Canadian National Kendo Championship

The CNKC is held every three years and is a key event in the selection of the Men's and Women's National Teams which will compete in the World Championships. The World Kendo Championships is held every three years hosted by the International Kendo Federation since 1970. The Canadian Kendo Federation (http://www.kendo-canada.com) was founded in 1970, and Canada has participated in every World Championships.

This year is the 19th edition of the Canadian National Kendo Championship, and it will be held August 5 (Sat) ~ August 6 (Sun) at the Markham Pan Am Centre in Markham, Ontario north of Toronto.

There are over 1000 kendoka and more than 50 kendo clubs (dojo) in Canada from Victoria BC in the West to St. John's NL in the East. Many of them will be competing to be the Canadian National Champion.

Spectators are welcome at the event.

Date

August 5~6, 2017

Venue

Markham Pan Am Centre - 16 Main St, Markham, ON L3R 2E5

http://www.markhampanamcentre.ca

Competition Rules and Regulations

Junior division will be sub-divided into Junior A (age under 18 as of Jan 1) and Junior B (under 15 as of Jan 1). No tsuki and jodan will be allowed in Junior B division.

Juniors can compete in multiple teams (junior, club, provincial)

Junior and Women's teams for all categories are 3 person teams. Minimum 2 person is required, and Chuken position will be forfeited in case a 2 person team is entered.

Club team must consist of all members of the club the team is representing. Minimum 3 persons are required to enter a team. A 4 person team will forfeit the jiho match. A 3 person team will forfeit the jiho and fukusho match.

Player may compete in multiple teams - Club and Provincial

Women may compete in Men's team category but not vice-versa.

There is no minimum rank requirement to participate in the Open category. Seeding will be done based on rank for the early rounds.

Senior Division eligibility is 50 and over as of Jan 1, 2017. There is not separate division for women in Senior category. There is no minimum rank requirement. Seeding will be done based on rank for the early rounds.

For Team Divisions (both Club and Provincial), participants do not require to be a Citizen or a Permanent Resident

Men - 5 person team, Women and Junior - 3 person for all team categories. One team per club for each division (Men, Women, Junior).

For Teams, there is one Junior team (no separate boys team and girls team).

For all Team divisions, the format of the World Kendo Championships will be adopted. For men, up to 7 may be registered. For women and juniors, up to 5 may be registered. Orders can be changed for each match from the listed players.

RULES FOR TEAM (MODIFIED FROM WKC):

Method of Team Championships:

(1) Only one team each is to represent each organization (Club or Province) for Men, Women and Junior respectively.

(2) Each team for:

- Men's shall consist of 5 (minimum) ~7 (maximum) registered competitors.

- Women's team shall consist of 3 (minimum) ~5 (maximum) registered competitors.

- Junior shall consist of 3 (minimum) ~5 (maximum) registered competitors.

(3) Men's team shall compete with 5 members. Women's and Junior's shall compete with 3 members. If a team fails to have 3 or more registered competitors on the day of the event due to the registered competitors' default,that team shall be disqualified. If there is one competitor who withdraws from the competition on the day of the event, he/she shall be placed in Jiho place. In case of two competitors' default, they shall be placed in Jiho and Fukusho places.)

(4) The team members for each match are selected from among the competitors registered for the Team. For each match, the team members and their order may be changed freely.

(5) The team must submit its order list for each match to the court manager (Shiai-jo Shunin) before the beginning of the immediately preceding match in the court where the team plays. (As for the order list for the first match for each team, each team is required to submit it at the start of the day for Team Matches). At the final tournament matches, as soon as the opponent team is determined, both teams shall submit the order lists at the same time to the court manager (Shiai-jo Shunin). Even if there is no change in the order from the one for its previous match, an order list must be submitted for each match.

(6) In case where the competitors' order is different from the one described in the submitted order list, if it is noticed before the declaration of 'Hajime' by the chief referee (Shushin) for a match, the order of the competitors can be changed to the correct one without any penalty. However, if it is found after the declaration of 'Hajime' for a match by the chief referee, the referees of that match declares suspension of that match immediately. And the competitor whose order is incorrect at that match and also another competitor whose order would be incorrect due to that shall both lose the matches and the opponents respectively shall be given 2 points instantly. If it is proved before the bow of the end (Shuryo-no Rei) by both teams at the end of the matches after the winning and losing of all competitors of the team are determined, all competitors whose orders were incorrect shall lose his/her match and each opponent shall be given 2 points respectively. If it is found after the bow of the end (Shuryo-no Rei) by both teams, the winning and losing of them shall not be changed.

(7) Method of Matches:

a. Each match

1) Regarding each match of the Team division,

- Men's match is played by "San-Bon Shobu" and its duration is 5 minutes,

- Women's match is played by "San-Bon Shobu" but its duration is 4 minutes.

- Junior's match is played by "San-Bon Shobu" but its duration is 3 minutes.

This is applicable to all rounds including the final match. If no winner is determined within the prescribed time given, a draw will be declared.

2) In case where a competitor defaults a match due to his/her health or other reasons, he/she loses the match and the opponent shall be given 2 points. However, in case both competitors default a match neither of them shall be a winner or loser and neither of them shall be given any points.

3) A play-off between the representatives of the teams is carried out by "Ippon-Shobu" and shall be continued until a winner is determined.