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Judging
* Referee’s decisions are final
* All decisions are at the referee’s discretion
Disqualification
* Arguing with the referee or officials will result in immediate
disqualification.
* Hits to any part of the head will result in immediate disqualification
* Any poking will result in immediate disqualification
* Any hits that are seen to be made with intent to harm the opponent, will
result in immediate disqualification
* Hits to the groin area will result in immediate disqualification.
* Use of foul language will result in immediate disqualification
* Use of hand/arm or foot strikes will result in immediate
disqualification.
* Using the butt end of the stick will result in immediate
disqualification.
* Continuing the fight outside of the fight circle will result in
immediate disqualification.
* Any other condition/behaviour the referee deems inappropriate will
result in immediate disqualification.
*
Dropping Stick and running outside circle will result in immediate
disqualification.
Scoring
* Each person must attempt to hit opponent three times in order to win the
round. The hits must be clear hits to the body, arms, legs or the feet of
the opponent. Hits to the hands will not be counted
* Any ‘skims’ or light taps will not be counted as clear hits
* Any ‘Sanjee Vaar’ (hits that both fighters strike at the same time) will
not be counted.
* There
will be a time limit of 2 minutes per round if three clear hits have not
been made within the allocated 2 minutes, the player with the most number
of hits will win the round. If there is a tie in the number of hits after
the 2 minutes, the round will be stopped as usual, the competitors will be
requested then to ‘fight’ until any one competitor makes one clear hit on
the opponent (sudden death)
* Being hit after having dropped your stick will result in you losing the
round.
* The
organisers reserve the right to negotiate a time( number of minutes) per
round if the tournament is taking more than the scheduled timing
* Extra
Points may be awarded for participants who show Gatka skill when making a
Vaar and points taken away for those who show un-fairplay (blatantly
hitting too hard).
Protective wear
* Competitors are asked to wear whatever protective wear they feel
necessary, although shields etc are not allowed
* It is advisable that competitors wear some kind of hand-protection.
* Any wear which officials deem inappropriate or which may harm your
opponent must be removed on request.
Equipment
* The fights will be conducted with Gatka sticks only
* The equipment will be supplied to Gatka fighters before each round
* Sticks will be supplied from a random collection of equipment. Use of
personal sticks will not be permitted.
Disclaimer
* The blame for any injury is not the responsibility of the organisers of
this competition. All such responsibility lies with the participants
themselves. Individual participants are encouraged to take out personal
insurance cover in case any unforeseen injuries occur
* Participants are advised that this competition, in the celebration of
Hola Mohalla, is based solely on a friendly basis to encourage Gatka
fighters to learn more about their Gatka techniques. Any aggressive
behaviour should not be brought into the tournament and certainly will not
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