1. Register time is currently open until 2023/12/18. The tournament staff will randomly allocate fighters to pools and announce them on Website.

2. More details will be provided at the following sites:HEMA Union、Bing-Wu Tournament FB group、EPW FB page及Bing-Wu Tournament Website。

3. Registration link:https://hemaunion.pse.is/BingWu2023

4. Registration Fee:
Registration for fighters:1000 NTD per category. If you register for two Groups, you will receive a 100 NTD discount, and if you register for four Groups, the discount increases to 200 NTD.
Tickets: 400 NTD for individuals aged 12 and above. Verified fighters will also receive a complimentary ticket for each Group registered (Fighters registering for 2 Groups will receive 2 Tickets, and so on).

Tournament size:100 attendees total；Steel Mixed Group –16 fighters, with 8 promoted for eliminations；Steel Single-Hand Group –12 fighters, with 6 promoted for eliminations;EPW Mixed Group - 48 fighters, with 16 promoted for eliminations;EPW Singled-Hand Group -24 fighters, with 8 promoted for eliminations; Full-Contact Group –6 Fighters. Female Groups will be opened when at least 6 female fighters register for the same Group.

6.EPW Groups –Fighters may only use EPWs in the tournament.
Steel Groups –Fighters may only use steel weapons that meet the requirements of our rules.
※Fighters without their own weapon can rent from the organizers on the registration page. During the tournament, fighter may only pick what is available, and may not protest if the preferred weapon is not available.

7. Gear rental fee: Gear for EPWs is 200 NTD, and 500 NTD for steel weapons.Mask used for all Groups must have the back of head protection, the fee for back of head protection alone is 50 NTD.

8. After the registration and payment are confirmed, it will be noted as “registration succeed” in the end of the registration page.
Payment information：
Paypal：clashofsteel.tw@gmail.com

Equipment for Steel groups:－All equipment will undergo inspection by the staff before the competition:
●Appropriate head protection: 350N Fencing masks with back of head protection.
●Throat protection that protects the throat from a direct thrust.
●Heavy padded HEMA jacket. (350N or higher)
●Hard elbow protection, that covers the 3 bony points of the elbow.
●For the lower legs, the following parts must be covered with hard protection.
1) front, as well as the side of the knees.
2) the front of the shins, where no skin shall be exposed. (It is also highly recommended to cover the entire length of the shins with hard protection).
●HEMA gloves. (Red Dragon gloves and steel gauntlets are not permitted).
●Leather gloves (Only used in the Single Rapier tournament).
●Groin protection is required for all genders.
●Breast protection is not essential but highly recommended.
●Forearm protection is not essential but highly recommended.
※After wearing all necessary equipment, ensure that no skin is left uncovered.
※Please understand that we cannot satisfy everyone with a perfect fit with the loaner gears and feders, we will have to disregard any protest about the fit.

1. All fighters must wear long sleeved clothing, long pants, and have their own head covering. Wearing sandals, flip flops or being barefoot is not allowed.

2. All fighters must wear the protective gear specified and be checked by staff before starting a match. If this is not met, the fighter will be disqualified.

3. All the fighters separate to the Red / Black corner, fighter at the red corner need to wear red ties.

4. Fighters will enter the ring with their weapons per referee’s instruction. the match starts after the fighters tap their weapons. Unless requested by the referee, there is no need for the fighters to tap their weapons again.

5. If Fighter A gets a valid hit on Fighter B and Fighter B doesn’t hit Fighter A, Fighter B will get points taken off. The fighters will each go back to their corners after a valid strike and wait for judgement (for what constitutes a valid hit, please refer to "Scoring Rule" section). Fighter A will also receive 1 Clean Hit bonus.

6. If fighter A gets a valid hit on Fighter B, but Fighter B lands an invalid hit. Fighter B will get points taken off; Fighter A will not receive the “Clean hit bonus.”

7. In Mixed Groups, if fighter use two-handed weapon with one hand and successfully hit another fighter, he/she won’t gain the “Clean hit Bonus” even he/she were not hit; this rule does not apply when the opponent is controlled. (for example, while in a grapple)

8. If both fighters make a valid strike simultaneously or with minimum time difference, both fighters will receive a Double penalty, and have points taken off according to the part struck according to "Double Judgement".

9. Fighters who receive a strike are allowed to perform an After Blow within a tempo time. If the Afterblow is valid, both sides will have points deducted depending on the body part struck (please refer to "After-Blow Judgement").

10. Fighters who received a strike and makes a strike back after a tempo time will receive a warning for performing an out of tempo strike.

11. If the fighters have no weapon on hand after the weapon was struck out of hand or taken by the opponent, 2-points will be deducted.

12. Each time a valid hit is being judged, both fighters will go back to their corner, wait for the judge’s instruction to continue the match.

