Pre-2003 Medical Rule: Up to two injury examinations are allowed per contestant regardless of the nature of the injury.
Current IJF Medical Rule: Medical examination only to stop external bleeding, or for head/neck (neurological) injury. All other medical visits result in immediate kiken-gachi.
Aspects of IJF Medical Rule To Be Applied In All Events: Lateral Referees (Corner Judges) are generally to remain seated during a medical visit. Up to two visits may be made to control bleeding at each new injury site (i.e. if an index finger knuckle is bleeding, it is a different site than a thumbnail injury.)
NOTICE TO TOURNAMENT DIRECTORS: Tournament fliers should be clear about the medical rule to be used, i.e. 'pre-2003 Medical Rules will be used.'
2. The Fall Classic will be limited to National Referees rated N-2 or higher for 2003. The Ladder Tournament will be held at the same venue during the same weekend, and is open to all active National Referees (or inactive National Referees who wish to return to active status, i.e. those who have been inactive for 4 years or less.)
3. National Referees who have been granted Inactive status and wish to return to Active status no longer need to request reinstatement in writing. To reactivate, an Inactive National Referee need only referee at an Examination/Evaluation site. Anyone who held a rating higher than N-3 can be reactivated at the prior rating by earning that rating at an Examination/Evaluation event, then working an event designated for the previously-held level while maintaining that rating average. Thus, an Inactive referee previously rated N-2 can reactivate at an Examination event, earn an N-2 rating, then work the Junior Olympics maintaining an N-2 average and be immediately returned to N-2. An N-1 could do the same thing at the same events, and be returned at N-2 status. However, if the previously-rated N-1 were to work the Senior Nationals instead of (or in addition to) the Junior Olympics, he or she would be returned at N-1 status.
4. Those National Referees who do not maintain the designated activity level (one credit or re-evaluation event per year) will be moved to Inactive status automatically. Previously, a Referee had to request such action. Failing that, the Referee was decertified. This does not change the automatic lowering of level if higher-rated National Referees do not work, at least every other year, at tournaments designated for that level. (Click here for information)
5. The US Referee Commission will follow the IJF Referee Commission ruling (reiterated by the IJF at the request of Chairman Appelbaum,) that the turban cannot be worn at USA JUDO sanctioned tournaments, or those designated by USA JUDO as Senior 'E' level or Junior 'D' level (or higher) events.
6. There are referees who also choose to both officiate and compete (in Masters or Senior shiai divisions, or kata when such competition conflicts with the referee rotation) at Evaluation/Examination tournaments. Such referees will be given credit for having worked the event, but shall not be evaluated. The only exception to this is that referees are permitted to compete in the Masters division at the Senior National & Masters and International Kata Championships, and still receive an evaluation. (Since kata competition at Senior Nationals does not normally conflict with referee rotation, it is not currently a factor.)
7. It is now the policy of the U.S. Referee Commission that the Jury should treat all direct hansoku-make rulings from the on-mat referee teams as disqualifications. A Jury should not exercise discretion to allow a penalized player to continue in a division, even if, in the Jury's opinion, the penalty was not warranted. The Jury should consult with the on-mat team if the Jury holds the opinion that the penalty is not warranted. However, once the on-mat referee team returns a direct hansoku-make decision, further effort by the Jury to compromise that decision is inappropriate. Reminder: the referee should notify the technical official in charge of the brackets (or technical officials' supervisor) to insure that the direct hansoku-make decision is promptly entered on the draw sheet. The referee should also insure that the technical official is aware the penalized player cannot continue in that division. |
