Taikai Rules – Sir Frank Bowden
THE SIR FRANK BOWDEN MEMORIAL TAIKAI
TEAM EVENT
FORM: The Sir Frank Bowden Memorial Taikai will consist of teams of 5 players aged 18 years of age and above, being registered to a Dojo or club within the British Kendo Association, to a minimum of 3 persons. This is to cater for smaller clubs who may not have sufficient registered members to take part, by allowing other BKA members to be included within such teams.
RULES: The use of Tsuki Waza will not be permitted in shiai categories of mixed male and female matches except in the instance of a match involving a Jodan or Nito player
IKF/EKF rules apply to all matches.
Pool and knock out systems will be decided by the Kendo Bu.
Qualifying age is taken from the 1st January of the year of competition.
Time duration for each shiai will be a maximum of 5 minutes.
All participants must be fully paid up members of the Association for a minimum of 3 months prior to the date of the Taikai and will be required to show their BKA membership at registration.
Last revised June 2006