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Rules and Method of Competition

RULES

Points will be awarded in Senior, Veteran and Visually Impaired Categories only as outlined in the respective criteria. Criteria can be found at www.usjudo.org.

Championships will be conducted in accordance with the Contest Rules, Organization Code and Sporting Code of the International Judo Federation (IJF). The exception to the IJF rules will be the usage of the Knockout System with Double Repechage and match time for Veteran Categories.

Athletes may only enter one weight category with the exception of Open category if applicable.

SHIME-WAZA and KANSETSU-WAZA AGE LIMITS

Category / Year of Birth Shime-waza (chokes) Allowed Kansetsu-waza (arm bars) Allowed
Novice Only
Year of Birth 2006 and earlier		 YES NO
ALL athletes born after 2006 (includes all Intermediate or younger divisions) NO NO
Cadet & Older
(Non-Novice)
(2004 Year of Birth or earlier)		 YES YES

MATCH LENGTHS

Please Note: This is a Senior Level event

Senior, Visually Impaired, Brown Belt and Novice Categories:
  • Male          4 minutes
  • Female      4 minutes
  • No golden score time limit

Senior, Visually Impaired, Brown Belt and Novice Categories:
  • M1/F1 - M6/F6          4 minutes
  • M7/F7 - M10/F10      4 minutes

COMPETITION METHOD FOR SENIOR, VISUALLY IMPAIRED, VETERAN AND NOVICE

  1. Categories having five (5) Competitors or less: Round Robin Pool (every competitor competes against every other competitor). The order of finish is determined by number of wins, then, if tied, by total points. If tied in wins and points, the winner of the head-to-head competition between the two who are still tied determines the winner. If three or more are still tied in wins and points for any place (first, second or third), those contestants involved must contest again to determine the order of finish. Points are given to the winner only and shall be based on the highest single score of the winner, after factoring out scores that cancel out each other. If a contestant withdraws from a division prior to beginning of his or her final match, the results of all that person's previous matches shall be discarded.
    Point values are:
    • Ippon = 10
    • Waza-ari = 1
    • Shido = 0

  2. Categories having six (6) competitors or greater: Knockout System with Double Repechage (sometimes referred to as Crossover Repechage). Players are divided into two pools, A and B which are further subdivided into A1, A2, B1, B2.

    • Determination of 1st and 2nd place: The "Knockout" (single elimination) system is then used to produce two finalists, one from pool A, the other from pool B, who will compete for 1st and 2nd place.

    • Determination of 3rd - 5th place: All contestants who were defeated by the winners of pools A1, A2, B1 and B2 (semi-finalists) will take part in the repechage of their respective pools in the order in which they were defeated.

      • For example, for pool A1, the loser from Round 1 will meet the loser from Round 2; the winner of that match will meet the loser from Round 3, etc. The winner of repechage pool A1 will meet the winner of repechage pool A2; similarly, for B1 and B2. The winner of the repechage pool A will meet the loser of the semi-final of knockout pool B. The winner of repechage pool B will meet the loser of the semi-final of knockout pool A. The winners (2) are placed 3rd, the losers (2) are placed 5th.

COMPETITION METHOD FOR KATA

The Kata Championships will be conducted in accordance with the current procedures of USA Judo.
Entry rules are as follows:
  • There are five (5) events in each category:
    • Nage-no-kata
    • Kime-no-kata
    • Katame-no-kata
    • Ju-no-kata
    • Goshin-jutsu

  • A contestant may enter only one Kata event once, i.e. cannont enter the same Kata Event with a different partner

  • To qualify for the All-Around award in each Category, the same Kata team contestants must enter and compete in any three kata's, within the same Category. The role of Uke and Tori may vary but the contestants must be the same

  • A separate application and entry fee must be included for each Kata event entered

SEEDING

Senior Shiai only
  • The top eight athletes in attendance will be seeded in accordance with their listing on the National Roster maintained by USA Judo, provided they are ranked at A through D levels, as follow:
    • A (or B) side: #1 and #8 in one half; #5 and #4 in the other half.
    • B (or A) side: #2 and #7 in one half; #6 and #3 in the other half.

  • Seeded athletes will be seperated as far as possible in their sections of the draw and will receive byes if available. A higher seeded athlete will always receive a bye before a lower seeded athlete.

INJURY RULE

The following rule was approved by the Board of Directors of USA Judo on October 22, 1998:
  • Decisions as to whether an athlete may continue if injued while on the mat, are to be resolved in accordance with IJF rules; such decisions occurring off the mat or not covered by the IJF rules, are to be made by the coach, the athlete and the event Doctor. If there is not a unanimous opinion amojng these three individuals, the athlete may not continue.

JUDO Gi COLOR

•  Blue and white judo gi's are mandatory for all categories.
•  White judo gi only for KATA.

COACHES DRESS

•  All coaches must adhere to the USA Judo dress coded outlined at https://go.teamusa.org/2DYzyC5
•  All coaches must have a coaches wrist band to enter the championship.

•  Wrist bands will be distributed at the coaches meeting

NOTICE OF POSSIBLE TESTING FOR BANNED SUBSTANCES

Senior and Visually Impaired Shiai only
  • Testing, in accordance with the Anti-Doping Rules and Procedures of the IJF, USOC and the United States Anti-Doping Agency (USADA), may be conducted to determine whether an athlete is utilizing a substance forbidden by the International Olympic Committee.
  • As an athlete, before taking any medication or supplement, it is your responsibility to find out if any substance in the product is prohibited or restricted.
  • The Drug Reference Hotline is 1.800.233.0393. You can send correspondence and inquiries to: United States Anti-Doping Agency; 555 Tech Center Drive, Colorado Springs, CO 80919 or visit USADA's website:  http://www.usantidoping.org.

 

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