Calling all combat sport & martial arts athletes to compete in the 11th NSW Pankration competition
Punching, Kicking, Take-downs, Grappling and Submission

Date:
Sunday 18 April 2010

Location:
St George PCYC
9 Ador Ave
Rockdale NSW
Free parking around centre

Competition Entry Fee: Open to Amateur Athletes Only – individual and team/school
$45 – Non registered with Australian Federation Pankration Athlima (AFPA)
$30 – Registered with Australian Federation Pankration Athlima
1 coach free entry with either team or individual. To be nominated at weight-in or with competition form

All competitors must become members of the AFPA, if already not. 

No competition entries will be accepted after Friday 9th April

Weigh in Registrations:
·  9:00am Sunday 18th April - For all athletes registered before 9th Friday

·  Athletes who do not meet their nominated weight at the weigh-in, will compete in the weight class at weigh-in, or be disqualified

·  No walk-in registrations or walk-in weigh-in will occur on Sunday 18th April

Spectators:
$10 - Adults; above 18
$5 - Children; under 13-17
Free -  Kids; under 13
$20 - Family; 2 adults & 2 Children

Schedule of Events: All times are estimated
All competitors or representatives must check the brackets at least ½ hour before their designated start time and advise the head table of any needed corrections.

10:00 am - Rules demo
10:15 am – Polydama
10.45 am - Adult men and Women’s State Championship Tournament

Awards:
State Champion Medals for 1st, 2nd 3rd per division
Team Award for Top Club

Divisions:
Licensed professional fighters are NOT eligible to compete.
All divisions are geared towards intermediate to advanced competitors

Adult Men - 18 years and over;
One Skill level; 9 Weight classes;
Special Award for Champions

Adult Women - 18 years and over;
One Skill level; 5 Weight classes;
Special Award for Champions

Duration of Matches:
Novice matches– one 3-minute period
Experienced matches - one 5-minute period

Mandatory Equipment:
·  All Athletes must compete with MMA Style Gloves, a mouthpiece, cup and shin guards.  MMA Style gloves will be provided to athletes without their own.

·  Other protective gear is optional: Elbow pads & Kneepads. No wrestling or martial arts shoes will be permitted.

·  MMA Fight Shorts with Rash guard is the recommended uniform.

·  Athletes may also compete in traditional martial arts attire, shorts or sweat tops without open pockets or metal, tight fitting T-Shirt or wrestling singlet. No athlete to be permitted without a top

Important Tournament Information:
·  All athletes and coaches must know and understand the rules of the tournament. A rules demo will be conducted 10:00am Sunday 18th April

·  Competitors may have a maximum of two coaches mat side. Coaches must stay in the designated area on the mat. No cameras are allowed in the coaching area. Any violations may result in penalties against their fighter or removal from the tournament.

·  All disrespectful conduct to include that of coaches will result in immediate disqualification from the tournament. Disrespectful conduct includes arguing with referees and officials and intentionally trying to injure your opponent.

For more details
Alexander
Mobile - 0412 025 739
Email - .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)

I’m a strong possibility for this. I may have others interested. What are the weight classes?

Joe, please find attached further details… In the next few days we will post further information regarding the competition.

The competition is ideal for athletes to test their Pankration (MMA) skills away from the dojo or gym. I hope to meet you and others at the competition

Rules of Pankration Competition
Pankration is an ancient Greek sport where all techniques such as punching, kicking, kneeing and wrestling are used.  It is a highly skilled full contact sport.  All parts of the body, such as hands and elbows, can be used.  Scoring involves hitting the torso and with feet only hitting the head. 

1. Weight Classes:
Men                 Women
up to 57 kg           up to 53 kg
up to 64 kg           up to 60 kg
up to 70 kg           up to 65 kg
up to 77 kg           up to 72 kg
up to 85 kg           OPEN
up to 90 kg
up to 100 kg
OPEN

2. Length of Matches:
Novice: 3 minutes (No previous competition experience)
All others: 5 minutes

3. Dress Regulations:
Wrestling tights, bike tights or Gi pants.  A club t-shirt, any t-shirt singlet or Gi top must be worn, as this is an amateur event so that no athletes can compete without a top

4. Safety Equipment:
Mouth guards, groin protectors (under Gi) and shin pads must be worn.  Knee pads may be worn as an option also.  All gloves will be provided by AFPA for use in the competition. 

5. Legal Techniques:
(a)  Strikes
·  Kicks to head, legs and body;
·  Knee strikes to the body;
·  Elbows to the body;
·  Punches to body.

(b)  Take Downs
·  Any legitimate wrestling-style throws.

(c)  Groundwork
·  Any standing arm lock or choke;
·  Leg locks that do not involve rotation of the joints.
Time allowed on ground
·  Referees discretion, so long as there is continuous movement.

6. Illegal Techniques:
·  Kicks or knees to an opponent on the ground;
·  Kicks or knees to the groin;
·  Kicks or knees to the joints (intentional);
·  Kicks or knees to the back, neck or kidney area (intentional);
·  Punches to face;
·  Punches to head;
·  Elbow strikes to head;
·  Throws using the neck only;
·  Throwing the opponent onto their head or neck;
·  Probing;
·  Finger and toe submissions (must have three fingers minimum);
·  Rotational leg and ankle locks and holds (eg, heel hooks);
·  Any lock that places undue pressure on the neck or the spine (eg, neck crank, full nelson);
·  Head butting;
·  Biting;
·  Scratching and pinching (intentional);
·  Poking or gouging the eyes;
·  Escaping the contest area;
·  Passivity (avoiding combat or contact);
·  Any unsporting-like behaviour.

