K-1 Open World Amateur Championships 2014

London, England 13th -14th September 2014

Promoters

The SENI show in association with Combat & Strength show, Fighters Inc

and Showsport Entertainment Ltd. Email: k1worldopen@gmail.com

www.k-1worldopen.com www.senishow.com www.combatandstrength.com

Venue

The London Soccerdome
East Parkside

Greenwich Peninsula
London

SE10 0JF

thelondonsoccerdome.com

Schedule

12th September

Friday

12.00 – 20.00

20.30 – 22.00

Registration & Weigh in

Referees and judges Meeting

13th September

Saturday

09.00 – 18.00

Elimination Rounds

14th September

Sunday

09.00 – 18.00

Semi-finals and Finals

Entry requirements

The K-1 Open World Amateur Championships is open to all competent competitive Martial Artists regardless of style or affiliations.

At Registration and weigh in all Competitors must produce Photo ID (Passport, ID card, EU driving License) a Medical certificate/document signed by a qualified Physician confirming the Competitor is medically fit to compete.

The minimum age for competitors is 7 years all Competitors under the age of 18 years must provide written permission of a parent or guardian.

Entrance fees

The K-1 Open World Amateur Championships is pre-entry only for competitors all competitors must register and pay the Entrance fee before the 7th September 2014

Competitors: £70.00 GBP

Spectators: £25.00 GBP (2 day pass)

Coaches: £10.00 GBP (2 day pass)

Teams with 5 of more competitors will receive 2 coaches passes free of charge

For pre-entry information please email: k1worldopen@gmail.com

For updates go to www.k-1worldopen.com

K-1 Open Rules Summary

K-1 Light Juniors Boys & Girls 8-14 years:

Absolutely no head contact, controlled light contact to body arms and legs, no spinning back fist,

3 x 1 minute rounds eliminations and finals, scoring criteria will favour technique over aggression

K-1 Light Cadets Boys & Girls 14-17 years:

Controlled light contact to head body arms and legs no spinning back fist or knee strikes to the head

3 x 1 ½ minute rounds eliminations and finals, scoring criteria will favour technique over aggression

K-1 Light Seniors Men & Women 18-45 years:

Controlled light contact to head body arms and legs no spinning back fist or knee strikes to the head

3 x 2 minute rounds eliminations and finals, scoring criteria will favour technique over aggression

K-1 Cadets Boys & Girls14-17 years:

K-1 Rules with exceptions, no spinning back fist or knee strikes to the head, standing eight counts, referees will give a standing eight count for even minor signs of distress, un-wiliness to compete or inability to defend, 3 x 1 ½ minute rounds eliminations and finals, standard K-1 scoring criteria

K-1 Seniors B class Men & Women 18-40 years:

B Class Competitors must not have more than 10 fights and never competed in A class, records will be verified any competitor giving false information will be disqualified,K-1 Rules with exceptions, no spinning back fist or knee strikes to the head 3 x 2 minute rounds eliminations and finals, standard K-1 scoring criteria

K-1 Seniors A class Men & Women 18-40 years:

K-1 rules all legal K-1 striking techniques allowed including spinning back fist and knees to the head

3 x 2 minute rounds eliminations and 3x3 minute round finals, standard K-1 scoring criteria (The A class division will be contested without head guards)

Compulsory Uniform and Equipment

K-1 Light Juniors & Cadets:

Vest or T-shirt, shorts, head guard, gum shield, body shield, Groin guard, shin and instep protectors, 10 oz boxing gloves, clothing must be clean and in good repair

K-1 Light Seniors:

Vest or T-shirt, shorts, head guard, gum shield, Groin guard, shin and instep protectors, 10 oz boxing gloves, clothing must be clean and in good repair

K-1 Cadets:

Vest or T-shirt, shorts, head guard, gum shield, body shield, Groin guard, shin and instep protectors, 10 oz boxing gloves, clothing must be clean and in good repair

K-1 Seniors B class

Vest or T-shirt, shorts, head guard, gum shield, Groin guard, shin and instep protectors, 10 oz boxing gloves, clothing must be clean and in good repair

K-1 Seniors A class

Shorts, gum shield, Groin guard, shin and instep protectors, 10 oz boxing gloves, clothing must be clean and in good repair

Awards

Every competitor will receive the Official K-1 Open Participation Certificate, the Semi-finalist (last 4) in each division will be awarded medals as follows:

1st Place Gold medal

2ndPlace Silver medal

3rdPlace Bronze medal (x2 joint third)

Travel & Hotels

Airports: London City Airport, London Stanstead, London Heathrow, London Gatwick

There are high speed train links with Heathrow and Gatwick to Central London

Eurostar arrives at St Pancras Station which is next to Kings Cross Underground where you can get a connection North Greenwich

The nearest underground station is North Greenwich a few minutes’ walk to the Soccerdome

