Rules for Ground Control

RULES CHANGES

• You must now make contact when pulling guard on opponent
• All advanced category bouts will be 6 minutes long
• Toe holds are now legal in the advanced category
• Wrist locks are legal in all categories

Competition Rules

You must now make contact when pulling guard on opponent
All advanced category bouts will be 6 minutes long
No finger or toe holds
No scratching and pinching
No touching groin area
No slippery substances allowed on body or clothing
No slamming to escape submissions or guard

Points

2 - Mount position
2 - Knee on stomach
2 - Sweep (ending in guard)
2 - Takedown (ending in guard) (takedowns are not scored instantly, a takedown is classed as making the guy sit on his backside, scored after 3 seconds of control)
3 - Back mount with both hooks or body triangle
3 - Passing the guard
4 - Sweep finishing in side control
5 - Sweep finishing knee on stomach or mount
4 - Takedown finishing in side control
5 - Takedown finishing knee on stomach or mount

Each position must be established for 3 seconds or more for points to be awarded
when changing multiple positions points will be awarded only to those positions which were held for 3 seconds or more


Advantage points

1 - Submission attempts(only those that force the opponent to defend)
1 - Attempted guard pass(pass isn't held for full 3 seconds, or forces opponent to turtle up)
1 - Takedown attempts (takedown isnt held for full 3 seconds)

Stalling

Competitors will be given 1 warning for stalling a position, after 1 warning the referee can deduct 1 point from one or both opponents, after that the referee can then deduct 2 points from one or both opponents, referee will then disqualify one or both competitors from the tournament.

Reversals from mount/sidemount/knee on stomach/ the back are NOT considered sweeps. Sweep points can only be gained if the competitor was using a guard.

In the event that the points score is equal at the end of the bout and the advantage points are equal, the referee will decide the winner, unless it is the final, in which case there will be a 2 minute overtime after which if the points are even the referee will decide a winner based on the whole bout.


NOTE no leg locks are allowed at all in the junior divisions

Any abuse given to any officials during the event will result in disqualification of competitors and potentially there team.

Legal techniques

Any kind of choke
Any armbar, shoulder lock, or wristlock)
Straight leg locks: ankle lock or kneebar
Toe holds are now legal in the advanced category
Wrist locks are legal in all categories

Illegal techniques

No neck crank submissions
No twisting leg locks: toe holds, heel hooks, knee compressions etc
No striking
No eye gouging or fish hooking
No grabbing the ears
No Scissor takedowns                                                                                                                                             No hair pulling, biting

New Additions

if a person is inside any type of guard and goes from the top to the bottom, this is a sweep, eg if the guy on top sits back for a leg or a guillotine or whatever this is still a sweep. the guy may come close with the sub attempt and gain an advantage or even sweep back with it, but the guy on the bottom receives sweep points even though he man not of instigated it.


scissor takedowns are illegal, this is in the process of being amended on the website.


if one guy is on his back and the other guy is in a standing position, the standing guy must engage on the ground if the guy on his back doesnt stand up. you can give 2 verbal warnings, after this if they still refuse to engage award 2 points to the grounded opponent.

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