Best of the Best


Chinese Kuoshu Institute		英國中華國術學院
United Kingdom

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Press Release

Best of the Best

Registry of Full Contact Fighters for the British Chinese Kuoshu Martial Arts Team Selection

Monday 3 June, 2002

As the quality of contestants taking part in martial arts events continue to improve, a ranking system is becoming a necessity. In the interest of a fair match, where one contestant is not completely overwhelmed by the other, it is becoming increasingly apparent that there is a need to match not only by weight but also by experience. Certainly, contestants may want to try out for the National Team, but to avoid contestants being mismatched their sparring pedigree should also be taken into account.

The British Chinese Kuoshu Federation (BCKF) in association with the Chinese Kuoshu Institute (CKI) is currently in the process of setting up a registry of full contact fighters, who participate in Chinese martial arts tournaments within the United Kingdom, as part of their programme of work to establish a ranking system. The BCKF will work with other full contact martial arts events organisers to establish a points system for each event and the associated rankings for martial artists. The aim is to develop undisputed Champions in Chinese martial arts full contact to assist with the selection for representation abroad.

The current proposal being considered will rate contestants into four categories. The rating will be dependent on the number of wins achieved by a contestant in the BCKF sparring year; 1 January to 1 December. Any events taking place from 2 to 31 December will count towards the following years achievement for contests based on a ‘knock out’ system; the wins achieved up to the final will be counted on a cumulative basis. A win will count as three points towards the yearly ranking score. Please note that only contests recognised by the BCKF, BSCA, CKI or BCCMA are eligible for assessment.


Title (Status)	Number of Wins	Points Threshold
Sheng Shou	0 to 1	3
Chung Shih	2 to 5	15
Wu Shih	6 to 9	27
Yuan Shih	More than 9	More than 27

At the end of each year the ranking for each full contact participant is reviewed. The BCKF will recognise and certify any full contact participant who has established a ranking of Wu Shih or higher. The full contact participant will then be ranked in accordance to the points awarded in the year. Where a contestant has established a ranking, the ranking may only be reduced through losses. If, for example, a contestant has aspired to Wu Shih with six wins and then loses their next bout, their ranking will be reduced to Chung Shih and they will have three points deducted from the accumulated points. If a competitor’s accumulated points is zero a loss will not result in a negative score: the lowest possible score is zero.

The full contact participants rated first, second and third in the year will receive the President’s Award for Achievement; and any full contact participant who has established the title of Yuan Shih within the year will also receive a special prize at the Chinese Kuoshu Institute Annual Dinner.

Although full contact participants may retire and retain their title through previous years of competition, the rating is established on a yearly basis. Therefore only those still participating in full contact may be eligible for the President’s Award.

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