CHITF Australian Championship 2025

Please contact Senior Master Jason Lai for any registration enquiries.

Event Details:
o Date: Saturday 04 October 2025
o Venue: RMIT Sports Centre
o Address: RMIT University, Building 203, McKimmies Road, Bundoora

Schedule*:
8:00AM Doors open and weigh-in**
8:45AM Welcome and start
9:00AM Pattern and Sparring competition
12:00PM Lunch
12:30PM Pattern, Sparring, Special Technique and Power Test competition
6:30PM Finish

*The tournament director reserves the right to adjust the categories and schedule throughout the event. Please refresh the Kihapp draws and schedules frequently for real time updates.
**Weigh-in - please ensure accurate weight is provided during registration.
***Team Pattern - mixed gender and ranks allowed

Competition Categories:
o Individual Events: Patterns, Sparring, Special Technique (flying side kick and jumping front kick), Power Test (knife hand strike and side piercing kick)
o Team Events: Patterns (Mixed Gender/Ranks), Sparring

N.B. Please note that all competitors must register to be able to compete in individual and/or team events, and all coaches must register to be able to support a competitor.

Competition Categories:
o Individual Events: Patterns, Sparring, Special Technique (flying side kick and jumping front kick), Power Test (knife hand strike and side piercing kick)
o Team Events: Patterns (Mixed Gender/Ranks), Sparring

COMPULSORY Sparring Safety and Protective Equipment:
o Mouth guard
o Closed 10oz gloves – no exposed fingers
o Foot guard – No portion of the foot shall extend beyond the guard
o Groin guard (Compulsory – For Males)

OPTIONAL Sparring Safety and Protective Equipment:
o Head guard
o Arm and shin guards (soft sock style)

DISPUTES-PROTESTS
Protests must be lodged immediately after the match and before the commencement of the next match. No protest will be considered if the subsequent match has begun. All protests must be submitted to the Jury President or Tournament Director, accompanied by a cash fee of AUD300. If the decision is upheld and not overturned, the protest fee will be forfeited. Upon a protest, the bracket will be paused, a replacement Official will be appointed, and a new bracket will commence.

Only official protests may be submitted by the coach who was seated in the coach’s chair during the match. Protest discussions will be limited to the Jury President, Tournament Director, or an appointed delegate. The coach must be a registered Coach for the event.

All coaching staff are to conduct themselves in the spirit of Taekwon-Do, and demonstrate courtesy and self-control regardless of Title, Rank, or position. Failure to do so may result in expulsion from the venue for the remainder of the event.

Taekwon,
Senior Master Jason Lai
Tournament Director
Lai Taekwon-Do Australia
CHITF Australia
jasonlai.9@gmail.com
+61488210157