21/07/2017
NEW RULES IJF 2017-2020
• Duration of contest:
- Men and women four (4) minutes. Respect for parity as wished by the IOC and fight time unity for the Olympic mixed team event.
• Evaluation of the points:
- There will now only be Ippon and Waza-ari.
- The value of Waza-ari includes those given for Yuko in the past.
- The Waza-ari do not add up. Two Waza-ari are no longer the equivalent of one Ippon.
• Immobilisations (Osae Komi): Waza-ari 10 seconds, Ippon 20 seconds.
• Technical score:
- In regular time, a contest can only be won by a technical score or scores (Waza-Ari or Ippon).
- A penalty or penalties will not decide the winner, except for Hansokumake (direct or accumulative).
• Golden Score:
- In the case where there is no score(s), or scores are equal, the contest will continue in Golden Score.
- Any score and/or penalties from regular time will remain on the score board.
- The decision in the Golden Score is made by the difference of scores or Shido.
• Penalties:
- There are now three Shido, instead of previously four.
- The third Shido becomes Hansoku Make.
- To simplify the refereeing and its understanding all the actions that have been punished in the past on how to grab the judogi (Kumikata) will no longer be penalized: pistol grip, pocket grip, 2 hands on the same side…
- Fingers inside the sleeve will not be penalized either.
- Kumikata will not be penalized as long as Tori is preparing an attack. Negative positions will be penalized by Shido, because they are against the spirit of judo (no searching for an attack, a defensive attitude etc.…).
- Recognizing the difficulty of preparing a throwing action, the time between Kumikata and making an attack is extended to 45 seconds. 3
- Leg grabbing or grabbing the trousers, shall be penalized first by Shido and secondly by Hansoku Make.
• Safety:
- The committee examined the rules with regard to safety to ensure that judo has as little trauma as possible. If Uke attempts to avoid landing on their back by any movement which is dangerous for the head, neck or spine, they shall be penalized with Hansokumake.
The competitor loses this contest, but can continue in the competition in applicable.
- In order not to give a bad example for young judokas, the landing on both elbows is considered valid and evaluated. Landing on only one elbow is invalid and can not be used for assessment.
- Anti judo will be immediately penalized as an act against the spirit of Judo.
• Throw and counter-attack:
- In a case of attack and counter-attack the first competitor landing on the own body will be considered the loser.
If a score can be given, it will be assigned.
-In case if the two athletes land together, no score will be given.
-If an action is led by a competitor after the landing (Kaeshi-Waza), this action will not be counted.
-Any action after landing will be considered as a Ne-Waza action.
• Judogi:
- For a better efficiency and to have a good grip it is necessary for the jacket to be well fitted in the belt, with the belt tied tightly. To reinforce that, the competitor shall arrange their Judogi and belt quickly between Matte and Hajime announced by the referee.
• World Ranking Points:
- The points will be modified. The document will be sent shortly.
- Juniors: the medallist of the Junior World Championships will get points in the Senior World Ranking List for this event only.
