IAGLMA competition video

A video explaining the IAGLMA rules for the Self Defence competition and Kata competitions has been posted on the Official Rules page.
It is hoped that a video explaining the IAGLMA sparring rules will also be added.

3 weeks to Gay Games VIII Cologne 2010

Dear Martial Artists,

the Gay Games VIII Cologne 2010 is set to begin in only 3 weeks.

After a long and interesting time of preparation we are getting excited to get the GG started!

The day before we will start with the MA competition, we´ve organized a get- together on Sunday, August 8th. On Monday, Aug. 9th, we´ll start with our competition.

All of you have to check- in on Monday between 9.00 and 10.00 a.m. and also join the Judges & Competitors Clinic, held by the IAGLMA right after!

Venue: Sportpark Muengersdorf, Hockey- und Judozentrum, Guts-Muths-Weg 1, 50933 Koeln-Muengersdorf

Temporary Schedule:

Monday, Aug. 2nd – Thursday, Aug. 5th 2010

Monday, Aug. 2nd:

8:00 - 9:00 a.m. Venue opens, Volunteers arrive , Volunteer team briefing, Set up for the events, Team- meeting

9:00- 10:00 a.m. Check- In, Weigh- in for Sparring competition, Officials Meeting

10:00 a.m. Official opening and “bow in” of Gay Games VIII Cologne Martial Arts events

10:00 – 12:00 a.m. Judges & Competitors Clinic

12:00 – 2:00 p.m. IAGLMA Board Meeting, Free Training

3:00 – 5.00 p.m. Friendship Training (poss. Self- defense Competition)



Tueday, Aug. 3rd:

8:00 - 9:00 a.m. Venue opens, Volunteers arrive , Volunteer team briefing, Set up for the events, Team- meeting

9:00- 10:00 a.m. Weigh- in for Sparring competition, Attention: last chance!, Officials Meeting

9:00 – 9:30 a.m. Collective Warm- up

9:30 – 12:00 a.m. Weapon Forms

12:00 – 1:00 p.m. Lunch Break

1:00 – 6:00 p.m. Empty Hand Form, Music Form


Wednesday, Aug. 4th

8:00 - 9:00 a.m. Venue opens, Volunteers arrive , Volunteer team briefing, Set up for the events, Team- meeting

9:00 – 9:30 a.m. Collective Warm- up, Officials Meeting

9:30 – 12:00 a.m. Self- Defense

12:00 – 1:00 p.m. Lunch Break

1:00 – 6:00 p.m. Sparring

Thursday, Aug. 5th.

10:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.

Martial Arts-Seminars
Self Defense Seminars


Attention!

Martial Arts Meeting/ Get-Together:

Meet & greet, talk, eat, get to know each other, share experiences- we´ve reserved two locations for the Martial Artists:

Sunday Aug. 1st: 7:00 p.m. Warm- up

Where?

Brauerei Braustelle

Christianstr. 2/ Ecke Venloer Str.

50825 Cologne- Ehrenfeld


When: starting 7:00 p.m.

Smallest brewery of Cololgne, possibility to have dinner

Tram: Leyendeckerstr. (15 min from centre, Friesenplatz)


Thursday, Aug. 5th: Close- down

Where?

Johnny Tourista Tapas Bar

Mauritiussteinweg 74
50676 Cologne Centre

Tram: Mauritiussteinweg

When?

Starting 7.00 p.m.

After the seminars, possibility to have dinner


Official GG VIII Party of the SC Janus at the Wolkenburg after, 30m away!

Have a safe and smooth trip to Cologne.

We look forward to welcoming you to Cologne!


Viele Gruesse/ Kind Regards

Andrea Loewe
GG 2010 Martial Arts Competition Manager

Cleveland to host Gay Games IX - 2014

The city of Cleveland, Ohio, USA won the competitive bid process to host the ninth Gay Games in 2014.
Check out Cleveland's bid details by clicking on the link.

