2026 Williston Tendo/Sidney Tendo Invitational TKD Championships

Williston Area Recreation Center

822 18^th St. E, Williston, ND

Saturday October 24^th, 2026

Officials meeting 8:45am Opening ceremonies 9:45

Poomse competition starts after opening ceremonies

Events: $70 for 1 or 2 $80 for 3 or more

$25 late fee registration after October 20

Poomse: _______ Team Poomse: ________(3 or more people)

Gyroogi: _______ Breaking: _______ (2 attempts per board) Tourament Rules: Proper attire for judges and referees will be black pants, a white dress shirt with a red tie and black blazer.

Tournament Rules

All competitors must wear the following during sparring matches:

Dobok with appropriate color belt.  Body Armor, Head Gear, Forearm pads, Shin and instep pads, proper fitting mouthguard which may be any color except for red.  Fingernails and toenails must be trimmed.  NO EARRINGS OR OTHER JEWELRY MAY BE WORN!!!  A Groin Cup is required for male competitors, and a female groin guard is strongly encouraged for female competitors, Head Gear must be white or match the red/blue color of the Body Armor being worn during a match.

We will be using the USAT, WT format for sparring. Each competitor will be sparring for three rounds, each round is a match, the best two out of three rounds win the match.   

All competitors will have 3 rounds of 90 seconds each with 60 seconds between rounds.

All competitors will have 4 Gam jeoms per round and will be disqualified on the 5th gam jeom.

If the score is tied at the conclusion, the first tie breaker is the person with the most points win, second tie breaker, the person with the most Gam jeoms loses, third tie breaker, the person with most spinning kicks wins, if it goes to a 4^th tie breaker, judge’s decision.

Head kicks will be allowed for green belts and above, light contact, excessive force to head will result in disqualification for that round, however the competitor will be allowed to continue moving forward unless the judges determine intent to injure. 12-year-old and younger competitors will be looked at on a case-by-case basis, however, if any coach does not want their competitor to have head kicks, neither will be allowed to kick to the head.

A 12-point spread in any round will result in the end of the round with the low score losing that round.

Body kicks will be awarded two points and spinning body kicks will be awarded 3 points

All head kicks including those with a spin or rotational motion will be awarded 3 points.

If a player does a spinning kick and scores, but falls to the ground, they will keep their points and no gam jeom will be enforced

Pushing for separation is legal and does not have to be followed by a kick, however a player may not push their opponent to the ground or push while the opponent is kicking.

A player is allowed three kicks in the air, without putting their foot down, on the fourth it is a Gam jeom, even if they score on the fourth kick

The back is legal to kick, if the kick is not a direct hit to the spine.

Coaches will be allowed to challenge head kicks, spinning kicks, and push out of bounds or to the ground, with no limit on challenges, however if the coach loses the challenge, his player will receive a gam jeom.

Breaking

Age and rank divisions will be determined the day of competition using the breaking competritors on hand.  Breakers in the same division will all use the same size board.   Age and rank will be the main factors for board size determination in a division.

Novice to intermediate divisions will have a 3-board limit with two attempts per board.

Intermediate to advanced divisions will have a 5-board limit with two attempts per board

All boards must be purchased at the tournament the day of competition.