Competition Area
- Requirements: In all mat competitions, the mat area shall conform to the following
- Size: The minimum size shall be 18ft and the maximum size 22ft inside the line of the border line.
- Plastic Bag: In the 2 neutral corners outside the mat area, a small plastic bag shall be fixed in which the referee shall drop the cotton, tape, or pads.
Gloves
- Specification: The gloves shall weigh 8 ounces for all athletes under 70lbs and 10 ounces for athletes over 85lbs. The leather portion shall not weigh more than half of the total weight and the padding not less than half the total weight. The padding of the gloves shall not be displaced or broken. Only clean and serviceable gloves shall be used.
- CGL glove supervision: All gloves and bandages shall be supervised and signed off by CGL Officials.
- CGL gloves are to be removed before rendering a decision.
Wraps
- Specifications: Standard hand wraps 108 cm or 180 cm. The use of any tapes, gauze, or adhesives is prohibited
Dress Code
- Authorized Dress: Athletes shall be dressed in accordance with the following:
- Clothing: The athlete must wear CGL shorts, or CGL approved shorts
- Mouth Guard: Mouth Guard shall be worn by all athletes before they begin fighting.
Athletes may not intentionally remove their mouth guard during the contest and if the athlete does so, the athlete shall be warned or disqualified. If an athlete has his mouthguard knocked out, the referee shall take the athlete to the athlete’s corner – have the mouth guard cleaned and returned to its proper position. While this is being done, the second is not allowed to talk to his/her athlete.
- Groin protectors: The use of the groin guard is mandatory for male athletes and highly recommended for female athletes.
- Head-guard: The head-guard is an individual and form fitted item of the athlete’s equipment. Should the athlete’s own head-guard not pass official inspectionbefore the bout, they may use one from the area they receive equipment provided by the organizing committee. The use of the head-guard is mandatory.
- Shin guards and elbow guards: The use of shin guards and elbow guards is mandatory. This shall conform to CGL specifications.
- Body protector: The use of body protectors is mandatory for all divisions. It shall conform with CGL specifications.
- Prohibited objects: The use of grease, Vaseline, thai liniment or products on the arms or any other body part is forbidden. Vaseline is permitted on the face only for the purpose of reducing the risk of cuts.
- Uniform infraction: In the event of the athletes’ glove or uniform coming undone during the bout, the referee shall stop the contest to have it attended to.
Mat Area and Equipment
Requirements: The following ring equipment shall be available:
- Table and chairs for officials.
- Gong (with striker) or bell.
- One stop watch.
- Pads of scoring paper conforming to the pattern drawn up by CGL. No need for such
- papers if an electronic judging system is used.
- One microphone connected to the loudspeaker system and another for back up.
RULE VI: WEIGH-IN AND WEIGHT CLASSIFICATION FOR
Weight Classification
The contestants in all weight divisions shall be required to be ready to weigh in on the first morning of the competition. The weight is the one shown by the attested scale. The male athlete being in competition short only and female athletes in competition short and competition top.
ROUNDS
- Level 1 ATW Kickboxing
- 2 Rounds of 1 minute. 1 minute rest between rounds.
- Level 2 CGL Kickbox
- 3 Rounds of 1 minute 30 seconds. 1 minute rest between rounds.
- Level 3 CGL Muay Thai
- < 10 Bouts
- 3 Rounds of 1 minute 30 seconds. 1 minute rest between rounds.
- > 10 Bouts
- 3 Rounds of 2 minutes. 1 minute rest between rounds.
Warnings, cautions, counting, adjusting equipment, or any other reason is not included in the period of round. No additional time may be given.
COACHES
Each athlete is allowed 1 coach who shall be governed by the following rules:
- The second shall be in possession of a towel and water for their athlete.
- CGL Rules and Code of Conduct will be followed. A second wdhom is in violation of the rules will be disqualified and/or may cause the athlete to be warned or Disqualified.
- No fould language shall be given to an athlete by a coach during the bout. If a coach violates the rules, he/she may be warned or disqualified. His/her athlete may also be cautioned, warned or disqualified by the referee for offences committed by his/her coach.
Coach Attire: No inappropriate clothing is allowed.
REFEREES AND JUDGES
- Referee: Each contest shall be controlled by an CGL approved referee who shall officiate in the ring.
- Judges: Each contest shall be marked by 3 CGL judges who shall be seated separately from the public and immediately adjacent to the mat.
- Neutrality: Official shall be an approved CGL referee/judge.
- That each such official shall be of a different gym then of the athletes taking part in the contest.
- If it is not possible for full neutrality the bout must be marked for CGL senior officials.