Profile of Andrea Lowe from Cologne

IAGLMA recently contacted Andrea Lowe of Horangi Taekwondo in Cologne to ask her to give a Martial Arts profile of herself and her club. Andrea Lowe's Martial Arts & Horangi's Profile

Cologne Gay Games Schedule

Dates of Event
Monday, 2 August - Thursday, 5 August 2010
Duration: 4 days (incl. Competitors Clinic, last day with Workshops)

Venue
Sportpark Muengersdorf, Hockey and Judo Center, Guts-Muths-Weg 1, 50933 Cologne-Muengersdorf (5.9 km, from Neumarkt), www.dshs-koeln.de
Sportpark Müngersdorf, Hockey- und Judozentrum

The Martial Arts Competition will be held in the Hockey- and Judo Centre of the German University of Sports Cologne.
It is a modern Gymnasium with three Courts so there will be three competition floors side by side. It also has enough stands for interested visitors.
www.sportparkmuengersdorf.de

Self Defence Attacks

Self Defence Attacks May 2009

The attacks for the IAGLMA Self Defence competition have been updated in response to feedback from judges, competitors, coaches and spectators. The format of the competition has been retained but some of the specific attacks have changed. The emphasis is that the competition format will allow the competitors to display their style’s technique to counter a variety of attacks. Competitors and attackers have the flexibility to prepare their specific attacks from the general descriptions.
The first set includes three common real-life situations while the second set has more complex scenarios with the final set aiming to provide a challenge to the competitors in the black belt category.

Sandy Mackay
IAGLMA Director

Self Defence Attacks for the Self Defence Competition

Beginners are required to demonstrate their defence to the attacks in Set 1 only.
Intermediate and advanced students are required to demonstrate their defence to the attacks in Set 1 and Set 2.
Black Belts are required to demonstrate their defence to the attacks in Set 1, 2 and 3.

Set 1

1.1 Straight punch to the face
1.2 Grab on the wrist from behind
1.3 Knife attack from the front

Set 2

2.1 Club/escrima attack from the front
2.2 Kick to groin
2.3 Defender supine, attacker on their knees between the defenders legs and attempting to strangle the defender (rape position)

Set 3

3.1 Defender seated on a chair, the attacker attempts a punch to the face
3.2 Gun to the head from the front
3.3 Defence against two attackers, attacks are optional, but must be simultaneous

If necessary, the attacks may be modified for disabled competitors. For example, 2.2 could be modified by a competitor in a wheel chair to be a kick to the face. Also the 2.3 attack position may be varied depending on the nature of the disability.

Guide to Competitors and Judges
- Competitors and attackers have the flexibility to prepare their specific attacks from the general descriptions. For example, 1.3 could be interpreted as an overhead attack to the head or a horizontal slash to the body
- If the attack falls outside the description above the judges will score the technique on its merits and then deduct 1 mark. For example if the attacks in 3.3 are clearly not simultaneous

Weapons information for Cologne Gay Games

Gay Games 2010 Cologne- Martial Arts
Weapons:
Information for all participants at the martial arts competition:
If you plan to show a weapon form, please note the German weapon law.
This states that the importation and the possession of some weapons are strictly forbidden!
Forbidden weapons include:
• Shuriken
• Butterfly knifes
• Case knifes
• Katar/ Push knifes
• Switchblades/ Flick knifes (Blade more than 8,5 cm)
• Nunchakus
• Firearms/ Guns
Information on Nunchaku:
Real Nunchakus of wood or metal which are connected by a chain or a leather rope, as well as Soft-Nunchakus are all forbidden.
The only ones permitted are special “Soft-Nunchakus” that show a predetermined breaking point (pierced internal space), as they are not recognized as weapons but as pieces of sports equipment.

Please acquaint yourself with the specific transport and immigration regulations of the respective airline concerning all other martial arts weapons.

German:
Waffentransport:
Info für alle Teilnehmer an den Martial Arts Wettbewerben:
Wer bei den Formenwettbewerben eine Form mit Waffen plant, beachte bitte das deutsche Waffengesetz. Danach sind die Einfuhr und der Besitz verschiedener Waffen verboten!
Verboten sind:
• Wurfsterne
• Butterflymesser
• Fallmesser
• Faustmesser (Stossdolche)
• Springmesser (Klinge über 8,5 cm)
• Schlagringe
• Nunchakus
• Schusswaffen
Info Nunchaku:
Verboten sind sowohl echte Nunchakus aus Holz oder Metall, die durch eine Kette oder ein Lederband verbunden sind, wie auch Soft- Nunchakus.
Erlaubt sind lediglich spezielle „Soft- Nunchakus“, die eine „Sollbruchstelle“ (durchbohrter Innenkern) aufweisen. Allein diese Nunchakus sind keine Waffe, sondern als Sportgerät anerkannt.
Bitte beachtet bei allen anderen Kampfsportwaffen, die Vorgaben zu Transport und Einfuhr der jeweiligen Fluggesellschaft.

