Name: Keith Wright

Title: Head of Light Continuous

Responsibilities include

• Running Umpires Courses

• Managing L/C Section

• Chief World Official for LC

• Rule amendments for L/C

Name: Clive Murton

Title: Head of MMA Open Combat  

Responsibilities include:  

• Running Umpires Courses

• Managing MMA Section

• Chief World Official for MMA

• Rule amendments for MMA

Name: Peter Short

Title: Head of Semi Contact - Points

Responsibilities include

• Running Umpires Courses

• Managing S/C Section

• Chief World Official for S/C

• Rule amendments for S/C

Name: Dennis Pearce

Title: Head of Forms  

Responsibilities include:   

• Running Umpires Courses

• Managing Forms Section

• Chief World Official for Forms

• Rule amendments for Forms

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Name: Matthew Short

Title: Head of Kumite

Responsibilities include

• Running Umpires Courses

• Managing Kumite Section

• Chief World Official for Kumite

• Rule amendments for Kumite

Name: Richard Oliver

Title: Head of Arbitration  

Responsibilities include:   

• Running Arbitration Courses

• Managing Arbitration Section

• Chief World Arbitrator

Name: Nigel Gilham

Title: Head of Push Hands & Taichi

Responsibilities include

• Running Umpires Courses

• Managing P/H Section

• Chief World Official for P/H

• Rule amendments for P/H

Name: Joe Norman

Title: Head of Judo  

Responsibilities include:   

• Running Umpires Courses

• Managing Judo Section

• Chief World Official for Judo

• Rule amendments for Judo

Winning isn't about the size of the trophy, its about what the medal represents. The highest accolade is the Olympics and winning is represented by a  medal,

S Factor success is not by accident, we take our competitions very seriously and strive to develop the best competitive events in the world. We have meetings to allow officials, competitors and promoters to input their views and concerns. Ultimately generating a competition that  encourages a good controlled performance and minimal contact levels.

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Medals

Electronic Scoreboards

Clear visible instant scoring is shown on the score boards as points and penalties are awarded.

Chief Referee's

In addition to the heads of each section their are chief referees.

Scoring

Combining the score of the referee's and judges a  score is awarded and the competitor who is awarded the largest majority is deemed the winner.

Semi  Contact Officials: From Left to Right

Mo Malik

P Short

Guen Ibrahim

Umpires Courses

Professional training is very important and simply attending a umpires course doesn't make you a good referee. Qualified Umpires will train to learn the rules, use the equipment and use their skills to provide a fair assessment of the competitors. When the Umpires Course is complete a certificate is issued stating that the individual knows the rules of that section and is a club Umpires Cert.

National Referees Certification.

Within the Umpires Course provision is made for you to attend major competition events so you can for fill the requirements and number of refereed bouts to attain your National Referees Certification - National Umpires Cert.

Light Cont Officials:

International Referees Certification

This is the  highest and most professional umpires award. Once again it has set criteria where after you have worked through club and national requirements you continue on to acquiring the targets to qualify as an international umpire.  All Umpires Certification needs to be maintained by refereeing at a major event within a 12 month cycle.

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Meeting

Merchandising

Badges, Pins, Team Suits and various items are available from the stands.

Other Officials:

There are many other officials involved with the development. It is not just the people mentioned on this page.

Running Your Own Events

The flexibility to run your own interclub or regional titles in either a singular section like kumite, multiple sections or all sections.

S Factor Promoters

Can you manage funds, willing to allocate expenses for training, travel and entrance fees for fighters to compete abroad and run S Factor Competitions?

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Meeting Guests Seb King, Steve King, Richard, Yang Min Chen & Haydn Bridgeland

S Factor Enquiries

Email:   s.factor@blackbeltintl.com

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Meeting