IFG Micro Tournament: Tag Team Relay

The Tag Team Relay is an event being held by IFG in which each team will be made up of three fighters and each will use Longsword. Each fighter will have a set amount of “HP” that carries on throughout each match. Each time a fighter is struck they will lose “HP” equal to the awarded amount shown under “scoring”. Once a fighter is at or below 0 HP they are out for the match. Throughout each match the team will have the opportunity to change who there current fighter is. A team wins the match once a they have eliminated all of their opponents.

Objective:

- to show knowledge and prowess with a Longsword and its techniques

- Demonstrate ability to work in a team and strategize a way to victory

- Don’t get injured

- Have fun

Gear Requirements

- mask designed for Longsword use (silver mesh wakusi’s are banned)

- Gorget

- Hard shell gloves designed for Longsword use

- Hema rated jacket

- Hard joint protection (knees, elbows)

- Hard shin protectors

- Cup (if applicable)

- Lite or medium weight Longsword Feder

Scoring

- shallow targets -1 HP

1. Arms (top of the shoulder down)

2. Legs (hips down)

3. Hands

4. Slice (must be half the blade length with pressure)

- deep targets -2HP

1. torso (clavicle to hips)

2. Head

- control -3HP

1. thrust with control of opponents blade

2. Grapple (either dominant position after 5 seconds, or a strike/thrust while controlling the opponents blade)

- Afterblows

1. afterblows will result in the initial strike awarding damage as described above and the afterblow will award -1HP to the fighter struck

- Doubles

1. Doubles will be washed in terms of initial damage

2. If 4 doubles occur in a match, each double after will result in all remaining fighters receiving -1HP

3. 7 doubles in a match ends in both teams losing

Tournament structure

- teams

1. each team must sign up as a team of 3, teams will not be created on the day of the tournament.

2. Each team will create a team name

- matches

1. At the beginning of each match each team will choose a fighter to start

2. The two fighters will fight until point is called

3. Fighters will return to their corners

4. Director will award damage appropriately as described in scoring.

5. Any fighter that took damage can decide to tag in one of their team mates (keeping their new HP)

6. If a fighter did not take damage they must stay in for the next exchange

7. When a fighter reaches 0HP they are eliminated from the match

8. To win the match all of the other teams fighters must be eliminated

- Pools

1. pools will be comprised of 4 teams

2. Before each pool a gear check will be preformed

3. Each team will face each other in a match

- bracket

1. amount of teams brought to the bracket will be decided based on time

2. The seeding will be based on total matches won, total points, total of your teams eliminated fighters, doubles in that order

3. Single elimination bracket

illegal techniques/targets

- back of the head

- Direct shots to the back/spine

- Single handed strikes

Penalties

- warnings

1. will be awarded for inappropriate behavior

2. Force

3. Targeting

4. Turning away from the blade purposefully

5. Takedowns/throws

- yellow card

1. will be awarded for failing to listen to the warnings consistently

2. Results in -3HPto yourself

- Red card

1. if you continue to break the rules and ignore warnings your team will be disqualified

Host or Publisher Indes Ferox Gladio