CURRENT HANDBOOK (5/1/21)
FOR COMPETITION CLASSIFICATIONS
A. Team member of the Olympic, World Championship and/or Pan-American Games. Placing 1st, 2nd, or 3rd at Class A international tournament.
B. Placing 1st, 2nd, 3rd at a Grand Slam, or Grand Prix. A Kata competitor who places 1st, 2nd, 3rd at the World Kata Championships.
C. Placing 1st, 2nd, or 3rd at regional black belt divisions. Placing 1st, 2nd, or 3rd at the Fall Classic Tournament, President’s Cup, National Collegiate, Youth and Scholastic Nationals, US Senior Nationals, USJF/USJA Summer and Winter Nationals or any non-point qualifying international competition. Kata competitors that have been invited to officially represent the United States in an IJF or PJC sanctioned international events.
D. Competes in shiai and/or kata in any sanctioned tournament and earns points based on performance, according to the number of wins and rank of opponents, which includes Veteran’s competition at local, regional, state, national and international competition.