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Single Competitor Fighting Rules
TABLE OF CONTENTS
I. PLAYING AREA
a) Playing
Area
II. OFFICIALS QUALIFICATIONS & DUTIES
a) Center
Judge
b) Corner
Judge
c) Judging
Officials Dress Code
III. POWERS & LIMITATIONS OF THE CENTER REFEREE
a) Powers
& Limitations of the Center Referee
IV. OFFICIALS CALLS FOR POINTS & PENALTIES
a) Procedures
b) Calls
an Official May Make
c) Point
Vote
d) Penalty
Vote
e) Disqualification
Vote
V. JUDGING ERROR
a) Admitted
Judges Error
b) Late
or Staggered Call
VI. NON VOTING OFFICIAL
a) Scorekeeper
b) Timekeeper
c) Rules
Arbitrator
VII. EARNING AND TRANSFERING SEED POINTS
a) Earning
Seed Points
b) Division
Change Due to Promotion in Rank
c) Division
Change Due to Age
d) Division
Change Due to Weight
e) Qualifying
for the "Battle of the Champions" State Tournament
VIII. DIVISIONS
a)
3 Competitor Rule
b) Minor
Divisions
c) Adult
Divisions
d) Senior
Division
e) Executive
Division
f) Beginning
/ White/Yellow
g) Intermediate
/ Colored
h) Advanced
/ Red/Brown
i) Black
Belt
j)Penalty
for Entering Wrong Division
IX. WEIGHT CLASSES
a) Men's
Weight Classes
b)
Women's Weight Classes
X. DIVISION CHANGES
a) Division
Changes
b) Combining
of Divisions
c) Upgrading
a Division
d) Addition
of a Division
e) Deletion
of a Division
f) Petitioning
to add a Division
XI. CONTESTANTS RESPONSIBILITIES
a) Contestants
Responsibilities
b) Competitors
Stand-In
XII. CONTESTANTS UNIFORM & EQUIPMENT
a) Uniform
b) Tuck
Under Cup
c) Mouth
Piece
d) Hand
Gear
e) Foot
Gear
f) Head
Gear
XIII. SEQUENCE OF PLAY
a) Competitor
Availability
b) Selection
of Byes
c) Seeded
Competitors
d) Non
Seeded Competitors
e) Round
Robin
XIV. RULES OF PLAY
a) Contestants
b) The
Play
c) Time
Limit
d) Entering
the Ring
e) Right
to Know
f) Time
Out
g) Bowing
Out
h) Poor
Sportsmanship
XV. SCORING AREAS
a) Legal
Scoring Areas
b) Illegal
Non Scoring Areas
XVI. LEGAL & ILLEGAL TECHNIQUES
a) Legal
Techniques
b) Illegal
Techniques
XVII. CONTACT DEFINITIONS
a) Non
Contact
b) Light
Touch
c) Moderate
Touch
d) Excessive
Contact
XVIII. AMOUNT OF CONTACT TO SCORE
a) All
Minors and Adult Under Black Divisions
b) Black
Belt Divisions
XIX. METHODS OF PENALIZATIONS
a) Warnings
and Penalties
XX. OTHER PENALTY RULES
a) Injured
Contestant
b) No-Fault
Foul
c) Penalty
Voiding a Point
d) Awarding
2 Points
XXI. CAUSES OF PENALIZATION
a) Causes
of Penalization
b) Falling
to Avoid the Fight
c) Scoring
on a Downed Opponent
d) Disqualification
XXII. RING BOUNDARIES
a) Out
of Bounds
b) Re-Qualifying
to Score
c) Scoring
on an Out of Bounds Opponent
d) Jumping
and then Landing Out of Bounds
e) Running
Out of Bounds
f) Forced
Out of Bounds While Fighting
XXIII. AWARDING OF POINTS
a) What
is a Point
b) Scoring
Flip Cards
c) Awarding
of a Point
d) Stopping
Before Center Referee's Commad to Stop
XXIV. AMOUNT OF POINTS TO WIN
a) Under
Brown Belt
b) Brown
Belt
c) Black
Belt
d) Combined
Ranks
XXV. TIES AND RUN OFFS
a) Ties
b) Run
Offs
XXVI. PROTESTS
a) Filing
a Protest
b) Judge
Removal
c) Rules
Violations
d) Point
Discrepancies
XXVII. GRAND CHAMPIONS FINALS
a) Number
of Officials
b) Grand
Champion Semi-Finals
c) Grand
Champion Finals
d) Men's
Grand Champion Fighting
e) Women's
Grand Champion Fighting
f) Coaching
XXVIII. GRAND CHAMPION PRIZE MONEY
a) Men's
Black Belt Grand Champion Prize Money
b) Women's
Black Belt Grand Champion Prize Money