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Categories will run in order however the WUMA hold the right to change it.
BOS is a professionally run series of Martial Arts Tournaments open to every club in the country to test their martial skills against other styles.
Category winner at each event are awarded points that are accumulated through the year, the winner is the one with the highest points at the end. 
Country Champions will be the one who has the most points in each category at the end of the year, winners will be awarded a special certificate.
To claim this certificate at the end of the year you send an email to WUMA HQ saying what events you have won and we return your certificate.
The winner of any BOS event are entitled to join the British Squad and compete at the next WUMA Sicily World Championships in November 2010
The winner of any BOS event in every category are entitled at the end of the year to compete in the British Grand Championships in December 
British Championship fight offs 2010 is for winners to compete against each other for a special plaque.          "BE THERE IF YOU DARE"

CATEGORY RULES

Novice:   Under 12 months total training (From 1st lesson until the present day.  All put together i.e.  if you had 2 months off don't count those 2 months within the 12 months.  If one has joined a new club then you add both clubs training together.
Attention: If it is noticed that a Novice competitor is competing above a Novice ability then it is the Judges and Promoters discretion to pull them out and enter them into a more advanced category.    Intermediate:   Under 2 years total training.
Advanced:   Over 2 years training.  Training in all past styles to be included.
Adults:   16 years of age and older        Semi-Contact:   Semi-Contact = (Points - Stop Start)  "5 Clear points or first to 10pts wins the bout"
Light-Contact:   Light-Contact (Continuous Sparring)     
Pankration:   MODERN GREEK PANKRATION ATHLIMA. Strike & Grapple.  Stand, Strike then Grapple (Light-Contact Continuous)
"If your opponent taps out while on the floor you win the bout"  If no tap out then the judges go by the who has worked and controlled the most.

FORMS EVENT

FORMS  - 16 years
1. Hard Style Japanese & Korean Forms    (all grades & Styles)
2. Soft Style Chinese - Forms                      (all grades & Styles)
3. Creative & Weapons                                (music allowed)   (all grades & Styles)
FORMS     ADULTS
4. Hard Style Japanese & Korean Forms    (all grades & Styles)
5. Soft Style Chinese - Forms                      (all grades & Styles)
6. Creative & Weapons                                (music allowed)   (all grades & Styles)
7. Self-Defence                                             (2 persons of any age or grade)

UNDER 16YR OLD CHILDREN'S CATEGORIES    please scroll down!

-16yrs   SEMI-CONTACT POINTS
 8.     - 135cm boys & girls    (Novice, Intermediate & Advanced) 
 9.     - 145cm boys & girls    (Novice, Intermediate & Advanced) 
10.   - 155cm boys                (Novice, Intermediate & Advanced) 
11.   +155cm boys                (Novice, Intermediate & Advanced) 
12.   - 155cm girls                 (Novice, Intermediate & Advanced) 
13.   +155cm girls                 (Novice, Intermediate & Advanced) 

- 16yr LIGHT-CONTACT CONTINUOUS
14.   - 135cm boys & girls   (Novice, Intermediate & Advanced) 
15.   - 145cm boys & girls   (Novice, Intermediate & Advanced) 
16.   - 155cm boys              (Novice, Intermediate & Advanced) 
17.   +155cm boys              (Novice, Intermediate & Advanced) 
18.   - 155cm girls               (Novice, Intermediate & Advanced) 
19.   +155cm girls               (Novice, Intermediate & Advanced) 

ADULT CATEGORIES

LADIES  Semi - Contact Points
20.  Openweight      (Novice, Intermediate - 2years training)
21.  - 62kg                (Novice, Intermediate & Advanced) 
22.  +62kg                (Novice, Intermediate & Advanced) 

LADIES   Light - Continuous
23.   - 62kg              (Novice, Intermediate & Advanced) 
24.   +62kg              (Novice, Intermediate & Advanced) 

MENS   Semi - Contact Points
25.   - 75kg              (Novice & Intermediate under 2 years training) 
26.   +75kg              (Novice & Intermediate under 2 years training) 
27.   - 65kg              (Advanced)         (Novice & Intermediate allowed in this category)
28.   - 75kg              (Advanced)         (Novice & Intermediate allowed in this category)
29.   - 85kg              (Advanced)         (Novice & Intermediate allowed in this category)
30.   +85kg              (Advanced)         (Novice & Intermediate allowed in this category)

MENS   Light - Contact Continuous
31.   - 75kg               (Novice & Intermediate under 2 years training) 
32.   +75kg               (Novice & Intermediate under 2 years training) 
33.    - 65kg              (Advanced)         (Novice & Intermediate allowed in this category)
34.    - 75kg              (Advanced)         (Novice & Intermediate allowed in this category)
35.    - 85kg              (Advanced)         (Novice & Intermediate allowed in this category)
36.    +85kg              (Advanced)         (Novice & Intermediate allowed in this category)
STRIKE & GRAPPLE
37.   Boys                  (weights to be matched on the day)
38.   Ladies               (weights to be matched on the day)
39.   Men                   (weights to be matched on the day)

MODERN GREEK PANKRATION ATHLINA

STRIKE & GRAPPLE

In preparation for future Olympics
Pankration is a martial arts sport introduced in the Greek Olympic games in 648 BC. This martial art was founded as a blend of boxing and wrestling. Because of this, the term Pankration comes from the Greek παγκράτιον, literally meaning "all powers" and that from πάν (pan) "all" + κράτος (kratos) "strength" or "power". The term is also used to describe the sport's modern variations. Some also argue it to be the first all-encompassing fighting system in human history, and it bears many similarities to modern MMA styles.