Please see the official "Getting to the O2" page for full details of how to get to the venues

www.theo2.co.uk

Near by hotels:

Hilton London Canary Wharf (1 tube stop)
Travelodge Docklands
Travel Lodge Excel
Holiday Inn Express Greenwich O2
Holiday Inn Express Royal Docks
Ibis Docklands (cable car to O2)
Ibis London Greenwich
Ibis Styles (cable car to O2)
The Greenwich Hotel
Britannia International Canary Wharf
Novotel Docklands
Novotel London Greenwich
Fraser Place canary Wharf
Crown Plaza Docklands
Zen Apartments Discovery Dock
Living Style Aparments (1m)
Merlin Apartments canary wharf
The Pilot Inn (0.4m)
The Angerstein Hotel (1.2m)
Huaren Greenwich Aparments (1.1m)
King William Hotel (1.1 m)
Fresh @ Great Eastern Docklands (1m)
Hotel Formule 1 Barking
Ibis Budget Barking
Ramada Hotel & Suites Docklands
Premier Inn London Docklands
Premier Inn London Stratford
Premier Inn London City
Premier Inn London Greenwich
Premier Inn London Barking
Premier Inn London Tower Bridge
Holiday Inn Express London Limehouse
YHA London Thameside
The Prince Regent Hotel
Mecure London Greenwich
Connaught House Hotel

Booking Agents
Laterooms.com
Booking.com
Expotel

light contact whats thats , its not light continuoues kickboxing ?

£70 is steep. I had a good few interested until then.
Shame though, because i reckon it's a step in the right direction.

K-1 Open Amateur World Championships 2014

The first official K-1 Open World Amateur Championships will take place at the London Soccerdome on the 13th & 14th September 2014 as part of the SENI the International Combat Sports show.

The K-1 World Amateur Championships will be open to all clubs, associations and organisations worldwide and will include divisions for men, women and children.

SENI promoter Mr Paul Alderson said we are really pleased to be hosting the inaugural K-1 Open in London it’s a great addition to the number of World Class Martial Arts and Combat Sports events that make up the SENI show.

K-1 Global Director of Events Mr Ned Kuruc said K-1 has never done a Amateur World Championships before or endorsed an Amateur Championships, there might be a lot of K-1 Rules champions out there, but this is the first official K-1 Open World Championships, the first time K-1 will officially recognise Amateur Champions. Muay Thai, Karate, Kung fu, Kickboxing, Boxing, Taekwondo, Savate, Kyokushin and all Martial Artists can now test their skills under official K-1 rules and become a real K-1 Champion.

The adult categories will be separated by A class and B class with weight divisions for men and women, Junior and Cadet categories will be separated by age, weight and level of contact permitted.

The K-1 Open World Amateur Championships will be pre-entry only, weight in and registration on be on Friday the 12th September 2014 for more information email k1worldopen@gmail.com

£70......ouch, thats very expensive, and charging £10 for the coaches a bit steep too!

Shame as i think that will stop many from going, especially kids

to expensive for light contact

Loving these prices, shows the true cost to put on an event like this.

Competitors': £70.00 GBP
Spectators: £25.00 GBP (2 day pass)
Coaches: £10.00 GBP (2 day pass)

One question, do the winners in the senior a get a chance to enter the K1 arena?

had a few interested in this, not at £70each + £10 coaches entrance tho... Crazy prices!! cant see many from the UK entering this... shame could of been good!

If it gives people access to the k1 arena, its worth every penny. People paid £20 to enter ours, and get a chance to travel.

I would be interested in getting the elimination on again if i can set the fee @ £40

I can't see a winner of an amateur event being selected to go into a K-1 pro tourney. It's fantastic that K-1 is running amateur events, i think they could've brought the costs down an awful lot of they just held it in a sports centre.

Meh, you need to make the decision, do you want K-1 to be a prestigious brand with credibility or do you want it to be another Sunday lunchtime leisure centre tournament?

That said, I'm not sure that an am light contact tourney doesn't dilute the image anyway.

A few comments about it being expensive but expensive compared to what? Most Amateur World Championship charge between 60 to 80 euros

ISKA Amateur World Championships pre-entry 60 euro late entry 75 euro
WKA Amateur World Championships pre-entry 60 euro late entry 80 euro
WKU Amateur World Championships pre-entry 80 euro

Plus what other WORLD tournament can you become official K1 champ and get your award presented by the legendary Peter Aerts!!

Also bear in mind with the entry price you are also into the SENI & UK MMA Expo shows for free!

Didn't realise they were all so expensive

Not expensive at all most people spend that money every weekend on getting drunk etc and this is BIG why look for negativity; UK should be honoured to have the very very 1st ever K-1 amateur tournament in the UK plus if you have 5 entrants then the coaches go free!
Come on let's all meet and show them all what we are made off; UK DOMINATION for me ;-)