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Appendices

Appendices 01.

KYOKUSHIN-KAN JUDGES MOVEMENTS AND SIGNALS GUIDELINES REFEREE PANEL ENTRY, EXIT AND CHANGE:

Mandatory Bowing Protocol

In Kyokushin-kan, we uphold the principles of Budo Karate, where respect and etiquette are essential both in and out of competition. All competitors must bow correctly upon entering and exiting the competition area, as well as when showing respect to the referee panel and to each other. A proper bow is performed by raising the hands in a cross formation, then lowering them while bending the torso forward approximately 30 degrees, and clearly saying “OSU”. Failure to bow properly will result in a warning (Chui). If the correction is not made, it may lead to disqualification from the match.

Referee Panel Entry to the competition area:

  1. Before the first contest of each session of the SHIAI, the first Referee Panel Walk along the outside edge of the competition area from the right-hand side in single file (referee / judge / judge / judge / judge) and then step up to the competition area, as the names of the Referee and Judges are announced.
  2. When entering the competition area, the referee and judges bow first towards the competition area and then towards the Presidium.
  3. Then the Referee and the Judges line up at the opposite to the Presidium side of the competition area in single file (judge / judge / referee / judge

/ judge). The Judges line up behind the border of the contest area, and the Referee stands within the danger zone of the contest area, one step ahead of the Judges.

  1. The Referee gives the order of SHOMEN-NI REI! (“Bow to the Presidium!”), and the referee and judges bow towards the Presidium.
  2. Then the Referee gives the order of MAWATTE! (“Turn!”), and the Referee and Judges make a half turn clockwise towards the direction opposite to the Presidium. The half turn is done in two moves. First, facing forward, the Judges bring the right foot behind the left foot to form a T-lette. Second, the Judges bring the left foot where the right foot was, then turn, while keeping the weight on the toes. Doing this the Judges will not move from their places.
  3. The Referee gives the order of REI!, and the Referee and Judges bow towards the direction opposite to the Presidium.
  4. Then the Referee gives the order of MAWATTE!, and the Judges make a half turn clockwise towards the Presidium, in the final position facing the
  5. The Referee gives the order of O-TAGAI-NI REI!, and the Referee and Judges bow towards each other.
  6. Then the referee show to the Judges with the appropriate gesture to take their Immediately the Referee and Judges take their positions. The first Judge from the left, from the Presidium, will sit on the left front chair, the second to the left rear, the third to the right rear, then the fourth to the right front. The Referee taking the shorter route moves to the HAJIME position. The Judge that reaches the chair first remains standing in front of the chair waiting for the other Judges and together they sit down in unison. Each Judge will pick the white flag with his right hand and the red flag with the left, if the right side is white for the Judge. The exactly opposite will be done, if the Judge is sitting on the other side of the competition area. This same seating procedure should be followed after each conference. When Judges sit on the chairs, they must not lean on the chair, through legs out or leave legs wide open.
Replacing the Referee Panel:
  1. Following a contest, once the result has been announced and the competitors have left the contest area, if the Referee Panel is required to be replaced with the next Referee Panel, the first Referee Panel lines up at the left side of the competition area (as viewed from the Presidium), and the second Referee Panel at the same time steps up to the competition area and lines up at the right side of the competition Both Referees will stand one step ahead of the Judges.
  2. The Referee of the first Referee Panel extends his right arm with fingers extended forward and palm turned inward in the direction of the Referee of the second Referee Panel, indicating the transfer of the powers and duties to the second Referee Panel, and then the Referee Panels bow to each other.
  3. Then the first Referee Panel leaves the competition area, and the second Referee Panel lines up at the opposite to the Presidium side of the competition area in single file (judge / judge / referee / judge / judge). The Judges line up behind the border of the contest area, and the Referee stands within the danger zone of the contest area, one step ahead of the Judges, to follow the bowing procedure as established in “Referee Panel Entry to the competition area”.
  4. Even if the Referee Panel still hasn‟t completely exit the competition area yet, the Referee of the second Referee Panel shall make the order of “SHOMEN-NI REI”, in order to keep the schedule flowing.
Replacing the Referee or a Judge with the Referee Assistant (SHUSHIN HOSA):

Following a contest, once the result has been announced and the competitors have left the contest area, if the Referee or a Judge is required to be replaced with a Referee Assistant for one bout, due to the entry of a competitor representing the same dojo (if needed) as the Referee or the Judge.

