What happens if my athlete is injured or knocked down during a bout?

Knockdown (from a legal scoring technique):

• The referee calls "Kal-yeo" (break), sends the attacker away and counts aloud from 1 to 10.
• Even if the athlete gets up straight away, the referee must count to 8 ("Yeo-dul") before restarting. Your athlete shows they want to continue by raising clenched fists in a fighting stance several times.
• If they can't show they're ready by the count of 8, or the referee decides they can't go on, the opponent wins by Referee Stops Contest (RSC).
• In No Head Contact and Light Head Contact divisions, the referee never counts after a kick to the head. A head kick strong enough to need a count is treated as excessive contact and penalized.

Injury time-out:

• The referee calls "Kye-shi" and allows 1 minute of first aid (the commission doctor can ask for up to 2 minutes).
• If the athlete can't continue after that, the opponent wins. If the injury came from a prohibited act that drew a Gam-jeom, the athlete who caused it loses.
• If the referee judges the pain is only from a bruise, they order "stand up". Refusing three times ends the match by RSC.
• Broken bones, dislocations, sprained ankles and bleeding qualify for first-aid time.

Head contact divisions: in No Head Contact or Light Head Contact divisions, if medical staff decide an athlete can't continue because of an illegal head kick, the attacker is disqualified. If you or your athlete choose not to continue after medical staff clear them, it counts as a withdrawal (a loss). Being too scared or upset to continue after a head kick isn't grounds to disqualify the attacker.