cutting-rounds
TOURNAMENT ROUNDS
There are three tournaments, Open Cutting, Advanced Cutting and Bowie Knife Cutting. Please note we will not divulge advance cutting rounds until the event to make it more challenging for the competitors. Open and Bowie knife cutting rounds are described below:
OPEN FEATS (a number of competitors will be eliminated after each feat)
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Elimination Rounds
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Feat 1
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Six True-Edge Cuts
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The competitors will be required to successfully complete 2 descending, 2 ascending and 2 horizontal true edge cuts on a single mat target. Penalties will be applied as described in the “Possible Scoring Deductions” table in the previous section
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Feat 2
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Semaphores
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The competitors will be required to successfully complete as many cuts as safely possible as directed via semaphores. The cuts will be all true-edge either descending or ascending from the right or left as directed. The semaphore will indicate the direction from which the cut is to originate. The cut must be completed before the next cut is signaled via semaphore. If a mat comes off of the spike there will NOT be any re-spiking of mats during this round
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Feat 3
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Thrust to Cut
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The competitors will be required to complete a thrust through the middle third of the mat, then cleanly extract the sword in one motion and finally perform a cut on the mat. The competitor should not stop between the last two actions, but rather flow continuously from extraction to cut. The competitor will perform up to 6 of these thrust/extraction/cut combinations, assuming they can safely be performed on the mat without hitting the spike or stand
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Final Round
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Feat 4
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Two Mat Cuts
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The competitors will be required to complete the 4 basic true-edge cuts through 2 mats.
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Feat 5
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Double Cut
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The competitors will be required to complete an ascending cut (true edge) followed immediately by a second cut that cuts the severed piece (not the piece spiked to the stand)
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Bowie Knife Feats (a number of competitors will be eliminated after each feat)
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Elimination Rounds
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Feat 1
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Four Descending Cuts
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The competitors will be required to successfully complete 4 descending cuts from their dominant side on a single mat target. Penalties will be applied as described in the “Possible Scoring Deductions” table in the previous section
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Feat 2
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Four Ascending Cuts
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The competitors will be required to successfully complete 4 ascending cuts from their non-dominant side on a single mat target.
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Feat 3
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Pairs of Descending & Ascending Cuts
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The competitors will be required to successfully complete 2 pairs descending / ascending cuts from their dominant side on a single mat target. The cuts in each pair must be performed in a continuous movement.
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Final Round
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Feat 4
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Lightning Cut
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The competitors will be required to successfully complete a descending / ascending / descending lightning cut from their dominant side on a single mat target. The cuts must be performed in a continuous movement.
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Feat 5
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Double Cut
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The competitors will be required to complete a double cut on a single mat. Each competitor will have 2 attempts at this feat, both of which will be scored.
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