The Judge:

  1. shall roll his flags and attract the attention of the Referee by swinging the rolled flags by the right hand,
  2. shall stand up, make bow towards the Presidium, lay his flags on the seat of his chair and leave the competition area,
  3. the replacing Referee Assistant shall enter the competition area and take his position in the prescribed manner;
  4. following the contest, once the result has been announced and the competitors have left the contest area, the replacing Referee Assistant will be replaced with the Judge who left the competition area before the bout.

The Referee:

  1. shall attract attention of the Tatami Manager by raising his right hand;
  2. shall make bow towards the Presidium and leave the competition area;
  3. the replacing Referee Assistant shall enter the competition area and take his position in the prescribed manner;
  4. following the contest, once the result has been announced and the competitors have left the contest area, the replacing Referee Assistant will be replaced with the Referee who left the competition area before the bout.
Referee Panel Leaving the Competition Area at the End of the Shiai (SHINPAN TAIJO):
  1. Following the last contest of each session and after the result has been announced, the Referee show to the Judges with the appropriate gesture to line up at the opposite to the Presidium side of the competition area.
  2. The Judges will roll and leave the flags on their chairs, line up together with the Referee at the opposite to the Presidium side of the competition area in single file (judge / judge / referee / judge / judge). The Judges line up behind the border of the contest area, and the Referee stands within the danger zone of the contest area, one step ahead of the Judges.
  3. The Referee gives the order of SHOMEN-NI REI! (“Bow to the Presidium!”), and the Referee and Judges bow towards the Presidium.
  4. Then the Referee gives the order of MAWATTE! (“Turn!”), and the Referee and Judges make a half turn clockwise towards the direction opposite to the Presidium. The half turn is done in two moves. First, facing forward, the Judges bring the right foot behind the left foot to form a „T-letter‟. Second, the Judges bring the left foot where the right foot was, then turn, while keeping the weight on the toes. Doing this the Judges will not move from their places.
  5. The Referee gives the order of REI!, and the Referee and Judges bow towards the direction opposite to the Presidium.
  6. Then the Referee gives the order of MAWATTE!, and the Judges make a half turn clockwise towards the Presidium, in the final position facing the
  7. The Referee gives the order of O-TAGAI-NI REI!, and the Referee and Judges bow towards each other.
  8. Then the Referee shows to the judges with the appropriate gesture to leave the competition area. When exiting the competition area, the referee will exit the competition area in the middle of the four judges.
  9. Before leaving the competition area the referee and judges bow first towards the Presidium and then towards the competition area.
ORDERS, GESTURES AND FLAG SIGNALS:
IPPON (Clear Victory)

The Judge extends his arm with the appropriate flag above his head with a long, strong blow of whistle.

If the opponent of the winning competitor lost consciousness, the Referee must provide aid under a supervision of the Tournament Doctor. In this case, the winning competitor will stand, facing outside of the competition area and wait for decision. If the fallen competitor is revived, the Referee shall bring him back to his starting line, facing toward the Presidium. If the fallen competitor is sent away from the competition area for the aid, only the winning competitor will be left on the competition area for the decision announcement.

The Referee, upon counting votes of the Judges, calls the color of the winner, whether “SHIRO!” (“White!”) or “AKA!” (“Red!”), names the winning technique and the target (JODAN, CHUDAN, GEDAN) and announces “SHIRO (AKA) IPPON! SHIRO (AKA) NO KACHI!”, simultaneously extending in cutting motion by SHUTO his arm, palm downwards, upward at 45 degrees on the side of the scorer.

WAZA-ARI (Half Victory)

The Judge extends his arm with the appropriate flag at shoulder level with a long, strong blow of whistle.

The Referee stops the fight, orders the competitors back to their starting lines, facing the Presidium, and, upon counting votes of the Judges, calls the color of the winner, whether “SHIRO!” (“White!”) or “AKA!” (“Red!”), names the winning technique and the target (JODAN, CHUDAN, GEDAN) and announces “SHIRO (AKA) WAZA-ARI!”, simultaneously extending in cutting motion by SHUTO his arm, palm side downwards, at shoulder level on the side of the scorer.

If the bout is not ended by the Waza-Ari given, the Referee will order

competitors “Kamaete!”, and then “Zokko” to continue the bout.

If the competitor, who received a blow, cannot recover get up within 5 seconds, the Judges will then change the display of WAZA-ARI to IPPON, with another long, strong blow of whistle, and the Referee will announce IPPON scored.

