CLOSE-COMBAT (Close-Contact) SECTION
8.1. Match content
8.1.1. Actions allowed:
It is allowed to perform throws, painful and suffocating tricks, elbow, knees and kicks to the body and hips, simulated blows, as well as other attacking and defensive actions in certain positions of the participants. The blows are carried out by the elbows and legs (including the knees) in the places permitted for their application (trunk and hips) only in delight. Only accurate punctuated blows are assessed, resulting in a loss of balance in extra time or inability to continue the fight for more than 3 seconds.
Impact simulation is evaluated only if it was performed accurately, with a wide amplitude and transfer of body weight to the tatami (carpet) strike, clearly (with full fixation of the opponent in a dominant position) to an unprotected surface, at least three times. If the enemy managed to close, the imitation does not count.
8.1.2. Prohibited actions
In addition to the prohibited actions described above, any kicks and hands to the opponent's head are also prohibited.
8.1.3. Equipment:
Competition participants are outfitted according to these rules as part of (gi, inguinal bandage).
8.1.3.1.The beginning and end of the match
Before the start of the fight, the participants, after their challenge, stand at the edges of the site. At the command of the referee:
participants approach the center of the site and stand apart at a distance of two meters;
the participant called first (with a red belt) becomes to the right of the referee, and his opponent (with a white belt or blue) - to the left;
Before the start of the match, the participants, at the command of the referee, perform, as described above (chapter III, Article 8), the ritual of the competitions;
at the command of the referee, the participants take mutual admiration of the opponent's right hand for the lapel, left hand for the sleeve. The position of the housing should be straight;
The match begins and ends at the command of the referee.
After the match, the participants take the same places on the site as before the start of the match to announce the winner. After the announcement of the winner, the participants bow to each other, then the referee and leave the site.
When the enthusiasm is dissolved and the participants are placed at a distance of more than 1 meter, the referee stops the match and returns the fighters to their original position.
8.1. 4 . Features of the fights and refereeing for different age categories,
kids 8-11 years old and cadets 12-13 years old
Competitions for these age categories are conducted similarly to competitions in the adult age category, starting from a standing position in the mutual capture . The features of the equipment of the participants are described above.
For 12-13-year-old cadets, the main time of the match is 2 minutes, the additional time is 2 minutes. For younger boys/girls 8-11 years old, the main time of the match is 2 minutes, the additional time is 1 minute.
1. Permitted actions:
For younger kid s 8-11 years old, wrestling technique is allowed, including throws and grappling on the floor before performing an authorized technical action.
For 12-13-year-old cadets, striking and wrestling techniques (kicks, knees and elbows to the body and hips of the opponent in a standing position) are allowed, including throws and wrestling on the ground before performing a permitted technical action. It is allowed to carry out any technical actions aimed at changing the position of the opponent in order to carry out actions that are evaluated.
2. Prohibited technical actions in the age category of 8-11 years:
In addition to all prohibited technical actions described in these rules for the adult age category, it is also prohibited:
- any blows with any part of the body;
- choking techniques with two hands and two feet (without grabbing the opponent's arm or suit) with simultaneous twisting of the opponent's cervical vertebrae;
- sharp execution of painful or suffocating techniques (observance of these rules is monitored by the judging team, which is obliged to record only a clear outcome of a painful or suffocating technique, without waiting for the opponent to surrender);
- imitation of finishing with a knee to the head and spine is additionally prohibited under 14 years.
3. Prohibited technical actions for the age category of 12-13 years:
Similar to the rules for the adult age category:
- imitation of finishing with a knee to the head and spine is additionally prohibited under 14 years.
Additional time lasts until the first active evaluated technical action according to the competition rules for the adult age category.
For the age categories of younger kids of 8-11 years, the performance of painful and suffocating techniques is evaluated when the opponent clearly moves to the position of a fixed stretched or twisted joint or clearly fixes the opponent's neck in a suffocating technique.
For the age categories of cadets 12-13 years old and older, the execution of painful and suffocating techniques is evaluated at the signal of surrender of the opponent with a double clap of the hand, foot or voice signal.