Keikoku (Oral Warning)

The Judge signals of the infraction by waving of the appropriate flag to the side simultaneously with short, frequent blows of whistle.

The Referee stops the fight by the order of “YAME! ” (“Stop! ”) and by the jumping in between the competitors, following the signals by the Judges or by his own decision, when he detects an infraction, and orders the competitors back to their starting lines, facing the Presidium.

Then the Referee calls color of the competitor, indicates a kind of offence (showing a pushing motion etc.), then points towards the offender’s face his hand in SHUTO position and declares “KEIKOKU! ” (“Oral Warning! ”).

When awarding KEIKOKU the votes of the Judges are not counted.

When giving KEIKOKU to the competitor’s seconds, first, the announcer will make the announcement, and then the Referee will announce KEIKOKU to the competitor.

Chui (awarding a penalty)

The Judge signals of the infraction by waving of the appropriate flag to the side simultaneously with short, frequent blows of whistle.

The Referee stops the fight by the order of “YAME! ” (“Stop! ”) and by the jumping in between the competitors and orders the competitors back to their starting lines, facing the Presidium.

The Referee, upon counting votes of the Judges, calls the color of the offender, whether “SHIRO! ” (“White! ”) or “AKA! ” (“Red! ”), names the infraction (HANSOKU) and announces “CHUI! ” (or “GENTEN ICHI! GENTEN ICHI! ”, or “GENTEN NI! ”, or “GENTEN SAN! GENTEN NI! SHIKKAKU! ”, depending on the number of the offence), simultaneously pointing towards the offender’s face his hand in SHUTO position.

The names of the rules infractions are as shown below.