The OTM Nationals

1:  Any and every situation that cannot be determined by the manual will be left up to the referee’s discretion.

2:  Point System

Takedown: 2 points

Knee on Belly: 2 points

Sweep or Reversal w/ legs: 2 points

Passing Opponent’s Guard: 3 points

Mounted Position: 4 points

Back Control w/ Hooks: 4 points

(All positions must be held for 3 full seconds)

Advantages (1, 2, 3)

Penalties (-1, -2, -3)

3:  Match Determination

A match will end upon submission or unconsciousness of one of the competitors through a non-illegal technique.

At the end of regulation time, if no winner has been decided by submission, a winner will be determined in the order of points, advantages and penalties.  In the case of a tie, the referee shall determine the outcome.

4:  On Submissions

SUBMISSION: Submission occurs when a technique forces an opponent into admitting defeat by:

A:   Tapping with the palm against his opponent or the floor in a visible manner

B:   Tapping with his feet on the ground (if he is unable to use his hands)

C:   requesting verbally to the referee that the fight be stopped (if he can neither tap with his hands or his feet)

D:  requesting that the fight be ended if the athlete gets injured or feel physically incapable or unprepared.

E:  The coach of one of the athletes may request that the fight be ended either by directing himself to the referee or by throwing the towel into the ring for any reason

F:  When an athlete is under a submission position and he screams or say “Aï”, it will be the same as if he taps.

5:  Takedowns: Any kind of knocking down the opponent or being taken down on his backside, 2 points. If the athlete is thrown to the ground and does not land on his back, the thrower must pin him to the ground in the same position for at least 3 seconds to gain the points of the take down.

A:  Takedowns begun in bounds will count even if they land out of bounds.

B: If the athlete has one of his knees on the ground and is taken down, whoever applied the take down will be awarded 2 points as long as he has both his feet on the ground. If the athlete has both his knees on the ground and is knocked down the standing athlete will have to pass to his side and maintain this position to receive an advantage.

C: When the athlete attempts the double leg and the opponent sits on the floor and executes a sweep, the athlete who attempted the takedown will not receive points, but the one who executed the sweep will.

D: When a competitor throws his opponent and ends up in a bottom position the competitor throwing will receive 2 points and the opponent on top will receive an advantage. If the competitor executing the throw lands in his opponents guard and is swept, both will receive 2 points.

E:  An opponent may not pull guard in order to avoid a takedown.  If one competitor has initiated a takedown and the other winds up in guard, the on initiating the takedown will be awarded two points.  If a competitor has not initiated a takedown and the other competitor pulls to guard no points or advantages will be awarded.

F:  Competitors must engage to attempt takedowns or initiate groundwork.  A competitor is not allowed to sit immediately to the ground without making contact with their opponent.

G:  Once groundwork in initiated in legal fashion, the competitors must continue to engage in groundwork.  Disengaging contact to stand back up can be interpreted by the official as stalling with appropriate penalties.

6:  Knee on belly: When the athlete on top puts his knee on his adversary’s stomach, holding his collar or sleeve and belt.  The other leg must be planted firmly on the foot; no points will be awarded if the opposite leg is planted on the knee.  The knee on belly must be held for three seconds in order to receive 2 points.

7:  Sweeps initiated from the guard or half guard is worth2 points.  It is considered a sweep when there is a reversal of top and bottom positions

A:  A reversal not initiated from the guard or half guard is not worth any points or advantages.

B: When the competitor sweeping advances his position to the back of his opponent during the attempted sweep, he is awarded 2 points for the sweep and 4 points for the back position.

C:  If a competitor on top falls back to the guard in order to avoid a sweep or offense, the competitor on the bottom will be awarded two points if they were initially in the guard and the come up to a top position.

8: Passing the guard Is when the athlete that is above his adversary or in between his legs, moves to his opponent’s side, establishing a perpendicular or longitudinal position over his adversary’s trunk, dominating him and leaving him no space to move or to escape the position—if even is on his side or back. 3 points NOTE: if the athlete that is underneath avoids the move by getting to his knees or standing up, the initiative will not be awarded 3 points but will be awarded an advantage.

