Rules and Regulations: Judo (Open)

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JUD 1 The London Youth Games Judo competition will run in accordance with British Judo Association rules.

JUD 1.1 Should any rules listed below contradict those outlined by the British Judo Association, these rules will supersede those.

JUD 1.2 It will be at the sole discretion of the Competition Director as to the application of these rules, and any subsequent decision made as a result will be final.

JUD 2 Age Category

JUD 2.1 The following age groups and respective maximum date of births will apply to the London Youth Games Judo Competition;

JUD 2.2 Competitors must be members of the British Judo Association, British Judo Council or Amateur Judo Association. To obtain a BJA license please visit www.britishjudo.org.uk. Recreational licenses will not be accepted.

JUD 2.3 Competitors are not permitted to enter this competition if they are ineligible. No exceptions will be made.

JUD 2.4 It is the responsibility of competitors/parents/team managers/local authority staff to ensure all competitors details are entered correctly at the time of submission, and that they are eligible to compete for their borough under the London Youth Games Games Rules, and in accordance with the age groups outlined for the competition.

JUD 2.4.1 In the instance a competitor is found to be ineligible, they will be disqualified from the competition entirely, and the borough will receive a points penalty as per the Games Rules.

JUD 3 Squad Size and Team Managers Boroughs are permitted to enter a minimum of 1 competitor and a maximum of 60 competitors per gender.

JUD 3.1 Boroughs can enter a maximum of 20 competitors per section per gender.

JUD 3.2 Boroughs can enter a maximum of 5 competitors per weight category per section per gender.

JUD 3.3 Boroughs are required to nominate a maximum of TWO team managers. These two nominated team managers are required to sign the borough team into the event at team registration.

JUD 3.4 Boroughs are permitted to nominate a maximum of 6 coaches on the day of the event. These coaches will be issued with a non-transferable lanyard accreditation.

JUD 4 Kit & Equipment

JUD 4.1 All competitors must provide a clean white judogi.

JUD 4.2 Female competitors must wear a plain white t-shirt or borough team t-shirt under their judogi.

JUD 4.3 All competitors must wear judogi trousers and a t-shirt when weighing in and for medal presentations.

JUD 5 Competition Format

JUD 5.1 Each competitor will compete as an individual in their respective weight category and age group and will gain points for the borough.

JUD 5.2 Contest duration will be three minutes for sections A & B. Section C contests will be four minutes. Golden score will follow the BJA format.

JUD 5.3 There will be no seeding from previous results. Seeding will be carried out using the BJA competition manual rules and we will try and separate players from the same borough.

JUD 5.4 The Tournament Director will decide the competition system on the day. The competition system will be compound knockout for categories with more than 8 athletes. For categories with less than 8 athletes, a pool system will be used.

JUD 6 Competition Rules

JUD 6.1 Armlocks and strangles are only permitted in section C.

JUD 6.2 Each player will have a minimum of two contests where possible.

JUD 6.3 Weight categories may be merged due to low numbers. When a competitor is merged with another category, they will receive points for their original category only e.g., if a competitor is the only person in the under 52kg weight and are merged with the under 57kg category then they will receive the gold medal and points regardless of contest result.

JUD 6.4 Only one coach to be mat side with a Judoka at one time. All coaches are required to be wearing official competition accreditation as issued by LYG only. This accreditation is non transferrable (maximum 6 coaches per borough).

JUD 6.5 Borough judoka’s must all weight in at the same time for each section. Individuals must not weigh-in without the rest of their team or team manager being present. The British Judo Association weigh-in policy will be operated.

              JUDO 6.5.1 Tolerance of 0.6kg (600g) i.e., 52.6 or 63.6 etc.

JUD 6.6 Section A

              JUD 6.6.1 9, 10, 11 years old on the day of the competition.

              JUD 6.6.2 Group 1 (4^th Mon to 18^th Mon).

JUD 6.6.3 Grade requirements: participants must be a minimum of a British Judo Association 4^th Mon (yellow belt) and a maximum of 18^th Mon (brown belt) or equivalent within their Judo organisation.

JUD 6.6.4 Weight categories (NB: the weights stated are inclusive of the 0.6kg tolerance for competitors).

JUD 6.7 Section B

              JUD 6.7.1 12, 13, 14, 15 years old on the day of competition.

              JUD 6.7.2 Group 2 (4^th to 9^th Mon)

              JUD 6.7.3 Group 3 (10^th to 18^th Mon)

JUD 6.7.4 Grade requirements: participants must be a minimum of a British Judo Association 4^th Mon (yellow belt) and over or equivalent within their Judo organisation.

JUD 6.7.5 Weight categories (NB: the weights stated are inclusive of the 0.6kg tolerance for competitors).

JUD 6.8 Section C

              JUD 6.8.1 16, 17, 18 years old on the day of competition.

              JUD 6.8.2 Group 4 (4^th to 9^th Mon)

              JUD 6.8.3 Group 5 (10^th to 18^th Mon)

JUD 6.8.4 Grade requirements: participants must be a minimum of a British Judo Association 4^th Mon (yellow belt) and over or equivalent (e.g., Kyu Grade) within their Judo organisation.

JUD 6.8.5 Weight categories (NB: the weights stated are inclusive of the 0.6kg tolerance for competitors)

JUD 7 Scoring Points awarded according to player position

JUD 7.1 Gold – 10 points, Silver – 7 points, both Bronze – 4 points, 5^th – 1 point.

JUD 7.2 All results 5^th place and above will be counted.

JUD 9 Medals & Trophies Medals and trophies will be awarded as follows:

JUD 9.1 Medals awarded to 1^st, 2^nd and 3^rd placed competitors in each category.