Cologne GG Martial Arts participants

Pride Sports Manchester hosted the 21st Annual General Assembly of the European Gay and Lesbian Sport Federation (EGLSF) from March 5-7, 2010.

At this meeting there was a presentation from a delegation of 7 people from Cologne Gay Games team. In addition to impressing the EGLSF delegates with details of the preparations for Gay Games VIII they also revealed that 92 participants have registered for the martial arts event.
Choose your competition categoeries from empty hand forms, weapons forms, sparring or self defence. There are divisions in each category to ensure that participants compete against competitors with similar experience.
Come and join us in Cologne!

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Copenhagen Outgames

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A report of the event, including the results, are posted on the TMAA website.

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Chicago GG Men's Weapons Forms 1

Victor Tang

Chigaco GG Men's Weapons Forms 2

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Chicago GG Men's Musical Forms 1

Darl Schaaff

Chicago GG Men's Musical Forms 2

Great Balls of Fire

Chicago GG Empty Hand Forms

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Chicago GG Men's Empty Hand Forms

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Pink Power London 2005

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Judging Kata or Forms

IAGLMA judges are from a variety of martial arts styles but are trained to follow the same criteria to judge traditional kata or forms

Basic Criteria For Judging Multi-Style Forms

1. Power: if appropriate
2. Stances: strength and transitions to and from each stance
3. Balance
4. Control of body
5. Focus of technique(s): precision
6. Right and left side equally adept (unless there is a mitigating physical reason)
7. Rhythm: how techniques are grouped together
8. Flow: transitions between moves or groups of moves
9. Grace in slow circular moves
10. Grace overall
11. Breath control
12. Intensity
13. Authority

This is an extract from the IAGLMA Official Rules

Cologne Gay Games Day 1

Day 1 of the Cologne Gay Games Martial Arts competition started this morning with check-in for the competitors.
Shortly after 10am Andrea Loewe from the host club, Horangi TKD, welcomed all the participants from around the world to the martial arts event at Gay Games VII.
On behalf of IAGLMA, co-president Darl Schaaf thanked the team from Horangi for their tremendous efforts in arranging to host the event before each of the competitors introduced themselves.
The competitors and judges clinic was started by Sandy Mackay who outlined the rules and judging guidelines for the Self Defence division before Allen Wood outlined the rules for forms and sparring.
Darl gave a brief outline of the history of IAGLMA before Allen led a judging clinic involving mock forms and sparring divisions.
The break for lunch allowed competitors to take the opportunity to use the excellent facilities of Cologne's University of Sports to practise for their events.
The last 2 hours of day 1 was friendship training which involved seminars led by participating black belt instructors from various German cites including Andrea from Cologne, Sebastian from Munich and Dao from Hamburg.
Day 2 starts with the forms competitions.

Cologne Gay Games Day 2

Day 2 of the Cologne Gay Games Martial Arts competition started with weapons forms.
41 participants were in 7 competitive divisions from beginners through to 4 black belt divisions split by the age of the competitor. A wide array of weapons and styles were displayed and medalists displayed their skills with the staff, sword, ton fa, sai and a fan.
The afternoon saw 83 participants in an array of divisions of empty hand kata. The medal winners performed kata in a wide range of styles including kung fu, tai chi, jujitsu, karate chun kuk do and tae kwon do.
The day was completed with two age divisions of musical kata which allowed 9 black belts to demonstrate their kata interpretation to a wide range in musical tastes.
Day 3 will see the sparring divisions then the self defence divisions.
Day 4 will be a day of seminars to allow the visiting black belts to share their knowledge of their style.

Cologne Gay Games Day 3

The morning sparring sessions were slightly delayed while details of the black belt divisions were finalised to the satisfaction of officials and competitors. The resulting competition of single elimination points sparring bouts produced a series of competitive matches from a variety of styles. The number of competitors (58) ensured that there were divisions for both men and women from beginner, intermediate, advanced and 2 black belt divisions for both genders. The medallists came from many styles and nationalities including German, French, British, Australian and American.
The afternoon saw the competition move downstairs to the impressive 3 ring dojo which is used by the German national judo team. There were 7 divisions for the Self Defence category with medallist from styles which included jujitsu, tae kwon and judo.