TECHNICAL OFFICIALS
- The CGL Technical Officials may also take any immediate action they consider necessary to deal with circumstances which would prevent proper conduct of a competition at any session.
- RULE XIII: THE REFEREE
- Primary concern: The care of the athlete is the primary concern of the referee.
- Duties: The referee shall officiate in the ring. He/she shall be dressed in CGL Uniform Shirt.
The referee shall:
- See that the rules and code of conduct are strictly observed
- Maintain control of the contest at all its times.
- Prevent a lesser athlete from receiving undue and unnecessary punishment.
- Check the gloves and dress.
- Shall use 3 words of command:
Stop - Box - Break
- The referee shall indicate to an athlete by suitable explanatory signs of gestures any infringement of the rules.
- At the end of a contest collect and check the papers of the 3 Judges where applicable; after checking the referee shall hand these papers to the Senior Officials.
Powers of the Referee:
- To terminate a contest at any stage if he/she considers it too one-sided.
- To terminate a contest at any stage if one of the athletes has received an injury To which the referee decides he/she should not continue.
- To caution an athlete or to stop the fight during a contest and administer a warning to an athlete against fouls or for any other reason in the interests of fair play, or to ensure compliance with the rules.
- To disqualify an athlete who fails to comply immediately with his orders, or behaves towards him in an offensive or aggressive manner at any time.
- To disqualify a coach who has infringed the rules and the athlete himself/herself if the coach does not comply with the referee’s orders.
- With or without previous warning, to disqualify a contestant for committing a Intentional foul.
- In the event of a knockdown, to suspend a count, if an athlete deliberately fails to retire to a neutral corner or delays to do so.
- To interpret the rules insofar as they are applicable or relevant to the actual contest to decide and take action on any circumstance of the contest which is not covered by a rule.
RULE XIV: JUDGES
- Dress: The judges shall be dressed CGL assigned shirt.
- Duties
- Each judge shall independently judge the 2 athletes and decide the winner of each round according to the rules.
- The number of points awarded to each competitor shall be entered by a judge on his/her scoring paper immediately after the end of each round.
- At the end of the bout a judge shall total the points, nominate a winner and sign his/her scoring paper and his/her verdict shall be made known to the public.
- The judge shall not leave his/her seat until the verdict has been announced to the public.
RULE XV: TIMEKEEPER AND ANNOUNCER
- Duties of the Timekeeper:
- The main duty of the timekeeper is to regulate the number and duration of the rounds, the intervals between rounds. The intervals between rounds shall be of
- a full (1) minute duration.
- The timekeeper shall commence and end each round by striking the gong or bell.
- Indicate or give a signal of 10 seconds to clear the ring before the commencement of each round.
- The timekeeper shall take off time for temporary stoppages or when instructed to do so by the referee.
- The timekeeper shall regulate all periods of time and counts by a watch or clock.
- At a “Knock-down” the timekeeper shall signal to the referee with his/her hand the passing of the seconds while the referee is counting.
- If, at the end of a round, an athlete is “down” and the referee is in the course of counting, the gong indicating the end of the round will not be sounded. The gong will be sounded only when the referee gives the command “Box” indicating the
- continuation of the match.
- Duties of Announcer:
- Announce the name, club or country, weight and corner of both athletes to the public whenever they appear in the ring.
- 10 seconds before the commencement of each round he/she shall clear the ring by ordering “clear the ring” or “seconds out”.
- Announce the beginning and ending of each round.
- Position: They shall be seated directly at the ringside.
RULE XVI: DECISIONS
- Decisions shall be as follows:
- Win on points: At the end of a contest, the athlete who has been awarded the decision by a majority of the judges shall be declared the winner. If both athletes are injured, or are knocked-out simultaneously, and cannot continue the contest, the Judges shall record the points gained by each athlete up to its termination, the competitor with the most points shall be declared the winner.
- Win by Retirement: If an athlete retires immediately after the rest between rounds, his/her opponent shall be declared the winner.
- Win by Referee Stoppage: (a) Outclassed: is the term used to stop a bout when an athlete is outclassed or is unfit to continue. If an athlete, in the opinion of the referee is being outclassed or is receiving excessive punishment, the bout shall be stopped and his/her opponent declared the winner.
- (b) Injury:
- i. If an athlete, in the opinion of the referee, is unfit to continue due to injury sustained from legal hits or other action or is unable to move safely
- for any other physical reasons, the bout shall be stopped and his/her the opponent declared the winner. The right to make this decision rests with the referee, who may consult the doctor.
