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: