Rules Update Guide - 2021 English
Rules Update Guide - 2021 English
Rules Update Guide - 2021 English
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M) When the athlete deliberately runs away from the fight area to avoid an inferior position or consolidation of the opponent’s
score. *
* Exclusively in this case, the referee must mark the athlete who fled the match area with a penalty and award their opponent with
2 points on the scoreboard. The marked penalty must follow the sequence of penalties.
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Knee Reaping: Knee reaping is characterized by when one of the athletes places his thigh behind the leg of his opponent and
passes his calf on top of the opponent’s body above the knee, placing his foot beyond the vertical midline of the opponent’s body
and applying pressure on his opponents knee from the outside, true inside, while keeping the foot of the leg at risk stuck between
his hip and armpit.
It is not necessary for one of the athletes to hold the foot of his opponent in order for the foot to be considered caught or stuck.
For purposes of this rule, when one athlete is standing and bearing their weight on foot of the same leg as the knee in danger, the
foot will be considered caught or stuck.
When the two athletes are seated with their legs crossed but in a legal position as illustrated by image 1, and one of the athletes
stands up, causing the opponent from below to be in an illegal position as illustrated by image 2. This is because when standing up,
the foot that was loose and now stepping on the ground is considered a trapped foot.
In this situation, the referee must stop the fight, then place athlete B in a sitting position and athlete A standing at a sufficient
distance to allow new grips and then continue the fight.
If the situation shown in image 2 occurs after a sweep, the referee must wait 3 seconds to define the stabilization, and in sequence; stop the fight;
award 2 points for athlete A who is on top, place athlete B in a sitting position and athlete A standing at a sufficient distance to allow new grips
and continue the fight.
The referee will not interrupt the fight. No penalty will be applied exclusively in this case.
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• When the athlete turns inside from a 50/50 guard and at the beginning of the turn his opponent is stepping on the ground with the foot that is on
the guard, it’s considered a trapped foot (as shown in the image on the right)