Tournament Rules
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• Judges - "Call what you see, not what you think you see." - AB

• When sparring it is in your best interest to have your instructor in your corner or have someone else in your corner to verify the rules and call your timeout if applicable.

• Were the sparring rules spelled out at black belt meeting?

• Make sure rules given for continuous sparring are explicit.

Because tournament sparring rules vary from tournament to tournament it is important to determine what specific rules are being allowed for each tournament. This sheet should be used as a reminder to ask for the rules being allowed.

* print this page out and take it to tournaments with you to check the rules *
 

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- George Foreman