CATEGORY GROUPINGS

• IMPORTANT: It is in the organization's interest and important for athlete ranking that as many matches as possible take place in the categories. For this reason, depending on the number of registrants, there may be groupings among other categories in addition to those listed below, but any grouping will be informed to the competitors through the check-in on the Copa Podio page on Smoothcomp in a timely manner for category changes.

• The following categories are pre-grouped:

Youth and Children's Male: White + Grey

Youth and Children's Female: White + Grey

Youth and Children's Male: Yellow + Orange + Green

Youth and Children's Female: Yellow + Orange + Green Infant-

Juvenile Female: Yellow + Orange + Green Infant-

Juvenile Male: Yellow + Orange + Green

Adult Female: Brown + Black Master

Female: Brown + Black Master

Male Absolute: Master 1 + Master 2 + Master 3

Master Female Absolute: Master 1 + Master 2 + Master 3

ABSOLUTES

Athletes must register for the absolute category during the registration period, but it will not be allowed for the athlete to register only for the absolute category. If an athlete registers only for the weight category and later wants to participate in the absolute category, they can make a new registration by choosing the option "Absolute Only" on the registration form. Athletes can only compete in the absolute category of the same age category, i.e., master weight category competes only in the master absolute, adult weight category competes only in the adult absolute.

Absolutes in Competition

The absolutes will have only one weight division (Free Weight) for the Juvenile, Adult, and Master categories, Blue, Purple, Brown, and Black belts, Male and Female.