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

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

In case of butting we use hand signal for misconduct

5 6

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