Article 1 Competition Area adjoining safety areas may be 3m to 4m.

Article 1 Appendix Olympic and World Competition will be 8mx8m (Since 1998)

Article 2 Equipment (a) Flags (referee) close to the Competition area.

Article 2 Appendix Manual Scoreboards should be available in reserve. (Since 1999)

Article 3 Uniform (c) 1 Olympic abbreviation (11cm) (Specifically 3 letter Country code.)

Lapel and collar Must not exceed 1cm in thickness and/or 5cm in width. (2001)

Article 3 Appendix (b) Official blue color Pantone TP Scale 18-405 and 18-4039

Article 5 Appendix Referee and Officials When osaekomi is called the green flag is raised.

When toketa, matte, sonomama is called the green flag is lowered.

(We have always done it this way. They finally corrected the wording.)

Article 8 Gestures 7) Toketa not Osaekomi-toketa

To call the doctor shall face the medical table, wave an arm (palm upwards) from the direction of the medical table towards the injured contestant.

Hikiwake gesture is only applicable in Team Competition.

Hantei gesture is only applicable at the end of Golden Score contest, where the scores are equal.

The "NOT VALID" gesture by the referee may be used for throws that are outside, done after the bell or matte or in cases of so satsu.

Article 15 Start of Contest Bowing procedure

Article 19 End of Contest f) 3 Golden Score explanation

Simultaneous Ippon or Sogo gachi. Settle with Golden Score immediately.

Accumulated (Indirect) Hansoku make settle with Golden

Score. (From 1998-2002 this was included with Direct Hansoku

make).

Article 22 Sogo gachi three (3) shidos

Article 27 Prohibited Acts 2, 5, 6, 10 (Generally more than 5 seconds.) Still use 3-5 seconds without

attacking interpretation. First time 5 seconds, second time 4, third time 3..

Article 29 Injury, Illness or Accident (a) (3) impossible to determine cause, competitor who can not

continue shall lose.

(c) Accident Referees Consultation with the Referee Commission

and final decision by Sports Director and/or Jury.

All roman numerals have been replaced with Arabic (English) numbers.