13. Fighters may have 1 back coach who can advise the fighter while the judges make their judgements. The fighter must return to the match immediately when the judgement is done. Back coaches may not interfere with the match.

14. Fighters may challenge the judgement of the judges after the judgement is made, the challenge must be made by the fighter him/herself. Fighters who challenge the judgment before the judges make their judgement will receive a Warning. If the protest was made by someone other than the fights, they will receive a warning for disrespecting the judges.

15. Fighters who have questions regarding the judgement may only put forward the question after the referee has called the judgement. The referee will announce whether the judgement will be change. Please respect the referee’s final decision.

16. Challenges to judgements in a match after the match is over will not be accepted.

17. While challenging a judgement, if a fighter wishes to present recordings as evidence, the recording must be presented within 2 minutes. If the no valid evidence is presented, the original judgement will be used.

18. During a match, if fighters have glasses that shift out of position or loose protective equipment, the fighter should raise their hands immediately to request the match to be paused. The match clock will be paused until the judges resume the match.

19. During a match, if an EPW becomes deformed, the judges can pause the match to fix it. The match clock is paused until the judges resume the match.

20. For Single-Hand groups, wielding a weapon with both hands is forbidden, and will be met with a Warning.

21. If both fighters fight very passively, the referee may declare a both sides to be eliminated, with the final score for both sides 0.

22. When fighters go into a grapple, they have 5 seconds to perform a valid strike. If no valid strike occurs, the fighters will be separated with no scoring.

23. Fighter Forfeiting during a match：

★During Pool match：

★During elimination match：

P.S. When the fighter be hit by the opponent, regardless the hit is effective or not, we encourage fencer raise their hand to indicate that he/she have been hit. Currently, both fencers stop their action and the afterblow are not allow. The fight will continue after the judgement process.

1. In EPW Groups, fighters are allowed to throw their weapons in a straight line, and not in a way may cause the handle to directly impact your opponent. No valid strike is counted for thrown weapons. If the fighter has no weapon on hand after the weapon is thrown, the fighter will have 2-points and will be deducted for being disarmed.

2. Throwing of weapons is forbidden for the user of rented weapons and for all steel weapons.

3. Regardless of Group, fighters may use multiple weapons in the ring if they own all the weapons.

4. For fighters with multiple weapons. If a weapon is dropped during a match. The dropped weapon must be collected by the fighter when the judges call “point” or “pause”. The weapon then must be worn properly again before the next “fence” is called by the referee, if it is not worn properly by then, the fighter must drop it and fight with what they currently have until the end of the match.

5. For fighters with multiple weapons. If a dropped weapon is not collected in time and is left in the ring, staff may remove the weapon for safety reason. Weapons removed by the staff will only be returned at the end of the match.

6. Weapons dropped by a fighter with multiple weapons can be taken by the opponent starting from the moment the weapon is dropped until the round is finished. The opponent may use the weapon until the end of the match where it will be returned to the original owner.

7. Fighters may carry up to 4 weapons, these weapons must be checked to be securely worn during gear check to be allowed into the ring.

8. Sword tassels are allowed only for Steel Weapon Groups：
【Sword tassels demonstration video】

1. A valid strike received to the head or torso deducts 2-points.

2. A valid strike received to the limbs deducts 1-point.

3. In the Single-Hand Group, a strike received to the arm holding the weapon deducts 2-points.

4. A strike received from a two-handed weapon that is wielded only in one hand deducts only 1-point regardless of the body part struck. Strikes that occur while in a grapple are exempt from this rule.

5. A strike to the hand (from the wrist and up) from a two-handed weapon that is wielded only in one hand will be counted valid only once in a match.

6. When a fighter puts both feet out of the ring, 1-point is deducted.

7. Fighters who receive two warnings in a match will have 1-point deducted. Every warning after it will also deduct 1-point.

8. A valid hit to the hilt is counted as a valid strike to the hands holding the weapon. In Mixed Groups, 1-point will be deducted. In Single-Hand Groups, 2 points will be.

9. Fighters who strike forbidden areas will not be scored and will receive one Warning.

10. If fighters who exposed the back of head deliberately, the hit still count and will receive one Warning.

11. Fallen fighters:
if a fighter falls, they are not allowed to attack. The fighter that is still standing may still attack.
※EPW Group－Scoring by the body part struck as normal.
※Steel Group－Scoring by the lightly tapping the opponent with weapon, if success the fallen fighter deducts 2-points.

12. Pommel strikes:
Fighters in Steel Groups are allowed to perform pommel strikes where the weapon is wielded at the hilt. The strike must be in a controlled manner and lands on the front of the mask (the area with metal mesh) to be valid. Fighters who receive a valid pommel strike get 1-point deducted.

1. Strikes that are judged, treating it as if the weapons are sharp, to have enough force to make the opponent incapacitated is considered valid.

