Regulations of CSK Championships

REGULATIONS OF
CSK KENDO CHAMPIONSHIPS

1Regulation of the Matches:
All matches shall be conducted following "The Regulations of Kendo Shiai and Shinpan of FIK
(Revised on December 7, 2006 and thereafter)
2Qualifications:
(1) Participating Organizations:
Only the CSK affiliated organizations are eligible for participating in Championship. A
non-affiliated organization, if is invited, is also eligible.
(2) Participants:
The competitors participating in the Championships are required to have the following
qualifications;
a. Officially registered membership of an organization, which is stated in the preceding
paragraph.
b. Nationality of the country of the organization to which he/she belongs at the time of
the Final Entry (Presentation of the passport could be requested as its proof).
Concerning a competitor who does not have the nationality of the country he/she
represents, an explanatory statement and an official request in writing must be
submitted to CSK from the President of the country organization concerned. And only
those who are approved by the CSK President may participate in the CSK
Championship.
3Method of Individual Championships:

(1) The competitors who participate in the Individual Championships must be those who have
been registered for the Individual Championship at the time of the Competitors Registration.
Method of matches:
a. As for a men's match, it is played by "3 Bon-Shobu" and its duration is 3 minutes,
for a women's match, it is also played by "3 Bon-Shobu" and its duration is 3
minutes.This is applicable for both the preliminary heats and the final tournament. If
no winner is determined within the indicated period of time, the match shall be continued
with an addition of Encho until the winner is determined by "Ippon-Shobu".
b. As for the preliminary heats, round robin shall apply per group, each of which shall
consist of 3 competitors. The 1st place competitor of each group shall be qualified for
the final tournament.
c. Placement of the competitors in the preliminary heat groups shall be determined by the
drawing. Competitors from the same organization, however, shall be placed in different
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groups. In addition, if the total number of the competitors does not work out evenly,
some groups may consist of 2 competitors.
d. How to determine the winner of each group who advances to the final tournament:
1) A competitor who has won the highest number of the matches shall move on to the
final tournament.
2) In case where the number of the matches won ties, the competitor who has the higher
number of the points scored shall be the winner.
3) When both the number of the matches won and the number of the points scored are
the same, a sudden death play-off by "Ippon-Shobu" shall be conducted between the
competitors in question.
4Method of Team Championships:
(1) One team each is to represent one organization for Men and Women each.
(2) For Mens, only those with 3 or more and 7 or less registered competitors are allowed to
register for the Team Championships. For Women`s, team only those with 2 or more and 4 or
less competitors.
(3) Each team, for Mens, shall compete with 5 members. (If a team fails to have 3 or more
registered competitors on the day of the event due to the registered competitors default, that
team shall be disqualified. If there is one competitor who withdraws from the competition on
the day of the event, he/she shall be placed in Jiho place. In case of two competitors default,
they shall be placed in Jiho and Fukusho places.). For Womens, each team shall compete with
3 and when one competitor withdraws, she shall be placed in second position.
For the first match for each team, each Country Association is required to submit it in the
inscription of team member.
(4) The team members for each match are selected from among the competitors registered for the
Team Championship. For each match, the team members and their order may be changed
freely.
(5) During the preliminary heats, a team must submit its order list for each match to the court
manager (Shiai-jo Shunin) before the beginning of the immediately preceding match in the
court where the team plays. At the final tournament matches, as soon as the opponent team is
determined, both teams shall submit the order lists at the same time to the court manager
(Shiai-jo Shunin). Even if there is no change in the order from the one for its previous match,
an order list must be submitted for each match.
(6) In case where the competitors order is different from the one described in the submitted order
list, if it is noticed before the declaration of Hajime by the chief referee (Shushin) for a
match, the order of the competitors can be changed to the correct one without any penalty.
However, if it is found after the declaration of Hajime for a match by the chief referee, the
referees of that match declares suspension of that match immediately. And the competitor
whose order is incorrect at that match and also another competitor whose order would be
incorrect due to that shall both lose the matches and the opponents respectively shall be given
2 points instantly. If it is proved before the bow of the end (Shuryo-no Rei) by both teams at
the end of the matches after the winning and losing of all competitors of the team are
determined, all competitors whose orders were incorrect shall lose his/her match and each
opponent shall be given 2 points respectively. If it is found after the bow of the end (Shuryono Rei) by teams, the winning and losing of them shall not be changed.
(7) Method of Matches:
1) Regarding each match of the Team Championships, a match is played by "3 Bon-2-
Shobu" and its duration is 3 minutes. This is applicable to both the preliminary heats
and the final tournament. If no winner is determined within the prescribed time given, a
draw will be declared.
2) In case where a competitor defaults a match due to his/her health or other reasons,
he/she loses the match and the opponent shall be given 2 points. However, in case both
competitors default a match neither of them shall be a winner or loser and neither of
them shall be given any points.
3) A play-off between the representatives of the teams is carried out by "Ippon-Shobu" and
shall be continued until a winner is determined.
b. Preliminary Heats:
Basically the participating teams shall be divided into preliminary heat groups
consisting of 3 teams. Depending on the total number of the participating teams, some
groups shall consist of 2 or 4 teams. Round robin applies to all preliminary heat
groups.
The 1st place teams and the 2nd place teams shall advance to the final tournament.
c. Placement of Each Team in Preliminary Heat Groups
The placement of the teams in each group is determined by drawing. However, the 3
finalist teams in previous Championship shall be placed in different preliminary heat.
d. Methods of Determining the Winning/Losing Team and the Ranking in Preliminary Heat
Groups
1) The winning team and the losing team in a preliminary heat is determined by the
following order of precedence:
The team that has the higher number of the individual winners is the winning team.
In case where the number of the individual winners breaks even, the team that has
the higher number of the points scored is the winning team.
If the number of the individual winners and the number of the points scored break
even, a draw shall be declared. A play-off between the representatives shall not
apply.
2) Based on the results of the matches of the preliminary heat, the top two teams of a
preliminary heat group shall advance to the final tournament.
3) The ranking in each group is determined by the following order of precedence;
The team with the higher number of the matches won as a team shall be placed in
the higher rank.
In case the number of the matches won as a team ties, the team with less number of
the matches lost as a team shall be in the higher place.
3 If both the number of the matches won as a team () and the number of the
matches lost as a team () are the same, the team that has the higher number of
the individual winners shall be in the higher place.
If the number of the matches won as a team (), the number of the matches lost
() and the number of the individual winners (3) are the same, the team with the
higher number of the points scored shall be in the higher place.
If
above to are still the same, the ranking of the 1st and 2nd places in a group
shall be determined by a play-off between the representatives of both teams.
If 3 or more teams of one group turn out to be all square in above to , the
determination of the ranking in that group shall be made by round robin among the
representatives of those teams.
e. Final Tournament
The determination of the winning team and the losing team in the final tournament shall be
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made by the following order of precedence;

The team that has the higher number of the individual winners is the winning team.
In case where the number of the individual winners ties, the team with the higher
number of the points scored is the winning team.
If two teams turn out to be all square both in the number of the individual winners
and the number of the points scored, the determination shall be made by a play-off
between the representatives of both teams.
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