If the second Waza-Ari is scored, upon announcing Waza-Ari the Referee will next announce “AWASETE IPPON!” (“Two WAZA-ARI in sum make IPPON!”) and declare the winner: SHIRO (AKA) NO KACHI!”, simultaneously extending in cutting motion by SHUTO his arm, palm downwards, upward at 45 degrees on the side of the scorer.

KEIKOKU (Oral Warning)

The Judge signals of the infraction by waving of the appropriate flag to the side simultaneously with short, frequent blows of whistle.

The Referee stops the fight by the order of “YAME!” (“Stop!”) and by the jumping in between the competitors, following the signals by the Judges or by his own decision, when he detects an infraction, and orders the competitors back to their starting lines, facing the Presidium.

Then the Referee calls color of the competitor, indicates a kind of offence (showing a pushing motion etc.), then points towards the offender’s face his hand in SHUTO position and declares “KEIKOKU!” (“Oral Warning!”).

When awarding KEIKOKU the votes of the Judges are not counted.

When giving KEIKOKU to the competitor’s seconds, first, the announcer will make the announcement, and then the Referee will announce KEIKOKU to the competitor.

CHUI (awarding a penalty)

The Judge signals the infraction by waving the appropriate flag to the side simultaneously with short, frequent blows of the whistle.

The Referee stops the fight by the order of “YAME!” (“Stop!”) and by the jumping in between the competitors and orders the competitors back to their starting lines, facing the Presidium.

The Referee, upon counting votes of the Judges, calls the color of the offender, whether “SHIRO!” (“White!”) or “AKA!” (“Red!”), names the infraction (HANSOKU) and announces “CHUI!” (or “GENTEN ICHI!”, or “GENTEN NI!”,

or “GENTEN SAN! SHIKKAKU!”, depending on the number of the offence),

simultaneously pointing towards the offender’s face his hand in SHUTO position.

The names of the rules infractions are as shown below.

Rules Types of Violation Names of Violation
a) Strikes to the head by hand or elbow Gammen kogeki!
b) Strikes to the neck or throat Kubi kogeki!
c) Strikes to the groin Kinteki kogeki!
d) Head butt Zutsuki!
e) Attacking fallen opponent Taoreta aite kogeki!
f) Strikes to the spine Sebone kogeki!
g) Attacking while the head is in contact with Atamatsukete kogeki!
h) the opponent’s head Kake!
i) Hooking onto the opponent`s shoulder and above Tsukami!
j) Pushing Oshi!
k) Strikes to the knees Kansetsu-geri!
JOGAI (Out of the contest area)
  • When a competitor’s leg or both legs get outside of the contest area, the Judges shall tap the floor with the flag nearest to the border crossed simultaneously with frequent, short blows of whistle.
  • At the same time if a competitor’s leg or even both legs get outside of the contest area during a quick maneuver, after which he immediately returns to the competition area, the maneuver shall not be estimated as JOGAI.
  • If a competitor moves toward a Judges, the Judge must evade the competitor and remove his chair out of the way to prevent an injury and at the same blow the whistle to announce “JOGAI!”.
  • Each Judge is responsible for watching JOGAI on the two sides of the contest area, which are adjacent to his corner. The Judge must not announce “JOGAI!” on the other side of the contest area before the judges who are responsible for that section.
  • The Referee when stopping the bout because of JOGAI shall not only give the order of “YAME!” (“Stop!”), but also to jump in between the competitors to stop them fighting and then bring them back to the center.
HIKIWAKE (Draw)
  • The Judge at the order of HANTEI!” by the Referee crosses the flags in front of his stomach simultaneously with a long, strong blow of whistle.
  • The Referee crosses his arms then extends them downwards with the palms showing inwards in SHUTO position.
  • The Referee Panel has the right to announce HIKIWAKE after the base time and extra times, the final extra time excluded.
MITOMEZU (Invalid)

“MITOMEZU” means “Disagree on the decisions made by other judges”.

The judge crosses his arms with flags and then makes a cutting motion with flags downward and sideways in front of his stomach. The motion repeats several times simultaneously with two short blows of a whistle.

The Referee swings both arms in SHUTO position in front of him and announces “Mitomezu!”.

When up to two Judges announce IPPON or WAZA-ARI the Referee may announce “MITOMEZU!”. Since the Referee‟s position is the closest to the competitors, his decision will be respected.

