Freestyle poomsae

WTF Poomsae Free Style Competition Guideline 

1. Composition of Free Style Poomsae 

  • Yeon-mu line shall choice of contestant.
  • Music & choreography shall be choice of a contestant. However, it should not contain any political, social and religious contents.
  • Number of Poom: Each performance shall be composite of 20 to 24 poom (Composition of 1 poom shall be no more than 5 motions).
  • Technique: Each performance shall be composite of attacking and defending techniques of Taekwondo with 60% foot techniques and 40% hand techniques.
  • Performed techniques must be within boundary of Taekwondo.

2. Division 

  • Individual : Male / Female
  • Pair 2.
  • Mixed Team: Composition of 5 members including more than 2 males and females

3. Uniform of the participant 

  • Participant shall wear WTF-recognized Poomsae competition uniform.

4. Duration of Contest 

  • Individual, Pair and Team competition from 60 seconds to 70 seconds.

5. Scoring Criteria 

  • Scoring shall be made in accordance with the rules of the WTF.
  • The types of foot techniques designated by WTF Poomsae Committee for 10th WTF World Poomsae Championships are as follows;
    • Heights of jump – Side kick (in case of pair and team division, entire team members must perform this technique)
    • Number of kicks in a jump – Front kick (at least one member of the team must perform this technique)
    • Gradient of spins in a spin kick - Spinning hook kick or turning kick (at least one member of the team must perform this technique)
    • Performance level of consecutive kicks – Kyorugi style kick (at least one member of the team must perform this technique) *3~5 bouncing steps in a spot is mandatory before executing the Kyorugi style kicks.
    • Acrobatic actions – Any acrobatic action performance with kick(s). (at least one member of the team must perform this technique)
  • Point shall be awarded only if athletes perform the techniques in the above order (Article 5.2).
  • Each foot technique shall be up to five run-up.
  • One of the following stances must be included in the performance at least once  Dwitkubi (Backward inflection stance), Beom-seogi (Tiger stance), Hakdariseogi (Crane stance)

6. Timeline