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Weight Classes

Belt ranks and age groups

Eligible Participants: Must have a greenbelt or equivalent. Anyone with a belt rank lower than a green belt must fill out a waiver and be signed by the official running the event and the athletes parent or coach. Must have at least 6 months of training.

Green and Purple belts will be combined into one division

Brown belts well be separate division

Open Class division: Any belt class can challenge into this division. But once participated in the Open Class division, you must stay in this division.

Note: the ranks will be as shown or equivalent to this ranking system. Green and purple belts would have a minimum of 6 months worth of training . Brown belt would have to have minimum 1 years worth of training. Black Belt would need a minimum of 2 years training.

Note: anyone can challenge into a higher rank division, but once they challenge into a higher belt division, they must stay in that division.

Age groups

8 - 12

13 -14

15 - 17

18 and up

Green belts may hold the championship title for 6 months and move up in belt ranks and hold for another year. Purple belt can hold a championship for one full year. To continue competing they would have to move up in belt ranking.

Brown belt may hold a title for 2 years then would need to move up to black belt competition to continue competing in the WRKF.

Open Belt champs may hold the championship belts for 2 consecutive years after the age of 18.

Top 10 may challenge for championships.

All champions will need a minimum of 4 fights a year to maintain championship belts. If fights are available in there division.

After a fight term is up, the #2 and #3 ranked will fight for the #1 spot. Any fighter refusing to fight, the next lower ranked person will have the opportunity to fight for the #1 spot.

Any champion moving up in age bracket or belt bracket will automatically be placed in the top 10 and have first choice to challenge the champion in that bracket. Unless there is already a challenge already in progress. Then the challenge would have to wait until after the fight is completed.

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