If more three or all four Judges announce IPPON or WAZA-ARI, but the Referee believes the technique invalid, the Referee shall stop the bout; give the order of “SHUGO!” (“Gather for discussion!”) Simultaneously with an appropriate gesture and discuss the decision with Judges. He also may consult the Match Supervisor and the Tatami Manager. Upon the discussion the final decision of IPPON, WAZA-ARI, or MITOMEZU.

The Referee, when counting the votes, shall not count the votes for “MITOMEZU!” by the Judges, if there were any.

MIEZU (Not Visible)

When a Judges could not see a technique (WAZA) or an infraction (HANSOKU) and understand the signals by other Judges by flags or whistle, or an order from the Referee, the Judge shall display “MIEZU!” by crossing the flags in front of his face simultaneously with one short blow of whistle.

The Judge, when he could not see a technique (WAZA) or an infraction (HANSOKU), the Referee and other judges signaled, shall not follow the signals of others, but to display “MIEZU!”.

The Referee, when counting the votes, shall not count the votes for “MIEZU!” by the Judges, if there were any.

SHIKKAKU (Disqualification)

When a competitor is awarded GENTEN SAN, the Referee shall call the color of the offender, whether “SHIRO!” (“White!”) or “AKA!” (“Red!”), count votes, name the infraction and announce: “GENTEN SAN! SHIKKAKU!”. Simultaneously the Referee shall make a cutting motion with his hand in SHUTO position, palm side down, towards the legs of the offender, call the color of the winner, whether “SHIRO!” (“White!”) or “AKA!” (“Red!”), and announce “SHIRO (AKA) NO KACHI!”, simultaneously extending in cutting motion by SHUTO his arm, palm downwards, upward at 45 degrees on the side of the winner. When a competitor does not follow the orders by the Referee, or acts maliciously (AKUSHITU KOGEKI), disrespectfully, or commits an act that harms the prestige and honor of Kyokushin, the Referee shall call the color of the offender, whether “SHIRO!” (“White!”) or “AKA!” (“Red!”) and announce: “REISETSU KETSUJO! SHIKKAKU!”. Simultaneously the Referee shall make a cutting motion with his hand in SHUTO position, palm side down, towards the legs of the offender, call the color of the winner, whether “SHIRO!” (“White!”) or “AKA!” (“Red!”), and announce “SHIRO (AKA) NO KACHI!”, simultaneously extending in cutting motion by SHUTO his arm, palm downwards, upward at 45 degrees on the side of the winner.

When a competitor is late for the bout longer than 1 minute or does not show up for the bout at all, upon the announcement by the announcer on duty, the Referee shall the call color of the winner, whether “SHIRO!” (“White!”) or “AKA!” (“Red!”), and announce “NO KACHI!”, simultaneously extending in cutting motion by SHUTO his arm, palm downwards, upward at 45 degrees on the side of the winner.

HANTEI (decision by voting of Judges)

Once the contest is over and the Referee has ordered “YAME!”, the competitors should stand at their starting positions, facing the Presidium, to await the result. If needed, the Referee shall order the competitors to face the Presidium by the order of “SHOMEN-NI!” (“Face the Presidium!”). The competitors should at this point have their Karategi in order.

If there was no IPPON scored or SHIKKAKU awarded, the outcome of the bout shall be voted by the Judges, the Referee included.

The Referee shall step back to the border of the contest area, so that he could easily see all the Judges, and then give the Judges the order of “HANTEI O- NEGAI SHIMASU!” (“Prepare to announce your votes!”). Then, at the Referee order of “HANTEI!” (“ANNOUNCE YOUR VOTES!”), the Judges shall display their votes by the flags and the blows of whistle.

When counting votes of the Judges, the Referee must do this by using his right hand SHUTO, not a finger.

First votes of all the Judges are announced, the vote of the Referee is announced last, and after that the final decision is announced.

If the Judges‟ votes differ, when counting, the Referee first announces the decision of the Judge, sitting to his right: “SHIRO!” (“White!”), “AKA!” (“Red!”), or “HIKIWAKE” (“TIE”).

Then the Referee counts same decisions of other Judges.

When another decision (or other decisions) are indicated by another Judge (or other Judges), the Referee counts them in the same way starting from the right side.

When there are 3 votes of same sort, then the Referee shall start counting from the minor vote.

When all votes of the Judges are counted, the Referee announces his own decision (at this moment the Referee brings his right palm to his chest announcing “SHUSHIN”) and finally announces the final decision (HANTEI) by majority of votes. However, if the Referee‟s vote belongs to the minority vote, then the Referee shall count himself before counting the majority votes.