7. Disqualification:
·  Any intentional use of an illegal technique will result in immediate disqualification;
·  Trying to injure opponent deliberately;
·  Repeated intentional use of an illegal technique will result in disqualification (see above);
·  Any unsporting-like behaviour, such as yelling, swearing, talking to the referee, or behaviour not within the ethics of this sport will result in immediate disqualification;
·  Avoiding combat and fleeing the mat.

8. Methods of Victory:
·  Opponent’s disqualification;
·  Referee stoppage;
·  Clean hit to body or kick to head that stuns opponent temporarily;
·  Tap out from choke arm bar etc;
·  Knockout (including choke-out unconscious);
·  Technical Knockout (TKO);
·  Tap-out of opponent;
·  By scoring the most clean blows to the body within the time limit;
·  No answer to ‘give up’ question from referee;
·  Opponent yells out ‘stop’;
·  Corner throws in the towel;
·  Opponent forced to flee mat three times;
·  Most points scored by end of contest. 

9. Scoring:
·  For the purposes of scoring, the two competitors are distinguished by the colour of their wristbands, one being ‘blue’ and the other being ‘white’. 
·  Between 1 and 3 points are awarded for every well-executed technique or combination of techniques, either in stand-up, throwing or ground controls. 

For example:
-  Score 1 point for a hit to the body only with hands, knees and elbows etc (standing and on ground);
-  Score 2 points for kick to the face while standing;
-  Take downs and throws score 1 or 3 points according to the quality and altitude of the throw;
·  A bout may be scored either by the referee alone or by the referee with the assistance of two judges.
·  The referee will indicate points that are scored during the bout by using the ravdos (referee’s stick).
·  Where the referee is being assisted by judges, the judges will record the points scored as indicated by the referee during the bout.  They may also award additional points for techniques that they believe the referee did not see.  At the end of the bout, they will each hand their tallies to the referee. 
·  Where there is a draw, the final decision will be made by a sudden death match, where the first competitor who scores a point will be declared the winner. 
·  Where any illegal technique is used (see above), the competitor will forfeit 1 point to their opponent for the first offence.  Subsequent offences will lead to disqualification. 
·  Where a competitor escapes the mat or is forced off the mat, they will forfeit 1 point to their opponent for each time they flee the mat

Hey Alex,

Last year at the aus titles I competed in a pair of muay thai shorts and no top, is the clothing rule new?

Is it possible to wear the muay shorts and a surf rashie, I hate that bjj logo stuff?

Cheers,
Terry

Terry,
Muay shorts and a surf rashie is fine + the minimum protective gear as outlined earlier

The rules have not changed… there were always rules around attire, the AFPA did not enforce the attire rules in the past.

Since joining the AFPA committee, I will be making sure we move forward with all that is required in making the competition(s) well run, safe and enjoyable for all competitors and spectators

cheers
Alex

Thanks Alex, I likes me lucky Thai shorts

Mate you seem to have the organising under control, good stuff. While I’m at it could you email me last years results from the nationals as I never got a full copy, particularly the u85kg which I won as I need it for grading validation.

Looking forward to a good comp year.

Cheers,
Terry

Oops forgot email

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Cheers

I haven’t been back at training for long, but wouldn’t mind giving this a go.  Has there been much interest/entrants?

Terry,

I’ve passed on your request to the AFPA secretary who will email you the details, as requested

Cheers
Alexander

Figure Four,

We have received good interest for the competition. Regardless I would love to see more athlete/competitors take part… it makes a good competition.

Note the competition is for amateur athletes only. All professional athletes MUST not compete. The competition is a stepping stone for amateur athletes who seek further tournament experience & sparring practise. 

All amateur athletes/competitor will be matched up upon experience. 

Hope to see you at the competition

cheers
Alexander

Hey All,

Just as a follow up this comp is a really great day all round. It is a great way for grapplers and strikers to test themselves without the full on cage pressure.

Good luck to all,

Terry

All,

We will be posting the competition registration form on this thread… we are having a few technical issues with attaching the PDF form, which we hope to have resolved shortly.

We appreciate your patience

Cheer
Alexander

Alexander you cant post a pdf in the forum you would need to host it on the pankration website or else leave an email where people can email you and get it sent to them

Sponsorship/Vendors:

If there is interest in sponsorship please contact Alexander on .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) or 0412 025 739

We are offering vendor tables for $125, total of 6 tables will be available. All table vendors may place a banner at the competition venue, or
banners may be placed for $25, if no vendor table required.

Filming:
This event is open for all filming. Cameras must stay off the mats and not block spectators view.

Could someone clarify what makes a fighter a pro? do they have to fight on the big shows or simply get paid?

MMA Fun,

Professional athletes usually receive financial payment for each bout and/or are registered with NSW Combat Authority.

Additionally the amateur competition rules are different from the professional competition rules…

Cheers
Alexander