Kurash rules

Kurash rules

International rules of organization and holding of Kurash competitions.

Adopted by the First Foundational Congress of the IKA on September, 6, 1998 in Tashkent, Uzbekistan

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01 Regulations On Competitions

The regulations for competitions are drawn up and approved by the organization which arranges these competitions. The regulations shall include the following:

    1. Type of competition;
    2. Purpose of competition;
    3. Sport features, age, sex, name of teams and organizations;
    4. Place and date of conducting a competition;
    5. Order of conducting a competition;
    6. Conditions of participation in competition;
    7. Responsible organization for conducting a competition;
    8. Board of referees;
    9. Fight duration;
    10. Deadline for submitting applications for participation in the competition;
    11. Medical control procedure and maintenance of order;
    12. Documents to be submitted to the credentials committee;
    13. Claims submission procedure and their consideration;
    14. Date and time of conducting a competition in each weight category;
    15. Procedure of awarding ceremony.
      1. Individual championship.
      2. Team championship.
      3. Individual and team championships.
      4. Open gilam (tatami) championship.
      5. Absolute championship.

1) An individual championship is held to determine the strongest Kurash athletes of the competition.

2) In team championship the place of every team is determined.

3) In individual and team championships, the place of every participant is determined, and according to that, the place of every team is determined.

4) In open gilam (tatami) championship every Kurash athlete fights to increase their sport qualification, title and experience.

5) In the absolute championship, the strongest k Kurash athletes are determined regardless of weight category.

1) Prior to conducting every competition, the federation conducting this competition on its territory submits a list of referees approved by this federation. Every competition from the calendar of international tournaments, continental championships, World Championship and Olympic Games, may be attended only by referees, authorised by the International Kurash Association.

Structure of the Board of referees:

      1. Chief Referee; (Technical Director)
      2. Сhief Referee deputy, their number shall be more according to the number of gilams (tatamis), on which the competition is held;
      3. Chief Secretary and secretaries of gilam (tatami);
      4. Arbitrator and side referees;
      5. Stop-watch referee;
      6. Scoreboard referee;
      7. Informing referee;
      8. Warden of competition;
      9. Medical staff (doctor of competition).

 

3) Referees, entering gilam (tatami), put their right hand on left part of breast and simultaneously bow to spectators and Chief Referee.

4) Chief Referee and Board of referees control referees’ actions. If referees admit actions contradicting competition rules, they are discharged from the competition and deprived of their referee’s license.

1) The Chief Referee (Technical Director) is the head of the competition and is responsible for conducting it according to the rules. Participants, team representatives, the board of referees, and attendants should implicitly execute the instructions of the Chief Referee.

2) Chief Referee’s (Technical Director) Responsibilities:

      1. To control the layout of a sport building (gymnasium or stadium), equipment and gilam (tatami) with competition requirements list;
      2. During the draw to divide the strong Kurash athletes in two subgroups (seedings);
      3. to distribute referees on gilams (tatamis);
      4. to make the schedule of the competition;
      5. to nominate referees for Kurash athletes;
      6. to nominate referees to each fight and to supervise their actions;
      7. prior to the beginning of competition, to hold a meeting of Board of referees;
      8. every day after the end of competition, to gather Board of referees and ITOS, to summarize competition’s results, eliminate complains, received during competition (If any officially written).
      9. if necessary, to hold an assembly of Board of referees;
      10. to evaluate readiness of referees for competition and the course of competitions;
      11. to fill in and check and approve the results of competition and to hand to appropriate bodies.

3) Rights of Chief Referee (Technical Director):

      1. to suspend and to forbid conducting the competition if the place of conduction, equipment and gilam (tatami) are not prepared and do not meet rules or requirements;
      2. to temporarily suspend competition, if there is something that may negatively affect conducting the competition on the high level;
      3. to make changes in the procedure of conducting the competition or the schedule of competition;
      4. to discharge referees for violation of rules and give information about it to the Board of referees;
      5. to discharge the Kurash athletes who violated rules or does not have permission for participation in competition;
      6. to caution or to discharge a coach of any team for violation of Kurash rules or for inappropriate behavior during competition.

Note: Chief Referee (Technical Director) has no right to cancel or change Kurash rules. Any changes or suggestions to the regulations/rules must be put forward to the IKA Directing Committee and approved by the IKA Congress.

1) During the temporary absence of the Chief Referee at the competition, fulfills their responsibilities;

2) Arranges and announces results of fight and names of Kurash athletes fighting next;

3) Arrange the referees for the next fights.

1) The Chief Secretary examines the documents of Kurash athletes while they pass the credentials committee.

2) The Chief Secretary keeps the minutes of assembly of Board of referees, of fights and other documents.

3) Secretaries keep the record of gilams (tatamis).

4) Secretaries write down results and remarks on fights in the minutes (Fight order sheet).

5) The Chief Secretary and Sports Director together with Chief Referee (Technical Director) is obliged to fill in and to sign the minutes-report of competition.

1) Before the beginning of a fight, the arbitrator examines the condition of the Kurash athletes, their Yakhtak according to Kurash rules, if there is a disparity, he shall demand to change the Yakhtak (in prescribed time).

2) If a player appears on the Gilam wearing a non-standard Yakhtak, the referees have the right to disqualify the player (Girrom). Wearing a standard Yakhtak is the sole duty of the player and not the organisers.

3) The arbitrator controls the course of the fight and observance of Kurash rules.

4) Takes into account appraisals of side referees.

5) After every appraisal of the implemented methods, the arbitrator shall stop the fight (with a command TOKHTA!), give appraisal during 2-3 seconds and begin Kurash with the command KURASH!

6) While announcing penalty for violation of rules the Arbitrator shall stop (with the command «TOKHTA») the fight and in 15-20 seconds shall announce penalty (in this period of time Kurash athletes shall remain on their places and put in order their Yakhtak) and begin it with command «KURASH».

7) Once the stop-watch referee signals the end of fight time (on the score board or a horn/bell), the arbitrator shall stop the fight with the command VAKT! and an appropriate gesture.

1) Side referees shall help the arbitrator to evaluate all actions of Kurash athletes.

2) Three referees on majority basis evaluate all actions of Kurash athletes on gilam (tatami). If opinions of three referees do not coincide, they must discuss it to get final opinion.

3) Side referees sit on the opposite parts of gilam (tatami), (not blocking the score board).

4) If a participant needs to leave gilam (tatami) for a short time, he shall be accompanied by one of the side referees (of the same gender as the athlete).

1. The stop-watch referee watches the duration of the fight and the time when the wrestlers come on gilam (tatami).

2. The stop-watch referee calculates and controls every minute of fight time. If the wrestler uses medical help during the fight or wrestling is stopped because of any other reason, the stop-watch referee counts the duration of stop and informs immediately Chief Referee.

3) Side referees sit on the opposite parts of gilam (tatami), (not blocking the score board).

4) If a participant needs to leave gilam (tatami) for a short time, he shall be accompanied by one of the side referees (of the same gender as the athlete).

1. The scoreboard referee shows on the score-board all appraisals and penalties announced by the arbitrator.

2. If the scoreboard referee does not have enough time to see or hear the arbitrator’s result announced, he/she asks the secretary of glam (tatami) about it.

3. The final score shall remain on the scoreboard until the winner is announced..

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