Every reasonable attack will be scored. The following are reasonable attacks:

A. hit the opponent's scoring position. The scoring position includes not only the head, but also the abdomen and both sides of the body, all of which are marked on the opponent's protective gear. It is forbidden to hit your opponent below the abdomen.

B. hit the opponent with the body parts allowed by the rules. You must hit each other with the front of the index finger and middle finger of the correctly clenched fist or under the ankle joint.

If at least two of the three referees recognize and record the hit, the score is valid.

Break the rules

Fouling is an important factor in taekwondo competition, not only because being fined 3 points-extremely rare in high-level competitions-means automatic failure. Only 1 penalty points can determine the outcome of the game. There are two kinds of taekwondo fouls: Kyong-go and gam-jeom. Kyong-go, the most common foul, or warning means a penalty of 0.5 points, but if there is only one such foul, it is not a penalty, unless it is fouled again, the cumulative penalty is 1 point. If a player grabs, hugs, pushes his opponent, dodges to turn his back on his opponent, pretends to be injured, etc. Jing Guo was awarded.

Another more serious foul, called gam-jeom, will be fined 1 point. Typical fouls include throwing the opponent, deliberately putting his feet down when he leaves the ground, deliberately attacking the opponent's back and hitting the opponent's face with his hand.

knock down

After the player was knocked down, the referee began to time like a boxing match 10 second. In taekwondo competition, if one side touches the ground except the sole of the foot due to the strength of the opponent, it is judged to be knocked down. When the player is unwilling or unable to continue the game, the referee can also start timing. Once the knockout occurs, the referee calls "kal-yeo" to mean "pause", instructing the opponent to stand back, and the referee starts to count from 1 to 10 in Korean. Even if the knocked-down player stands up and wants to continue the game, he must wait for the referee to count down to 8 or "yeo-dul", and then the referee decides whether the player can continue the game. If it can't continue the game, the other side wins by knockout.

Other rules

A. If there is more than one foul at the same time, the referee will take the heavier one as the standard. B. If both sides are knocked down and cannot recover after counting to 10, the one with the highest score before knocking down wins.

C. If a player commits a foul immediately after scoring, it can be judged that his score is invalid, such as intentionally falling (a tactic to avoid being hit).

D. Players who fall to the ground after being hit on the head are not allowed to participate in the competition for 30 years.