Victorian Karate League - Kobe Osaka - Development Division

Sunday 18 May 2025

Venue: Springers Leisure Centre

400 Cheltenham Road,

Keysborough Vic 3173

Entry Costs:

$90:00 and additional events $15.00

There are no PDF entries for this tournament.

DEVELOPMMENT DIVISIONS START TIME

The Elite divisions will commence at 8:30am and the Development Divisionms will follow the Elite Divisions

Specators: Free Entry

In the event the athlete can no longer compete, the following refund will apply:

• 70% - 8 days or more prior to the tournament date:
• 50% - 7 days for more prior to the tournament date:
• Nil refund if 3 days prior to tournament.

Rules for Selection of Divisions

• Definition of an elite athlete for the purposes of VKL: An elite athlete is someone who has been a member of the Victorian team in either of the previous two years. Please note this does not include reserves.
• Any athlete who meets the above criteria must ONLY enter ther Elite Divisions.  However, this only applies to the discipline in which they have achieved state team selection eg if a competitor is a member of the State Team in Kata but not in Kumite they are permittedto enter the development division in Kumite.
• Athletes who do not meet the definition of an elite athlete my enter the Development Divisions.  These athletes may also choose to enter ther Elite divisions jowever, an athlete who has entered both Divisions and places 1^st or 2^nd  in the Elite Division cannot participate in the Development Divisions in future events.

REGARDING INJURY AND AMBULANCER TRAVEL - IMPORTANT

If at anytime an ambulance is required by an athlete during the Championships, it is at the athlete and not Karate Victoria.

Tournamnent Entry

All entries top thje VKL tournaments must be done via SET Australia Online websit:  https://www.sportdate.org/karate/set-online/index.php

Equipment Requirements

Development Divisions

• Competitors must have approved protective equipment to enter sparring divisions - including AKF/WKF gloves, shin guards and instep protectors which MUST cover the toes mouth guard, groin guard for males and chest guard for female cadets and above.
• Approved white head protectors fare compulsory for children's divisions.
• Body protectors are compulsory for all competitors including seniors.
• Blue and Red belts must be usef throughout the Championships.
• However, competiytors will only need either red or blue protective equipment NOT BOTH.
• If a contestant com,es into the area inappropriatelyu dressedf they will be allowed one minute to remedfy matters, otherwise they will be disqualified.

Further Information

Development Kata Divisions - All categories ROUND 1 & 2 Shitei Kata (Heian/Pinan/Gekisai/Saifa/Kanshuwa/Taikyoku).  TOKU/FREE kata ROUND 3 and after.  Regardless of mumber of rounds the FINAL round is always TOKUI Free. Competitors will perform simultaneously in all categories, all rounds10^th -7^th KYU can repeat the same kata every round.   All other divisions can repeat by not consecutively i.e A-B-A-B.

Kumite Bout Times - Development Divisions - 1.5 minutes for All divisions with stop-start timer.

Competitors 45 years and over entering Kumite must supplya medical clearance (issued within the last 2 weeks) on competition day to Event Manager.

Please note: some events may be combined due to insufficient numbers.

Age on the date of tournament (Development Divisions)

Victorian State Team Selection

All athletes seeking selection in the Victorian State Team MUST have participated in the Victorian State Championship in the same year.  Athletes seeking selection in the State Team to compete at tjhe National Championships are encouraged to enter the Elite Division.  Points accumulated of the four VKL tournaments in the Elite Division will be considered in the process of State Team selection.  PLEASE NOTE IT IS NOT COMPULSORY TO ENTER THE VKL FOR SELECTION INTO THE VICTORIAN STATE TEAM.

Coaches Requirements

Coaches are to wear full tracksuits including footwear (no thongs or sandals) while coaching at VKL  events.  They are not required to have NCAS qualifications or coach's passes/photo id.

Online Payment Instructions

Instructions for paying by Paypal

1. After registering your athletes, please click on the Paypal logo undermeathj the abount owing.
2. This will open up Paypal and will show a "0" amount.
3. Enter the amount owing and click "update"
4. The total amount now should shoiw what you owe Kobe Osaka Australia.
5. Log into Paypal as usual o the righ hand side and follow the normal steps for payment with Paypal.
6. Please use the "message to sender" link and advise which competitor the payment is for. It becomes very hard when trying to reconcile payments to email addresses and not athletes.
7. Athletes will appear on a waiting list until payment has been received, once nmotiofiocation of payment is received by Kobe Osaka Australia, the athlete will be moved from the waitlist into the competition.
8. Please contact Marco Mazzanti on 0415997722 if you have trouble doing the above steps.