and the first competitor to score a point wins.

When the first competitor reaches five points. If both competitors reach five points at the same time, the match goes into sudden death with the next point winning.

When either one competitor has reached five points OR at the end of two minutes, whichever comes first. If the match is tied when it is supposed to end, then it goes into sudden death and the next person to score wins.

For adult (18 and older) black belts, when does a match end?

As soon as one competitor has five points OR at the end of two minutes, whichever comes first.

As soon as one competitor has seven points OR at the end of two minutes, whichever comes first.

At the end of two minutes.

What should happen if a competitor kicks their opponent in the leg during sparring?

The competitor who threw the kick should get a point

The opponent (the person who got kicked) should get a point

On the first offense it is a warning. After that the person who got kicked should get the point.

True or False: When judging sparring, a judge should only call points that they see make contact

True: A judge should only call points that they see make contact with the target

False: If a judge hears a kick or punch make contact, they should can call the point even if they do not see it make contact

If there are five competitors in sparring, how many byes are there?

None

One

Three

When filling out brackets for sparring, which of the following is the best approach?

Look for the guide / example brackets at the table and follow that. Send a runner to get help if you are unsure of anything.

Just pick a place on the bracket and starting writing competitors' names. It will all work out.