The Judges

 The Judges are all highly skilled within their categories and have all taken a Judge’s Course or been coached by the Arizona Massage Championship Director who has taken the IMA Judges Course.

Judges will evaluate the participants in the following areas with a point system:

  • Techniques: Innovative and effective techniques for both therapist and client.

  • Ergonomics: How do the therapists use their own bodies (work environment) and their remedies

  • Flow: means a continuous non-stop movement and variation of techniques performed by the therapist.

  • Innovation and Development of new methods

  • Recipient feedback

  • Participants are informed that the judges at the competition are capable of evaluating the individual treatment.

The participants cannot expect score results from the judges either during or after the competition. Judges will give feedback to participants on a case-by-case basis. Final scores will be posted at the end of the competition.


All decisions regarding the competition are made collectively within the group of Judges to ensure the competition is as fair as possible. In the event of a disagreement among the judges, the head judge will make the final decision.


Participants cannot be judged by their family/friends, business partners, or instructors. If Arizona Massage Championship faces this conflict, the participant will be given a weighted score (average) from remaining eligible judges.

The Final

 The Duration of the Final is 60 minutes (15 minutes for intake)

  • The Winner will be the Arizona Licensed Massage Therapist who gets the most points during the final round, and he/she will be appointed as the Overall  Arizona Massage Champions in Massage for that year.

Winners & Prizes

Each category will award:

  • Gold, Silver, and Bronze winners.

  • Winners will receive medals and certificates

Overall Finals Champions:

  • Gold, Silver, and Bronze winners.

  • Winners will receive medals and certificates

1st place/Gold Overall Champion will receive:

  • Free entrance into the World Massage Festival *($400 value)

  • Free entrance into the American Massage Championship *($250 value)

Additional prizes raffles will be announced at the event. 

Media Release

Participation in the Arizona Massage Championship implies consent for the recording of lectures/classes, preliminary rounds, the final event, and the prize-giving ceremony. These recordings may be utilized for prospective marketing purposes on social media, and it is acknowledged that your image may be featured in these videos or photos.  

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