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Freestyle is a discipline
where entertainment is the major motive. The participant shows a free
exercise accompanied by music in a short amount of time. A jury judges
the participant on aspects such as speed, variety, movement and
showmanship. Creativity plays a very important role in this discipline,
because the practitioner can create and direct his own exercise.
Competition organization
There are no
particular classes in freestyle. Everybody can enter,
notwithstanding gender, age, height or graduation level. The
participants must be able to show their valid WNA-passport
before the beginning of the tournament. The participants are
also responsible for handing over their music, on CD or MD. A
tape or CD should be ready to play before a freestyle can
begin. The participant is at all times solely responsible for
the quality of the music.
Requirements for
a freestyle:
The freestyle must last
between 90 and 180 seconds
The freestyle must be in
accordance with the spirit of the accompanying music
There should be variation in
forward, side wards and backwards movements
The freestyle must consists
of basic strikes, fragments, basic freestyle forms and
self designed techniques
The harmony is an important
factor, which strongly influences the movement and
performance of the freestyle. Temporally halts that
disturb the harmony of the freestyle should be avoided. A
concentration stop for 2 seconds before a risk element is
allowed
Official WNA nunchaku gear
is compulsory
Judging a
freestyle
Three or four jury members
judge a freestyle. All jury members should have an official
jury license. The jury members judge independent of each
other. They note their grades on a jury form and hand it over
to the head jury member. The head jury member will calculate
the final grades. When judging a freestyle, the grade is based
on the maximum score of 10 points. Points are subtracted from
this maximum score when judging the freestyle.
The freestyle is judged on the following items, amongst
others:
Pace and rhythm of
the nunchaku during the entire freestyle
