*Butokuden Only
Date: June 22-25, 2017 (Thur-Sun)
Note: June 21st (Wed) will be Manager/Referee meetings.
June 22nd (Thur) will be the Jr. Open National Championships2.
June 23-25 (Fri-Sun) will be the AUSKF National Championships2.
Location: Independence High School, San Jose, California
*SCKO will hold selection on Feb 12, 2017.
Individual Divisions:
Men’s Individual (max 7 registered participants per federation)
Women’s Individual (max 7 registered participants per federation)
Senior Youth Boy’s Individual (ages 16-18) (max 5 registered participants per fed.)
Junior Youth Boy’s Individual (ages 12-15) (max 5 registered participants per fed.)
Senior Youth Girl’s Individual (ages 16-18) (max 5 registered participants per fed.)
Junior Youth Girl’s Individual (ages 12-15) (max 5 registered participants per fed.)
Seniors Division (3-dan and above, ages 50+) (max 5 registered participants per fed.)
Mudansha Division (men and/or women combined division, ages 19 and up, 1-kyu and lower) (max 5 registered participants per fed.)
* Age requirements for the Youth Divisions, Seniors Division and Mudansha Division shall be determined as of January 1, 2017. We will also honor the old age requirement one last time, which is the day of the tournament (June 23, 2017).
All participants must be a current registered member in good standing. Refer to section below for specific requirements.
Team Divisions
Men’s Team (5 participants, max 7 registered team members)
Women’s Team (5 participants, max 7 registered team members)
Senior Youth Boy’s Team (3 participants, max 5 registered team members)
Junior Youth Boy’s Team (3 participants, max 5 registered team members)
Senior/Junior Youth Girl’s Team (3 participants, max 5 registered team members) (ages 18 and under)
Senior’s Team (3 participants, max 5 registered team members)
Mudansha Team (3 participants, max 5 registered team members)
New Shiai Rules:
Competitors in the following divisions must be a registered AUSKF member in good standing for any three (3) years prior to the date of the 2017 AUSKF National Championships: i. Men’s Individual and Team ii. Women’s Individual and Team
All individual championships will utilize a “double-elimination” seeding format in which each player participates in an initial “seeding” round to determine their placement (either first or second) in the championship round. In the event there is an odd number of participants, a random participant shall be automatically placed in the seeding round.
The tournament regulations, entry forms, etc. will be sent by January 2017.