Combat Saber Tournament 2017


The 3rd annual Combat Saber Tournament was held in Singapore at Liang Court, on 24 November 2017.
Featuring tougher competition, hand-and-head targets and a whole series of competitive duels, the 2017 Saber Tournament was a continued improvement over the previous year's setup with a good mix of younger and older members.
The action started at 6pm and lasted until 9pm with 14 combatants participating across 27 sets of duels to win the top prize of S$1800 cash.



Tournament Rules.
Weapons category:
- Single Saber
Scoring:
- Head strike only 1pt
- Hand strike only 2pts
- Hand and head in consecutive striking 5pts
- Head to Hand only 3pts
Safety:
Mandatory
- Fencing Masks/Kendo Masks
- LaCrosse Gloves
Rules:
- Holding a single chamber for more than 4 secs results in a 1pt penalty
- Stepping out of arena results in a 2pts penalty
- Trading head strikes between combatants beyond 2 points each will result in a 3 point deduction for each combatant
Allowed Strikes:
- Slashes Diagonal, Horizontal, Vertical with Fluid, Circular, Broken energy
- Thrusts only to the hand and protected area of the head.
