News - Contest Rules Please note that the following now applies to all Primaries and Juniors.

PRIMARY & JUNIOR COMPETITION
1.2 THE STARTING AND RE-STARTING PROCEDURES
All Contestants must engage with the natural grip i.e. one lapel and one sleeve at the start
and restart of a Contest. The Referee is to instruct the competitors to ‘Take Hold’, then‘Hajime’.

1.3 FORBIDDEN TECHNIQUES
All sacrifice techniques as direct techniques, combination techniques or counter techniques
All arm-locks and strangles
Drop knee Seoi-Nage
Any form of Kata-Guruma
Leg or ankle grabs
All Maki-Komi throws
Kubi-Nage and any throw attempt where the neck is encircled using one or both arms.

2. ADDITIONAL RULES FOR JUNIORS
2.1 THE STARTING AND RE-STARTING PROCEDURES
All Contestants must engage with the natural grip i.e. one lapel and one sleeve. At the start
and restart of a Contest the Referee is to instruct the competitors to ‘Take Hold’, then
‘Hajime’.
This applies for the year for the year 2009 to any category of 50 kg and those below, for the
year 2010 to any category of 55 kg and of those below.
28 BJC Contest Rules 28-07-09- ©

2.2 FORBIDDEN TECHNIQUES
All sacrifice techniques as direct techniques, combination techniques or counter techniques
All arm-locks and strangles
Drop knee Seoi-Nage
Any form of Kata-Guruma
Leg or ankle grabs
All Maki-Komi throws
Kubi-Nage and any throw attempt where the neck is encircled using one or both arms.
This applies for the year 2009 to any category of 50 kg and those below, for the year 2010 to
any category of 55 kg and of those below and for the year 2011 it will be amended to any
category of 60 kg and below.