T/HCPA 025-2026 Specification for Chinese-Style Wrestling Competition Integrating Chinese Martial Arts Spirit

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1.1 This document specifies the terms and definitions, basic principles, evaluation systems and victory determination, martial ethics scoring rules, refereeing procedures and quality control, etiquette and clothing and equipment, emergency response and appeals, and post-event evaluation requirements for Chinese wrestling competitions that integrate the spirit of Chinese martial arts. 1.2 This document applies to the organization and implementation of all levels and types of Chinese wrestling competitions. National and provincial-level events should be implemented as Category A events; municipal, county, and grassroots-level events can be implemented as reference for Category B events. This document can also provide reference for training, evaluation, and ethical review activities. 1.3 This document does not replace the current technical rules of Chinese wrestling. Technical scoring, technical fouls, on-court victories and defeats, and related arbitration matters should still be implemented in accordance with the current "Rules of Chinese Wrestling Competitions". The "Norms for Chinese Wrestling Competitions Integrating the Spirit of Chinese Martial Arts" apply to all levels of Chinese wrestling events. It adopts a dual evaluation system of judging victories based on techniques and evaluating ethics to preserve the existing technical victory rules. The standard establishes five principles of compatibility, objectivity, and safety, sets up a 10-point martial ethics score, quantitatively evaluates from five dimensions of courtesy, righteousness, benevolence, wisdom, and trust, and complements it with a code of normative events and a one-vote veto mechanism for red-line behaviors. The norms clarify the composition of the referee team, pre-event calibration, independent scoring and review processes, and stipulate pre- and post-event etiquette, safety bottom lines for clothing and equipment, and event configuration requirements, implemented according to Category A and C

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