Court Duty Tutorial


The following is a simple tutorial on court duties for individual matches. See bottom for a glossary.

Mejirushi (tasuki): put red mejirushi on left name card senshu (Miyashiro), put white mejirushi on right name card senshu (Sato)

Timekeepers: make sure all lights are off. Set timer to match time, raise yellow flag.
Note: for SCKC, time limit is 3 minutes for women's, senior, youth kyu, and adult kyu divisions, 5 minutes for individual and team championships.

Senshu: red prepares to enter the court on the right side of the shushin, white prepares to enter on the left side of the shushin

Shinpan and scorekeepers: ready for match to begin

Senshu: each take a few steps into the court, rei, 3 steps forward ending with the right foot on the starting line, draw shinai and sonkyo
Shushin:
Hajime!

Timekeepers: start timer, lower yellow flag

Senshu: stand and begin the shiai. Eventually red scores a men point. Shinpan indicate the point by red flags 45deg up.

Shushin: Men ari!

Timekeepers: stop timer, raise yellow flag, turn on 1st red light

Senshu: return to center

Scorekeepers: mark "M" for red senshu
Shushin:
Nihon-me!

Timekeepers: start timer

Senshu: resume the shiai. Eventually red goes out of bounds. Shinpan indicate the hansoku by red flags 45deg down.

Shushin: (flags straight up) Yame!

Timekeepers: stop timer, raise yellow flag

Senshu: return to center

Shushin: (to red senshu) Hansoku ikkai!

Scorekeepers: mark a triangle for red senshu
Shushin:
Hajime!

Timekeepers: start timer, lower yellow flag

Senshu: resume the shiai. Eventually red drops shinai. Shinpan indicate the hansoku by red flags 45deg down.

Shushin: (flags straight up) Yame!

Timekeepers: stop timer, raise yellow flag

Senshu: return to center

Shushin: (to red senshu) Hansoku nikai!
(raises white flag)
Ippon ari!

Timekeepers: turn on 1st white light

Scorekeepers: mark a 2nd triangle for red senshu, mark "H" for white senshu
Shushin:
Shobu!

Timekeepers: start timer, lower yellow flag

Senshu: resume the shiai. Eventually red goes out of bounds. Shinpan indicate the hansoku by red flags 45deg down.

Shushin: (flags straight up) Yame!

Timekeepers: stop timer, raise yellow flag

Senshu: return to center

Shushin: (to red senshu) Hansoku ikkai!

Scorekeepers: mark a 3rd triangle for red senshu
Shushin:
Hajime!

Timekeepers: start timer, lower yellow flag

Senshu: resume the shiai. Eventually they get into tsubazeriai and remain there.

Shushin: Wakare!

Timekeepers: do nothing, time keeps running

Senshu: separate into kamae (in place, without returning to the center)

Shushin: Hajime!

Senshu: resume the shiai. Eventually time runs out, buzzer sounds.

Timekeepers: (stand and raise yellow flag) Time!

Shushin: (flags straight up) Yame!

Timekeepers: stop buzzer, sit down

Senshu: return to center

Timekeepers: set the timer to the encho limit.
Note: in SCKC, there is no encho time limit (shiai continues until winner is determined), no further timekeeping is necessary for the match (ignore timekeeping actions in the following sections).

 

 

Shushin: Encho, hajime!

Timekeepers: start timer, lower yellow flag

Senshu: resume the shiai. Eventually red scores a kote point. Shinpan indicate the point by red flags 45deg up.

Shushin: Kote ari!

Timekeepers: stop timer, raise yellow flag, turn on 2nd red light

Senshu: return to center

Scorekeepers: mark "K" for red senshu

Shushin: Shobu ari!

Senshu: sonkyo, put away shinai, stand, step back 5 steps, rei, leave the court

Scorekeepers: mark red path upwards in tree, remove white senshu's name card


In subsequent matches:


Glossary Scoring symbols