When counting the Japanese numerals are used: “ICHI” (“One”), “NI” (“Two”), “SAN” (“Three”), “SHI” (“Four”), “GO” (“Five”).

SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENTS AND GESTURES OF THE REFEREE

Shomen-ni rei!
At the order of “SHOMEN-NI!” (“To the Presidium!”) the Referee extends his right arm with fingers extended forward and palm turned inward to the front.

At the order of “REI!” (“Bow!”) the Referee makes the bow (together with the Judges or with the competitors) towards the Presidium.

Shushin-ni rei!
At the order of “SHUSHIN-NI!” (“To the Referee!”) the Referee extends his hands with fists clenched palm side up towards the competitors.

At the order of “REI!” (“Bow!”) the Referee brings his fists to his chin palm side down and makes the bow towards the Presidium. At the same time the competitors make the bow towards the Referee.

O-tagai-ni rei!
At the order of “O-TAGAI-NI!” (“To each other!”) the Referee extends his hands with fists clenched palm side up towards the competitors.

At the order of “REI!” (“Bow!”) the Referee brings his fists to each other in front of his chest, and the competitors make the bow towards each other. The Referee shall not make the bow this time.

Chakuseki! (“Judges to take their places!”)
The Referee extends his hands with fingers extended forward and palms turned upward to the front at the navel level and shows with the circle motion sideways the Judges to take their places.

Shugo! (“Judges called for discussion!”)
The Referee extends his hands, palms up, toward the judges on the opposite side of the competition area and brings the palms toward his face in circle motion to calls the Judges to gather for discussion on a situation in the bout.

Kamaete! (“Prepare to fight!” / “Take the fighting positions!”)
At the order of “Kamaete!” the Referee imitates the fighting position, raising

hands in front of his body.

Hajime! (“Start!”)
At the order of “Hajime!” the Referee imitates chudan gyaku-zuki with his right hand in zenkutsu-dachi. After the announcement, the Referee takes a step back.

Yame! (“Stop!”)
At the order of “Yame!” the Referee makes a downward chopping motion

with his hand coming in SHUTO position in between the competitors.

Karategi-wo naoshite! (“Re-adjust karategi!”)
To direct the competitor(s) to re-adjust the karategi the Referee cross left hand over right, palms facing inwards, at belt height.

WAZA-ARI and IPPON

Signals should start with the arm across the chest, then go sideways to the correct finishing position.

When showing the decision by a gesture, care should be taken to keep the competitors within view.

All gestures should be maintained for 3 to 5 seconds.

SPECIAL SIGNALS OF THE JUDGES

Initial position
The Judge shall sit with his body straight, not leaning against the back of the chair, with legs parallel on the shoulder width. The hands shall be places on the appropriate knees directing the flags diagonally upward forward and sideways to make the flag signals be seen from all directions.

To attract attention of the Referee and to ask to conduct a meeting for discussion of a situation.

To indicate that his opinion differs from that of the Referee and other Judges, the Judge takes both flags to the hand nearest to the referee, winding the flags on the handles, and waves with them giving several short whistles.

  • The Judges must hold the flags in the proper hands.
  • After the referee has announced “HANTEI!” the Judges shall indicate their decision with the appropriate gesture immediately.
  • All gestures should be maintained until the Referee has finished counting votes.
  • WAZA-ARI and IPPON signals should start with the arm across the chest, then go sideways to the correct finishing position.
  • When showing the decision by a gesture, care should be taken to keep the competitors within view.
Appendices 02.

ALPHABETICAL LIST OF MAJOR JAPANESE COMMANDS USED DURING KYOKUSHIN KUMITE COMPETITIONS

  • Aka
  • Karategi
  • Ashi-Kake
  • Keikoku (Oral Warning)
  • Chui
  • Kumite
  • Genten Ichi
  • Mawatte
  • Genten Ni
  • Otagaini
  • Genten San = Shikkaku
  • Rei
  • Enchosen
  • Seiko
  • Fukushin
  • Shiai, Shikkaku
  • Hajime
  • Shippai
  • Hansoku
  • Shiro / Aka no Kachi
  • Hantei
  • Shomen-ni-rei
  • Hantei Onegai Shimasu
  • Shushin Hikiwake, Shushin-ni rei
  • Hiza-Geri
  • Ippon
  • Waza-Ari
  • Ippon-Gachi
  • Waza-Ari Awasete Ippon
  • Jogai
  • Yame
  • Kamaete
  • Zekken
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