Team Kumite Scoreboard
A team kumite match (an encounter) is a series of individual bouts between the two teams. Taikai App runs each bout on the full kumite board, with its own clock, scores, penalties and senshu, the same as individual kumite, and keeps the team picture in a strip above it.
Setting the fighting order
Before the first bout the board opens Set Fighting Order. For each team, pick exactly the number of fighters the event needs and give each a position. Members you don't pick stay in reserve. Press Confirm Order and the order locks.
No lineups from the coaches yet? Press Continue without order. Both teams get placeholder fighters (Fighter 1, 2, 3...) and every bout can still be won or drawn, with the normal tie-break.
If a team has fewer registered members than the event needs, the dialog says so. Fix the roster in Manage → Teams first.
Changing the order mid-encounter
Change order in the team strip lets you re-pick who fights each bout still to come, reserves included. It also replaces placeholder fighters with real names. Bouts already fought never change. The bout on the board changes only if nothing has happened in it yet (no score, penalty or clock time).
Operating the scoreboard
The team strip shows:
- Team tally: bouts won by each team so far.
- Bout indicator: which bout is on the mat, with dots for finished bouts and who won them.
- Current fighters: the two athletes on the mat now.
Score the bout as usual and declare its winner with the corner win buttons. The tally updates, the clock resets and the next pair loads. The TV shows which bout of the encounter is on (for example "Bout 2 of 3").
A Draw button sits between the two win buttons for a drawn bout (hikiwake). At time-up with a tied bout, the decision panel offers Hikiwake (draw) too. Drawing a bout needs a confirmed order, or Continue without order.
Deciding the encounter
The board decides the encounter in WKF order:
- Bout wins: the team that won more bouts takes the encounter.
- Points: level on wins, the team with more points across all bouts wins.
- Deciding bout: still level, the board opens Tie: deciding bout. Choose one representative per team and press Start deciding bout. The TV labels it as the deciding bout.
The result is recorded on the team bracket and the winning team advances like an individual would.
Bouts per encounter come from the team size in the event setup, so a three-person team event runs three bouts.