9:  Mount:  When a competitor sits on their opponent’s torso, this will be considered a mount; the opponent can be lying on his stomach, side or back.  The competitors legs must be completely past the opponent’s legs, no semblance of a guard can remain. . The one mounted can be on top of one of his opponent’s arms, but never on both. It will also be considered a mount if he has one knee and one foot on the ground, 4 points to the competitor.

10.  The Back: Is when the athlete grabs his adversary’s back, taking hold of his neck and wrapping his legs around his opponent’s waist, with his heels leaning on the inner side of his opponent’s thighs, not allowing him to leave the position.4 points.

A:  The points will not be awarded if both heels are not properly positioned on the inner part of the adversary’s thighs. Also be considered back if the athlete has the leg over one arm of the will opponent but never over grab both arms, in this case no points will be awarded.

B:  Figure four leg positions on the back will not be awarded points.

11.  Advantages.  Any maneuver a competitor attempts that would either result in a score or a submission that must be vigorously defended by the opponent that does not wind up scoring or ending the match may be awarded an advantage point by the official.

12:  Penalties: if a competitor engages in behavior to attempt to stall a match out and not seek the submission, the referee will issue two warnings and then will issue a penalty or negative point.  Stalling can consist of refusing to engage or refusing to attempt to finish a fight.

A:  If the opponent in the superior position is not making an attempt to finish or advance the position the referee will audibly call for a 20 second period.  If at the end of the period the competitor has not made an attempt to advance they will be penalized.  Further non-compliance will result in 2 points being awarded to the competitor and then disqualification.

13:  Disqualifications:  May be issued by the referee as a progression of severity of penalties or engaging in ANY of the following actions:

A:  Disrespecting the referee or any tournament official

B:  Slamming from the guard to either try to open the guard or escape a submission will result in an immediate disqualification.

C:  Leg attacks or sweeps that are designed to pressure or damage the ACL of the knee (no twisting knee attacks or reaping type sweeps from the outside).

D:  Intentionally placing fingers in opponent’s eyes, mouth or other orifices.

E:  Small digit manipulation:  Attempting to submit, escape, or otherwise control an opponent by grabbing less than three fingers on the hand or a single toe in a way the could break or dislocate the digits will result in disqualification.

F:  Attempting finish a match with an illegal technique

14:  Illegal techniques.  In addition to the above mentioned disqualifications, attempting to submit an opponent with an illegal technique will result in a disqualification.  The list of illegal techniques by belt rank is as follows:

White Belts:

Slam from Guard

Wrist locks

Figure four with foot

Knee Attacks of any kind

Cervical locks (without chokes)

Biceps Slicer

Calf Lock

Scissors Takedown

Blue and Purple belts:

Slam from Guard

Figure four with foot

Knee Attacks of any kind

Cervical locks (without chokes)

Biceps Slicer

Calf Lock

Scissors Takedown

Brown and Black Belts

Slam from Guard

Cervical locks (without chokes)

Heel Hook (Twisting Knee attacks of any kind)

Scissors Takedown

15:  Hygiene

A. The kimono must be washed and dried with no unpleasant odors.

B. Toe and fingernails must be cut short and clean.

C. People with long hair must keep their hair from interfering with there opponent or themselves during the match.

D. Athletes are not permitted to paint their hair with spray and may be disqualified by the referee by doing so

16:  Gi

1. Must be solid color (matching top and pants).  Permitted colors are white, blue, and black.

1. Constructed of cotton or similar material and in good condition. The material may not be excessively thick or hard to the point where it will obstruct the opponent.

C:  The jacket is to be of sufficient length down to the thighs, sleeves must reach the wrist with arms extended in front of the body.

D:  No T-shirt or Rash guard may be worn underneath the kimono (except in the case of female competitors)

E: Athletes are not permitted to compete with torn kimonos, sleeves or pants that are not of propper length or with t-shirts underneath the kimono

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