Bout Sparring Rules / Sport Sanda (continued)
WARNINGS
The Referee may issue two verbal warnings before issuing a penalty. Any competitor that accumulates two penalties in a 40 second bout, forfeits that bout (not the match, unless it is the deciding bout). The Referee is not required to limit it to two verbal warnings; he may use his best discretion to use less or more warnings before a penalty, with the competitor’s safety being considered first and foremost.
TYPES OF WARNINGS
- Holding the ropes or running out of the mat area
- Spitting out mouth piece
- Purposely loosening equipment
- Continuing to clinch after referee has called for break
- Initiating attack before the referrer’s command
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- Continuing to fight after the referee has called “stop”
- Contact to a non-contact area
- Excessive Force (without malice or intent)
- Use of an illegal technique(s)
- Hitting a downed opponent
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DISQUALIFICATION
Any of the following will not be tolerated and may result in immediate disqualification. The offender forfeits the Match and his competitor is awarded the win. Rude, belligerent, and/or disrespectful behavior by a contestant and/or his/her school. (Can included but not limited to the use of foul and/or offensive language).
- If an injury occurs to an opponent as a result of a foul
- Accumulating two penalties.
- Holding the ropes or running out of the mat area
- Spitting out mouth piece
- Deliberate excessive force/intent to inflict bodily injury.
- Deliberate Fouling.
- Malice act resulting in an injury
EXCESSIVE FORCE
The following list is the most common examples of Excessive Force:
- Holding the ropes or running out of the mat area
- Spitting out mouth piece
- A strike that results in bleeding
- A strike that results in a fracture or broken bone
- A strike to the head that results in the head and/or neck whipping around.
- Impact resulting in bruising or swelling to the face.
- Unreasonable force to the body. (A kick or punch that moves an opponent from a stable or rooted stance to the floor or the outside the ring.
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