Winter Scrimmage

If you have never attended a Stanford TKD Sparring Scrimmage, the premise is simple. We will provide rings, referees, and scoring. Participants, coaches, and parents show up, check in, and start finding someone interested in having a sparring match with their athlete. After the match, bow, shake hands, find another match, and start again! This is a great low-pressure event where coaches will have the opportunity to give guidance to their athletes (no protest cards will be used for this event). Our referees will maintain the safety of the athletes by using the most recent rules for each age group and although they score the match, no winners will be declared. Parents and coaches have repeatedly told us that these events have been one of their favorite learning and practice experiences and as always, we appreciate your continued support.

This will be the first time we are hosting a Poomsae Scrimmage. Similar to our sparring scrimmage format, athletes will find a poomsae opponent to go against, line up at a ring, and then compete against each other in poomsae. The referees will use show of hands to indicate which of the two athletes had a better performance, and give some brief feedback to the athletes. We hope that this event will provide an excellent, low-pressure opportunity for athletes to gain experience performing poomsae in a ring setting against another opponent with referees present.

What: Stanford Taekwondo 2025 Winter Scrimmage

When: Sunday, March 2nd, 2025

Who: Poomsae (ages 6+): 9:30 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.

Junior Sparring (ages 6-17): 2:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m.

Where: Burnham Pavilion and Ford Center (“Ford-Burnham”) (365 Galvez St, Stanford, CA 94305). Please enter through the Ford Center for Sports and Recreation.

How: Registration details coming soon

*For those registering more than one athlete, please make submit the registration form separately for each athlete.
Cost: Spectators and coaches: $5 early registration, $10 after February 16th

Poomsae Only: $35 early registration, $45 after February 16th

Sparring Only: $35 early registration, $45 after February 16th

Poomsae and Sparring: $55 early registration, $75 after February 16th

Important Participation Information:

• If sparring, athletes must have full sparring gear, including mouthguard, and groin protector for males and females.
• Daedo electronic scoring will be available for black belt rings (e-socks will not be provided).
• To participate in any Stanford Taekwondo event, a waiver must be completed by the athlete or parent/guardian for all athletes under 18 years of age. Waivers can be found online at the following webpage: https://bit.ly/2025winterscrimmagewaiver.

Stanford has free parking on weekends. Participants can park at the Track House Lot (297 Galvez St, Stanford, CA 94305) or at the parking lot at the intersection of Campus Drive and Bonair Siding Road (578 Campus Drive, Stanford, CA, 94305). More information about parking is available here: https://transportation.stanford.edu/parking

For any questions, please contact [email protected]

We look forward to seeing you on Sunday, March 2nd!

Best wishes,

Stanford Taekwondo

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