WTF Poomsae Free Style Competition Guideline
1.
Composition of Free Style Poomsae
1.1. Number of Poom : Each performance shall be composite of 20 to 24 poom
(Composition of 1 poom shall be no more than 5 motions)
1.2. Technique: Each performance shall be composite of attacking and defending techniques of
taekwondo with 60% foot techniques and 40% hand techniques.
1.3. Music & choreography shall be choice of a contestant. However, it should not contain any
political, social and religious contents.
1.4. Performed techniques must be within boundary of Taekwondo.
2.
Division
2.1 Individual : Male / Female
2.2 Pair
2.3 Mixed Team: Composition of 5 members including more than 2 males and females)
3.
Uniform of the participant
3.1. Participant shall wear WTF-recognized Poomsae competition uniform.
4.
Duration of Contest
4.1. Individual, Pair and Team competition from 30 seconds to 90 seconds.
5.
Scoring Criteria
5.1. Scoring shall be made in accordance with the rules of the WTF.
5.2. The types of foot techniques designated by WTF Poomsae Committee for 7th WTF World
Poomsae Championships are as follows;
5.2.1.
Heights of jump – Side kick (in case of pair and team division, entire
team members must perform this technique)
5.2.2.
Number of kicks in a jump – Front kick (at least one member of the
team must perform this technique)
5.2.3.
Gradient of spins in a spin kick - Spinning hook kick or turning kick (at
least one member of the team must perform this technique)
5.2.4.
Number 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 execute the Kyorugi style kicks.
5.2.5.
Acrobatic actions – Any acrobatic action performance with kicks. (at
least one member of the team must perform this technique)
5.3. Point shall be awarded only if athletes perform the techniques in the above order (Article
4.2).
5.4. Each foot technique shall be less than 3 step run-up.
5.5. One of the following stances must be included in the performance at least once

Dwikkubi (Backward inflection stance), Beom-seogi (Tiger stance),
Hakdari-seogi (Crane stance)
6.
Timeline
Action
To submit performance plan
Date
Nov 15, 2012
Deadline of Entry submission
To submit performance music
Due time
Dec 3~5, 2012
Remarks
To be submitted to WTF Sport
Department at sport@wtf.org
Online registration base
Registration
center
in
Tunja,
Colombia
7th Free style Poomsae performance plan (December 6-9, 2012 / Tunja, Colombia)
Free style Poomsae performance plan
*(This is example of free style Poomsae plan)
7th WTF World Taekwondo Poomsae Championships 2012 Tunja
(December 6-9, 2012 / Tunja, Colombia)
* Please Fill out required information and free style poomsae performance plan, and send it to sport@wtf.org no later than
Nov 10, 2012.
Name of Association
WTF
Title of Free style Poomsae
Dream of Taekwondo
Number of team members
Name of Music
)
Female (
)
We are the World.
Individual
Division
Contact Person (name and
email)
Subject:
Male ( 1
Male
Female
Pair
Mixed Team
Your name / contact E-mail
(Please briefly explain the theme of performance)
This Poomsae shows a story of young Taekwondo practitioner’s hard work encouraged by
Taekwondo practice to achieve his dream. The unique techniques in this Poomsae are
combination of sparring and self-defense techniques with gradual progresses.
Performance Plan
Performance 1. Heights of
Jump (Side kick)
Three step run-ups and right-foot Jumping side kick
Performance 2. Number of
kicks in a jump (Front kick)
2 body section and 2 face level front kicks in a jump
Performance 3. Gradient of
spins in a spin kick (Spinning
hook kick or turning kick)
Triple 540 degree back-spin kick
Performance 4. Number of
consecutive kicks (Kyorugi style
kick)
Performance 5. Acrobatic
actions
Key point of your performance
- three time bouncing with Kyorugi stance before Kyorugi style kick
performance5 consecutive kicks
Left roundhouse kick body—right ex-kick—double roundhouse(narae chagi)—turning
kick(tomato kick)—back-spinning hook kick
Three step run-ups and somersault front and back-flip kick
Gradual speed up, many sparring drills and self-defense drills
Harmony of heavy and light, and hand and foot technique combinations
7th Free style Poomsae performance plan (December 6-9, 2012 / Tunja, Colombia)