Team Kata

1. The criteria for the team kata will be based on the synchronization of the performers as well as the criteria for the individual kata requirements.

Team Kumite

1. All matches are Shobu Ippon.
2. The length of the matches is two minutes.
3. If a match ends in a draw, there will be no extensions.
4. The winning team is decidd by the most matches won, not by the number of waza ari accumulated.
5. After all team members have competed, in the event of a tie, the team will decide who goes up to break the tie (the same person cannot go up again if the tiebreak match is draw). This is a new match, not an extension match, therefore, all previous warnings do not carry over as in individual extension matches.
6. In the finals, a winner must be chosen by the end of the third tiebreak match (if not before). In deciding 3rd and 4th, a winner must be chosen by the end of the second extension match (if not before). In any other match, a winner must be chosen after the first tiebreak match.
7. If not mutually agreed upon, to determine the order of contestants, the chief judge will flip a coin. The team winning the toss decides which team sends a contestants up first. The other team then sends someone up to complete. During the next round, the other team sends someone up first.

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