This is not the contest rules which we normally use by Koden.
These are general rules for contests in all of full-contact styles ,so it is appealing for all.
The rules we use at the Koden is with gloves on ,and it is permitted to punch to the head.
Competition area for Karate and Bo Jitsu
Competition area:
The competition area is a circle with an 6 meters inner and 8 meters outer diameter.
The inner circle (white) is the actual battle field. Stepping outside this circle warns the competitors that they are close to the outer circle (red). When this circle is crossed the referee interrupts the match.
Space between the competitors (starting position) is 2 meters.
Referee are identified by the NIKA emblem on the left sleeve of their gi. Head referees must be at least a black belt.
Regulations:
The referee grants an Ippon for a technical knock down (almost knock out) and waza ari for each effective technique.
Without contact no points are given and the match will be continued without interruptions.
At knock out of one of the competitors, the match is interrupted for 30 seconds.
Without recovering within this period, the opponent is called winner of the match.
The match takes normally 2 minutes and during interruption the time is stopped and extensions are admitted twice. Thirty seconds before the end a signal is given.
When the match is extended twice, the decision is made by the following items:
- one of the competitors has scored (the most) waza ari
- a warning was given
- the number of stepping outside the red circle
- comparison of fighting technique, agility, power and spirit
Fighting technique
The following fighting techniques are permitted:
Hand techniques (only permitted at the body)
- Kagi tsuki hook punch
- Ura tsuki upper cut
- Choku tsuki straight forward punch
- Nage Waza throwing technique
Foot techniques (permitted at head and body)
- Mae geri straight forward kick
- Mawashi geri kubi Round kick to the head
- Naibu geri Inside kick to the legs
- Mawashi geri shudan Round kick to the side of the body
- Mawashi geri shita Low kick to the legs
- Yoko geri Side kick
- Ushiro geri Backward kick
- Ura mawashi geri Kick to the head
- Kakato geri Kick to the head
- Hittsui Knee technique
Common terminology
- Shiai ni rei greet competition area
- Moto no ichi to your starting position
- Otogai ni rei greet opponent
- Kamae te fighting posture
- Hajime begin
- Yame stop
- Ippon one point
- Waza ari half point
- Waza ari awasete ippon one point by two waza ari
- Tsuzukete Hajime resume fighting
- Tsuzukete continue fighting
- Ai uchi no point (simultaneous attack)
- Hansoku chui warning
- Hansuko ban by mistake (two Hansoku chui equals one Hansuko)
- Jogai nakae stay within the red circle
- Jogai chui disadvantage by stepping outside red circle
- Jikan hold time
- Torimasen unacceptable
- Atoshi baraku 30 s to go
- Aka no kachi red wins
- Aka no make red loses
- Shiro no kachi white wins
- Shiro no make white loses
- Shikaku disqualification
- Fusen sho winner by absence
- Fuju bun no decision
- Hiki wake undecided
- Kiken surrender
- Soremad end of the match
- Encho sen extension
- Kachi victory