SPECTATORS GUIDE TO SPORT JU-JITSU RULES
ESPECIALLY FOR SPECTATORS
THE SPORT OF JU-JITSU IN A NUT SHELL
1. DURATION OF CONTEST
Two rounds of two minutes each continuous fighting.
2. SCORING SYSTEM
(A) Individual Competition
– Round robin, with straight elimination in the finals(B) Team Competition
– Round robin by Country, with each player competing by straight elimination3. SCORING OF ROUNDS
Scoring by the judges will be tabulated using mechanical hand counters (clickers).
A winner of two rounds or one round plus a draw will receive the win and a score of a win.
A winner of one round and a win in overtime will score a win.
The loser will receive no wins at all.
A draw does not constitute a win, the scores are considered nullified.
NOTE: In the event of disqualification or injury, the opposing contestant will be awarded the win
unless an injury is the result of a foul.
4. DEFINITION OF POINTS
(a) 1 Point - awarded for a strike or kick
delivered to an opponent‘s legal target area above the waistand satisfying the rules of contact.
(b) 2 Point - Takedown includes scooping of one or both legs with the hands, or where the opponent
was taken to the ground with control and the player retained the upper position on the ground as
part of the takedown.
(c) 3 Point - The player was thrown to the ground with control using a foot or leg sweep, or by a
sacrifice throw where the throwing player commits his or her own body to the ground in
performing the technique.
(d) 5 Point - The player was thrown to the ground with control using a hand or hip technique where
the throwing player performs the throw in a standing position and both feet of the opponent are
projected upward.
(e) 5 Point
– A submission called by the referee alone for the safety of the opponent.(f) Submission - End of the round.
© World Council of Ju-jitsu Organisations
– Tournament Rules Revised 2008 315. Target Areas:
Legal target areas
– Subject to the rules of contact, it is legal to target any area of the bodyabove the waist except: the throat; neck and spine; and kidneys.
6. Penalisation
First offence
(a) Warning, OR
(b) Disqualification
Second offence
– Same infraction(a) Loss of 2 points, OR
(b) Disqualification
Second offence
– DIFFERENT infraction(a) Warning, OR
(b) Loss of 2 points, OR
(c) Disqualification
ANY Third offence
(a) Disqualification
7. EXCESSIVE CONTACT PENALISATION
First offence
(a) Loss of 2 points, OR
(b) Disqualification
Second offence
(a) Disqualification
