Referee hand signals WORLD TAEKWONDO In force as of June 24, 2017
WT Referee Chairman Chakir Chelbat June 2017
Table of Contents Page 1. Calling the contestants 4 2. Start the contest 5 3. Declaration of Kalyo 6 4. Declaration of Kye-shi 7 5. Declaration of shi-gan 8 6. End of the round 9 7. Knock Down(counting to 8) 10-11 8. Knock Out (RSC, counting to 10) 12-13 9. Crossing Boundary Line 14 10. Falling down 15 11. Avoiding or delaying the match 16 12. Grabbing 17 13. Pushing 18 14. Attacking the falling opponent, blocking with knee and lifting the leg more than 3 seconds 19 15. Attacking below the waist 20 16. Attacking after Kalyo 21 17. Hitting the opponent s head with the hand 22 18. Butting or attacking with the knee 23 19. Attacking the fallen oppoent 24 20. Misconduct 25 21. Invalidation 26 22. Invalidate hit level (only during golden point round) 27 23. Declaration of the blue winner contestant 28 24. Declaration of the red winner contestant 29 25. Video replay blue card 30 26. Video replay red card 31 27. Yellow card 32 28. Additional one (1) point 33 29. Additional three (3) points 34 30. Additional four (4) points 35 31. Calling the doctor 36 32. Declaration of Gam-jeom 37 33. Requesting Time Out (Para competition) 38
1. Calling the contestants 1 2 3 Competition Rules and Interpretation (Approved on November 16, 2016) Page 4
2. Start the contest 1 2 3 4 5 6 Competition Rules and Interpretation (Approved on November 16, 2016) Page 5
3. Declaration of Kalyo 1 2 Competition Rules and Interpretation (Approved on November 16, 2016) Page 6
4. Declaration of Kye-shi 1 2 3 Competition Rules and Interpretation (Approved on November 16, 2016) Page 7
5. Declaration of shi-gan 1 2 3 Competition Rules and Interpretation (Approved on November 16, 2016) Page 8
6. End of the round 1 2 3 4 Competition Rules and Interpretation (Approved on November 16, 2016) Page 9
7. Knock Down(counting to 8) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Competition Rules and Interpretation (Approved on November 16, 2016) Page 10
11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 Competition Rules and Interpretation (Approved on November 16, 2016) Page 11
8. Knock Out (RSC, counting to 10) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Competition Rules and Interpretation (Approved on November 16, 2016) Page 12
11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 Competition Rules and Interpretation (Approved on November 16, 2016) Page 13
9. Crossing Boundary Line 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Competition Rules and Interpretation (Approved on November 16, 2016) Page 14
10. Falling down 1 2 3 4 5 6 Competition Rules and Interpretation (Approved on November 16, 2016) Page 15
11. Avoiding or delaying the match 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Competition Rules and Interpretation (Approved on November 16, 2016) Page 16
12. Grabbing 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Competition Rules and Interpretation (Approved on November 16, 2016) Page 17
13. Pushing 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Competition Rules and Interpretation (Approved on November 16, 2016) Page 18
14. Attacking the falling opponent, blocking with knee and lifting the leg more than 3 seconds 1 2 3 4 5 6 Competition Rules and Interpretation (Approved on November 16, 2016) Page 19
15. Attacking below the waist 1 2 3 4 5 6 Competition Rules and Interpretation (Approved on November 16, 2016) Page 20
16. Attacking after Kalyo 1 2 3 4 5 6 Competition Rules and Interpretation (Approved on November 16, 2016) Page 21
17. Hitting the opponent s head with the hand 1 2 3 4 5 6 Competition Rules and Interpretation (Approved on November 16, 2016) Page 22
18. Butting or attacking with the knee 1 2 3 4 5 6 In case of butting we use hand signal for misconduct Competition Rules and Interpretation (Approved on November 16, 2016) Page 23
19. Attacking the fallen oppoent 1 2 3 4 5 6 Competition Rules and Interpretation (Approved on November 16, 2016) Page 24
20. Misconduct 1 2 3 4 5 6 Competition Rules and Interpretation (Approved on November 16, 2016) Page 25
21. Invalidation 1 2 3 4 Competition Rules and Interpretation (Approved on November 16, 2016) Page 26
22. Invalidate hit level (only during golden point round) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Competition Rules and Interpretation (Approved on November 16, 2016) Page 27
23. Declaration of the blue winner contestant 1 2 Competition Rules and Interpretation (Approved on November 16, 2016) Page 28
24. Declaration of the red winner contestant 1 2 Competition Rules and Interpretation (Approved on November 16, 2016) Page 29
25. Video replay blue card 1 2 Competition Rules and Interpretation (Approved on November 16, 2016) Page 30
26. Video replay red card 1 2 Competition Rules and Interpretation (Approved on November 16, 2016) Page 31
27. Yellow card 1 2 Competition Rules and Interpretation (Approved on November 16, 2016) Page 32
28. Additional one (1) point 1 2 3 4 Competition Rules and Interpretation (Approved on November 16, 2016) Page 33
29. Additional three (3) points 1 2 3 4 Competition Rules and Interpretation (Approved on November 16, 2016) Page 34
30. Additional four (4) points 1 2 3 4 Competition Rules and Interpretation (Approved on November 16, 2016) Page 35
31. Calling the doctor 1 2 3 4 Competition Rules and Interpretation (Approved on November 16, 2016) Page 36
32. Declaration of Gam-jeom 1 2 3 Competition Rules and Interpretation (Approved on November 16, 2016) Page 37
33. Requesting Time Out (Para competition) 1 2 3 Competition Rules and Interpretation (Approved on November 16, 2016) Page 38