iKumite DOJO

IMPORTANT NOTE:
iKUMITE DOJO is currently in review for an update in order to work properly on iOS 7. If you have installed iOS 7, or are willing to install it in the near future, please wait on our upcoming update before downloading or purchasing iKUMITE DOJO. Thank you for your patience and for your understanding. Our dev team.
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A professional Karate tutorial, offering a public scoreboard, tailored on WKF Rules, to assist coaches, referees, judges and club owners in their educational tasks during kumite sessions, seminars for referees or club tournaments.


Facilitate the preparation of karatekas for official competitions.





1. A COMPLETE KARATE SCOREBOARD: iKumite DOJO allows you to fully customize your competitive parameters and timer durations according to your own tournament needs.



2. AN EDUCATIVE TUTORIAL: iKumite DOJO contains the essential terminology and illustrations required to assist any new referee, judge or coach that needs to work frequently with WKF athletes (World Karate Federation rules); iKumite DOJO has a voice tutorial mode for beginners that will say at the right moment, the right basic terminology to help all your students lead easily a karate match with the right words. 



3. A PRESET DOJO TOURNAMENTS WITH AUTOMATIC REPECHAGES: You can draw an eliminatory table of up to 32 athletes, follow their progression and directly call them for the repechage as used in the regular karate tournaments (Montreal system, as in all national federations - world karate federation rules). Your usual athletes can be memorized for instantly organizing an attractive match in your dojo and simulate an official tournaments anywhere and without loosing time.

4. A PROFESSIONAL COMPETITION WIRELESS WKF SCOREBOARD COMPATIBLE WITH A REMOTE CONTROL (optional feature): if you have installed on an iPhone/iPod the compatible app iKUMITE PRO (sold separately), you can pair wirelessly both applications together via bluetooth and use your mobile device as a portable remote to interact with the referee table. In addition your karate scoreboard can be displayed on a large external TV screen in your dojo and reach all your spectators (please check the technical requirements before using this feature*).




WHI Sport Education publishes specialized solutions developed by professional sport coaches or scientists focused on high-performance an that are still active in the competitive field. WHI publications answer sport specific requests received by top players to bring educative solutions targeting club owners, competitive teams and motivated amateurs. Before being released, all our publications offers the guarantee to have been tested for several months by sport professionals in renown environments or top university sport centers. Our apps are adapted and improved according to their suggestions to offer accessible educative solutions for everyone.






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* SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS:
It is recommended to have installed iOS 5 (or higher) on your device before downloading the app in order to be fully compatible with all functionalities included. A iPad 2nd generation (or above) with an Apple Digital AV adaptor is required to output the scoreboard on an external compatible screen. Remote option: iKumite_PRO (iPhone/iPod touch) is an intuitive application, very easy to use as a portable bluetooth remote for iKumite_DOJO (available on the App Store).
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更新履歴
iKumite DOJO 2.0 (updated to iOS 5.1 + Retina iPad)

Recommended update

- RULES UPDATED (WKF, valid since January 2012):
1) The terms: Yuko (one point), Waza-ari (two points) and Ippon (three points) are now replacing the old annotation system.
2) Penalties give no more compensation points to the opponent (up to Hansoku-Chui).
3) Sai-Shiai as been removed and replaced by a direct decision vote (Hantei). A reminder of the vote procedure that must be applied by the central Referee as been included.

- NEW GESTURES: you can simply add or correct a point by directly touching the score screen: 1) To add a point: touch 1x on the visible score; 2) to removing a point: touch then slide out your finger from inside to outside the score box. While fighting the remote screen is simplified on the iPad to avoid any distraction, and make it very clear and intuitive for everyone to manage the timing, or rapidly correct a score point directly on screen while the referee is focused on the match (i.e. any dojo help, while knowing little -if nothing- about karate rules, can easily manage your remote scoreboard at the administration table during club tournaments).

- VISUAL ILLUSTRATIONS (FLAGS): New illustrations are showing Flags options for Penalties, as well as for Scoring, allowing to rapidly choose between: the scoring terminology (for the referee/SHUSHIN), the flags decision (as used by a judge/FUKUSHIN), or a simple graphic explanation (beginners using your app at dojo, or public following your match with an external screen). These illustrations are also now fully compatible with the optional iPhone/iPod wireless remote app (iKumite_PRO).

- BEGINNERS’ TUTORIAL: A better integration of the vocal tutorial for learning the scoring system has been improved to facilitate the use of the new terms for unexperienced students in refereeing.

- OTHER ADAPTATIONS: Stability improvement, bug corrections and increased ergonomic layout.


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INFORMATION - BRIEF REMINDER (WKF UPDATE):
In addition to the above rules adaptation, do not forget to practice the several other main wkf changes. Here is a brief overview:
- Hansoku-Chui for Cat. 2 penalty is directly recommended during the a-toshi-baraku period (last 10 seconds).
- Only the four judges with flags are now allowed to signal a valid point, but not the referee (exception to some penalties). The referee will have to validate a point (or a penalty) when TWO OR MORE judges’s flags shows a decision.
- Simultaneous scores (or penalties) are now allowed when TWO judges gives a decision for AKA and TWO other judges gives simultaneously a decision for AO.
- If two flags are awarding the same athlete but with a different score (or a different penalty), the lower score (or lower penalty) indicated will be applied.
- In Team kumite, in case of a final equal score (Hikiwake), and additional bout (with only one athlete, as if it was an individual match) will be done to decide the winning team.




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IMPORTANT NOTE: Do not install this iKUMITE_DOJO update if your organization is still using the previous referring system (wkf January 2009 version). Our other remote app «iKUMITE» (not the iKUMITE_PRO version!) will remain active with the old WKF system.
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