2. Strikes that are judged, treating it as if the weapons are sharp, to cause non-incapacitating injuries (not just a graze) while not receiving a strike form the opponent is considered valid.

3. Strikes that are judged, treating it as if the weapons are sharp, to only be a scratch or graze is not considered valid.

4. Draw Cut/Slice Rules：
EPW Groups－ Valid if pressure is applied to target and the weapon is sliding against the target.
Steel Groups－ Only Draw Cut/Slice to the neck is valid and scored.

5.EPW Groups：Only strikes that are made with the blade part of the EPW can be considered valid. Strikes made with the hilt or pommel are not.
Steel Groups：Strikes made with blade and pommel can be considered valid. Pommel strikes must be done in a controlled manner to the front of the mask (with metal mesh) to be judged valid.

1. If both fighters performed a valid strike to their opponent’s limbs, it is a Double Hit.

2. If both fighters performed a valid strike to their opponent’s Body / Head, it is a Double Hit.

3. If one fighter performed a valid strike on their opponent’s Body / Head while the other fighter performed a valid strike on the opponent’s limbs, it is not a Double Hit.

4. If one fighter performed a valid strike while their opponent did not perform a valid strike (such as a grazing strike or having bad edge alignment), it is not a Double Hit

1. In pool matches, each Double Hit will incur a further 2-point deduction when calculating final ranking. Fighters, please avoid having double hits.

2. In elimination matches, the Double Hit count will be reset each match. If a fighter received more than 1 Double Hit within a match, each subsequent Double Hit would incur a 1-point penalty to the starting point count in the next match.

3. Doubles in the Finals will apply the same pool matches.

1. If both fighter attacks start their attack at the same time, but the strike lands at different times, it is considered an Afterblow.

2. Strikes performed within one tempo-time of being struck is considered an afterblow.

3. A tempo-time for a valid afterblow is defined as 1 action to perform the attack.

4. Other than the points deducted due to being struck, there will be no other penalty.

1. Each match in Pool matches lasts 4 rounds and Elimination matches match 6 rounds. Each round lasts for 30 seconds.

2. A round ends when there is a valid strike or when time is up.

3. When judges pause the match or asking the fighters to go back to their corners, the clock is stopped. If the judges determine that there was no valid strike, the clock is resumed.

4. If a fighter challenges the judges’ decision and the referee has deemed the strike invalid, the clock for that round is reset.

5. Any time when hit points are reduced to 0 or below, the match is over.

6. If the number of rounds is used up (4 rounds for Pool Matches, and 6 rounds for Elimination), the match is over.

7. In Pool Matches, each Clean Hit gives a 1-point bonus in final ranking while a Double gives a 2-point penalty.

8. In Eliminations Matches, if both fighters ended up with 0 Hit Points at the end of the match, it is considered a tie. In case of a tie, first Clean Hit count will be used as a tie breaker, with the fighter that has Cleaner Hit during the match declared the winner. If the result is still tied, the fighters will fight in a 1-minute Sudden Death match where the first valid strike wins. Doubles will not be counted, and Afterblow will deduct points depending on the body part struck. If no winner is decided at the end of the sudden death match, both fighters will be eliminated.

1. When a valid strike occurs during a match, the judges will call “Hit”, and then “Break” to separate the fighters. Then the referee will call “Judges”, where the judges will raise their batons to indicate which side was struck (in Fig.1, the red fighter was struck)

2. For strikes that are too light or has incorrect edge alignment, the referee will call “No Quality”, the judges will cross batons low as in Fig.2

3. When both sides strike land at the same time and lands on a body part with equal paint value. A double is declared with the batons crossed chest level as in Fig.3

4. After the judgement is declared, if “Not a Clean Hit” is called, the judges will cross the batons above their heads as in Fig.4

5. If both fighters land a strike at body parts valued at different points, the batons will be raised to represent the point values. For example, Fig.5 may represent red fighter being hit on the head while the black fight is hit in the legs.

6. If the judges has a question to confirm with the referee, the referee will raise 1 baton and move the baton in a circle above their heads as in Fig.6.

1. Fighters need to comply with the judge’s instruction, any disrespect or arguments towards the judges may result in the fighter being disqualified for the group of the current match . In serious cases, the fighter may be suspended from the Bing-Wu tournament for at least one year .

2. Fighters who taunt their opponents and receive 2 warnings for such conduct by the judges will be directly disqualified from the current match.

3. Attacking with Brute Force：

4. Fighters are not allowed to punch, kick, or throw their opponents. Depending on the severity, the fighter may receive a warning, disqualified from the group or suspended from the tournament.

5. For other situations that may end up with warnings, please refer to the chart below. Those who has committed a severe infraction or has ignored the referee will be removed from the tournament completely.