KEMPO KICK

Attention!
Kempo Kick rules must be organized obligatory in all National Cups and Championships, Continental Cups and World Cups.
By IKF decision, these rules can be organized also in Continental and World Championships, for individuals or/and teams as well.
All IKF members will update their constitutions and will apply these rules accordingly in their countries.

Short description
(stand-up fighting / full-contact punches, kicks ad knees)

Techniques permitted

  • punches to the head and to the body
  • kicks to the head (just circulars)  , to the body ( any kind )  , and to the legs ( just circulars).
  • knees to the body and to the legs (only circulars and frontals , but not inside of the legs ).
  • sweepings ( grabbing the opponent just 1 sec or without grabbing )

*any techniques which are not specified in the „Techniques Permitted ” are illegal .

Fighting time

  • 1 round x 3 minutes  (running time) . In case of a draw there will be an extra round of 2 minute The extraround will start from 0-0 and after this extraround all referees must decide the winner.

Points

  • punches : 1 point
  • kicks to the legs and to the body : 1 point
  • kicks to the head :  2 points
  • jumping kicks to the body : 2 points
  • jumping kicks to the head : 3 points
  • sweepings : 1 point

Penalties and Score

    • in case of repeted intentioned fouls the ring referee will give : warning , -1 , -3 points , disqualification.

  • depending by the intensity of the foul the central referee can disqualify the sportive directly or after the first/second warning for the competitor , with the approval of chairman of referees.
  • just the penalties and points given by the central referee will be scored on the scoretable .
  • the tables referees will count just the strikes and throws and , at the end of the game , they will add the the points from the scoretable and after will declare the winner . Points counted by the table referees and points from the scoretable will be written in separate squares on each table referees registry .

How to win

  • by decision
  • by K.O.
  • by T.K.O.
  • by abandon
  • by 3 K.D.’s .

Refereeing and Judgement

  • central referee will give points as follows :
    a) KD : 2 points
    b) 3 KD (cumulative in all rounds) = KO
  • table judges will give points just for  the stand-up fighting (punches, kicks, takedowns and throws).

Equipment

  • white Gi pants next to the ankle , Black Gi jacket , Red/Blue belts depending by the corner .
  • boxing gloves 8-10 oz , Red/Blue depending by the corner .
  • groin protection for men and chest protection for women , just under the clothes
  • any model of shinguard (NO plastic insertion inside), not necessary to cover the entire foot.
  • mouthguard (gum-shield).
  • headgear with plastic mask under 16 y.o., in the color of the respective corner (in case of using headgear with plastic mask the mouth-guard is optional).

KEMPO KICK
(tournaments organization)
By the decision of the organizer, KEMPO KICK categories can be divided in two separate groups (Class A and Class B), depending by the level experience of athletes.