1. USAT POOMSAE ATHLETES’ REFERENCE GUIDE (REVISED APRIL 2011)

This is a short 9 page guide and is an extremely valuable resource for the Sport Poomsae Competitor.

Refer especially to:

Section 4: General Technical Guidelines

Section 5: Detailed technical stances (with drawings) along with detailed charts for hand techniques, kicks and stomps/kiyops

Section 6: Deductions.

Please note that the Compulsory Poomsae listed in Section 1 of this guide is for Black Belts – don’t panic if you are a color belt! Color belts please refer to pages 13 of the Poomsae Competition Rules Manual for the poomsae you are responsible to know for competitions. Your instructor will also help you determine this.

2. World Taekwondo (WT) Sport Poomsae Rules (2019)

This is a much longer guide, and is primarily a resource for referees. However, a student may want to take note of the following:

Article 4: Contestants

Article 5: Classification of Competition

Article 6: Divisions by Gender and Age

Article 8: Designated Compulsory Poomsae by division among Recognized Poomsae

Article 15: Scoring Criteria

Article 16: Methods of Scoring

The current version no lnoger shows the older resources to you such as Stances (seogi), Blocks (makki), Strikes (chigi), and Kicks (chagi), but they may still be found in the 2014 version on pages 45-78. These show, with drawings and descriptions, the correct movement along with the deduction factors of each.