info@performancecombateurope.com QUALIFICATION REQUIREMENT The European Certificate of Skilled Performance Combat scheme does not only rely on a single examination based iin the student having to perform an extended fight routine.  These qualifications are based on a programme of continual assessment designed to prepare and develop a candidate’s awareness and execution of performance combat.  Training has an equal emphasis on accurate technique and performance flair.  The obtainable grades at each level are: Fail, Pass, Merit and Distinction. Guidance for grading is as follows: FAIL:The student:     Failed to meet the criteria of all the KEY STAGE’s within each     modular requirement of the qualification level being studied. Basic     skills and techniques were unsafe and performance was not       allowed or not worthy of credit. PASS: The student:  - Meets the criteria of all the KEY STAGE’s with each modular      requirement of the qualification level being studied.  - Is able to safely perform skills and techniques fundamental to    the dicipline being studied without risk.  - Is able to perform skills and techniquues in isolation but requires    guidance to link skills and techniques into a performance.  - Knowledge and understanding of theory and history is acceptable.  - Has a reasonable understanding of the role they had during the    performance and demonstrated a reasonable level of acting and    stagecraft skills. MERIT: The student: - Meets the criteria of all the KEY STAGE’s within each modular   requirement of the qualification level being studied. - Is able to safely perform the skills and techniques of the discipline      being studied while displaying a heightened awareness of risk. - Is able to consistently perform skills and techniques in isolation and   is able to link many skills and techniques into a performance. - Knowledge and understanding of theory and history is good. - Has a good understanding of both the role they and others play   during a performance and demonstrate a good level of acting and   stagecraft skills. DISTINCTION: The student: - Meets the criteria of all the KEY STAGE’s within each modulat     requirement of the qualification level being studied. - Is able to safely perform an increasing range of basic skills and   techniques of the discipline being studied while displaying an     excellent awareness of risk. - Is able to consistently perform skills and techniques both in     isolation and as part of a performance. - Knowledge and understanding of theory and history allows student   to assist in safely planning complex sequences of actions or     performance. - Can demonstrate a clear understanding of all the roles of those   involved in the performance and the importance of those roles.     Acting and stagecraft skills during the performance are excellent. Please note that these requirements are for guidance only.