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 Competitors will break concrete roof tiles with one downward hand or arm strike. Scoring Criteria: Scoring will be based on the number of tiles broken on the first and only strike.
NMA BREAKING CHAMPIONSHIPS
2010 UPDATED RULES
DIVISIONS
1. Power Tiles
2. Combat - Wood
3. Creative
4. ULTIMATE BREAKING CHAMPIONSHIP
Division: Power Tiles
Light weight: 89.9kg & under
Heavy weight: 90kg & over
Description: Competitors will break concrete roof tiles with one downward hand or arm strike.
Scoring Criteria: Scoring will be based on the number of tiles broken on the first and only strike.
Additional Rules:
There is a 10 minute time limit from the time the first team member steps on the stage. The competitors will receive three warnings indicating elapsed time. The first warning will be given at 4 minutes. The second warning will be given at 8 minutes. The third warning will be given at 9 minutes. There will be an automatic disqualification if the break has not been executed in the allotted time.
Setup and immediate clean up must be provided by competitor and assistants
Any hand or arm technique may be used. Strikes must be delivered in a downward motion.
Standardized materials consist of roof tiles. Tiles must be stacked lying horizontally in a vertical column supported equally on each end.
Ties will be broken by determining which competitor broke the largest percentage of slabs that were set up (i.e. a competitor who breaks 12 of 13 would win over a competitor who broke 12 of 15).
9mm spacers will be provided. (Height of the tile)
Division: Combat - Wood
Division: Combat Wood Breaking
Light weight: 89.9kg & under
Heavy weight: 90kg & over
Description: Competitors will break as many wooden boards as possible in an 8 second time limit. Competitors will make use of hand, arm, knee and foot strikes.
Scoring Criteria: Scoring will be based on the number of boards broken before time expires.
Additional Rules:
1. Once the breaker steps on stage they have 3 minutes to complete their set up and break.
2. Competitors must execute at least one break with each hand and each foot and those four breaks must be executed in four different directions.
3. Competitors must continue to break in front of, behind, and to the sides of them, not in a straight line, even after the initial four directions have been met.
4. Boards will be held in place by adult board holders supplied by the competitor.
5. Boards will be supplied by the NMA-ISKA.
6. The announcer must first announce the break before the breaker can begin. Timing will commence once the first board is hit CLEARLY AFTER the announcer announced the break.
7. Ties will be broken in favour of the competitor that broke the highest percentage of boards that they had held for them.
8. Additional Rules:
9. There is a 3 minute time limit from the time the first team member steps on the stage. The competitors will receive three warnings indicating elapsed time. The first warning will be given at 1 minutes. The second warning will be given at 2 minutes. The third warning will be given at 2 ½ minutes. There will be an automatic disqualification if the break has not been executed in the allotted time. Boards must be purchased from the event and they will be inspected by the NMA representative. Use of boards other than those sold by the event or tampering with the boards are grounds for immediate disqualification.
10. Setup and immediate clean up must be provided by competitor and assistants.
11. Ties will be broken by determining which competitor broke the largest percentage of boards that were set up (i.e. a competitor who breaks 12 of 13 would win over a competitor who broke 12 of 15).
Division: Creative (separate divisions for men and women)
Division: Creative
Light weight: 89.9kg & under
Heavy weight: 90kg & over
Description: Competitors will perform a creative display of breaking skills executed in multiple directions, using multiple weapons (limbs) and multiple materials.
Scoring Criteria: The Creative Breaking Division will be judged on the following 5 criteria points
* Creativity: Were the breaks are unique in design and presented in a creative or innovative fashion? Judges will be looking for each competitor to bring their own unique signature breaks to their CREATIVE routine. They will evaluate and score creativity based on the competitor being original in his/her ideas.
* Variety: Did the breaking demonstration feature a variety of techniques, directions, materials, and methods?
* Degree of Difficulty: Within the demonstration, how difficult was each break or breaking sequence (without consideration for quantity)?
* Realism: Was the demonstration performed with a rhythm and flow that is dynamic and exciting?
* Quantity: This evaluates the volume of materials broken with each strike, or during the demonstration as a whole.
* Crowd participation: Did the competitor encourage crowd participation and excitement?
Note: The combined qualities of Creativity, Fluidity, Variety, Degree of Difficulty and Realism are weighed more heavily then Quantity in evaluating a Creative Breaking performance.
Note: Missed breaks should lead to scoring deductions, but only in an inverse relation to the difficulty of the break that was attempted. Missed breaks that are then broken immediately with a fluid follow-up breaking strike should not cause as large a deduction.
Additional Rules:
1. Setup and immediate clean up must be provided by competitor and assistants.
2. There will be a total of 12 minutes for set up, break, and clean up.
3. Time begins from the moment the 1st team member steps on stage.
4. A degree of grace will be considered by the NMA-ISKA commissioner on the day for first time competitors struggling with their setup. This request must however fall within reasonable boundaries.
5. The actual breaking demonstration will last no longer than 3 minutes and will feature no more than 5 breaking stations. Each breaking station will consist of no more than 3 breaks (exception: Stations that demonstrate the quick breaking of material in multiple directions, using live holders may consist of no more than 4 breaks.) No less than 4 stations with 2 breaks per station will be allowed.
6. A missed or incomplete break followed by another attempt at the same break shall count as only one break.
7. Two or more breaking strikes executed simultaneously shall count as only one break.
8. Total point deduction will come off of total score from total amount of judges.
9. Breaking material that leaves the stage in a dangerous fashion may be grounds for penalization or disqualification. The decision to disqualify a competitor will be made by the NMA-ISKA Chairman and Breaking commissioner. Factors such as velocity and distance the material travels off the stage will be considered as well as whether or not anyone is struck by materials leaving stage.
10. Competitor must purchase all cement roof tiles and pine breaking boards from the NMA-ISKA in advance. The competitor must provide all other materials.
11. All materials provided by the competitor must be safe. NO glass or fire permitted. NO materials are allowed that may potentially injure surrounding individuals.
Division: Ultimate
Description: This is an “overall” breaking championship division.
Scoring: The winner will be determined by a cumulative score that reflects how each competitor placed in each of the three individual breaking events (power concrete, creative, combat wood)
“Ultimate” is considered an “absolute” division meaning that there is no regard for weight division placement in combat wood, creative or power concrete.
1st Place earns 25 points
2nd Place earns 12 points
3rd Place earns 7 points
4th Place earns 3 points
The competitor that compiles the most points over the three individual events will be crowned
“Ultimate Breaking Champion”
Additional Rules:
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1. Qualifying for the Ultimate Breaking Championship requires that a competitor participate in each of the four breaking events.
2. Unbroken ties in individual breaking events will result in each tied competitor receiving identical ultimate breaking points as stated above.
Addendum:
In the spirit of competition versus demonstration, it is a given expectation that all materials will meet certain standards measured by their appearance and the expectation they have not been altered in anyway.
1. Materials sometimes vary, but if any material is to a great degree easier to break than would be expected by experienced NMA representatives, judges, or competitors it constitutes deception and is outside the limits of fairness set by all other competitors using standard materials.
2. If a material has been altered, damaged, or made in such a way as to facilitate the easy breaking of said material it is also in violation of the expectations of a fair and equal playing field among the competitors.
3. Concrete should be as hard as one would reasonably expect a piece of concrete of that thickness to be and should be purchased as is. The scoring of boards, breaking and reassembling materials, or any methods of weakening materials is not allowed.
4. Violation of any of these points is grounds for disqualification. |