- Win by Disqualification: If an athlete is disqualified, his/her opponent shall be declared the winner. If both athletes are disqualified, the decision shall be announced accordingly. A disqualified athlete shall not be entitled to any prize, medal, trophy, honorable award or grading, relating to any stage of the competition in which the athlete has been disqualified, provided that in exceptional cases, it shall be open to the Senior Official.
- Win by Knockout: If an athlete is “down” and fails to resume boxing within 10 seconds, the athlete’s opponent shall be declared the winner by knockout.
- Win by 2 Count Total - CGL events only allow 2 total counts in a total match. (not by round) 16.6 No Contest: A bout may be terminated by the referee inside the scheduled distance owing to a material happening outside the responsibility of the athletes, or the control of the referee, such as the ring becoming damaged, the failure of the lighting supply, exceptional weather conditions, etc. In such circumstances, the bout shall be declared “no contest” and in the case of Championships, the Senior Official shall decide the necessary further action.
- A draw: the judges have scored the competition equally.
- Incidents in the ring outside the control of the referee:
POINT SYSTEM
- Awarding of points: The points will be awarded whenever the athlete hits the opponent by punch, kick, knee, or elbow with force, and lands on target, without being blocked or guarded against.
- Ten Points System: 10 points shall be awarded for each round. At the end of each round, the more effective, skillful and forceful athlete will receive 10 points and his/her opponent proportionately less. When athletes are equal, each shall receive 10 points.
- Steps for awarding points:
- An athlete wins the round by hitting more using CGL skill than their opponent.
- An athlete wins the round when using more forceful CGL skill than the opponent.
- An athlete wins the round when showing less exhaustion or less bruising than the opponent.
- An athlete wins the round when showing more aggression than their opponent.
- An athlete wins the round when having less infringement of the rules than their opponent.
- Non awarding of points
- Hitting with a lack of CGL skills.
- Hits which are blocked by the opponent’s arms or legs.
- Hitting with lack of force even when those hits have landed on target.
- legally Throwing the opponent without hitting.
- Hitting while infringing any of the rules.
- Scoring system:
- 10 points will be awarded to the athlete who wins the round, and the opponent proportionately less (9-8-7 respectively).
- 10 points will be awarded to each athlete if they are even in the round.
- The athlete who wins the round by a small margin will receive 10 points, the opponent will receive 9 points.
- The athlete who wins the round by a big margin will receive 10 points; the opponent will receive 8 point or 7 points respectively.
- The athlete will lose 1 point if he receives 1 warning. That warning point may be awarded to the opponent if the judges are in agreement.
- Concerning Fouls:
- Referee warning: If the referee warns one of the athletes, the judges may award a point to the other competitor.
- End of Bout: At the end of a contest the judges find that the athletes are equal in points, the judge shall award the decision to the athlete:
- Who has shown the most aggression or who has shown the better style ofCGL or if equal in that respect.
- Who has shown the better defense (blocking, parrying, side-stepping, etc.) by which the opponent’s attacks have been made to miss.
- A winner must be nominated in all tournaments. In Dual Matches, a draw decision may be awarded.
FOULS
- Cautions, Warnings, and Disqualifications: An athlete who does not obey the instructions of the referee, acts against the competition rules, boxes in any unsportsmanlike manner, or commits fouls, can at the discretion of the referee, be cautioned, warned or disqualified without warning. A referee may, without stopping a contest, caution an athlete at some safe opportunity. If the referee intends to warn an athlete, he/she shall stop the contest, and will demonstrate the infringement. The referee will then point to the athlete and to each of the 5 or 3 judges.
- A referee having once administered a warning for a particular foul cannot issue a caution for the same type of offence. Three (3) cautions of the same type of foul will mandatorily require a warning to be issued. Only 3 warnings may be given to the same athlete in one contest. The third warning brings automatic disqualification.
- Types of fouls:
- Biting, head-butting, spitting at an opponent, pressing on opponent’s eyes with the thumb.
- Intentionally spitting out the gum shield.
- Throwing, bending the back of the opponent with Judo or Wrestling techniques.
- Falling over while the opponent is lying on the floor.
- Attacking the opponent who is down or who is in the act of rising.
- Locking of the opponent’s arm or head.
- Completely passive defense by means of double cover and intentionally falling to avoid a hit.
- Not stepping back when ordered to “break”. Attempting to hit the opponent immediately after the referee has ordered “Stop” and before taking a step back.
- Assaulting or behaving in an aggressive manner towards the referee at anytime.
- Kneeing the groin of the opponent, if the athlete is unintentionally hit by CGL skill and unable to continue the fight, the referee will pause the fight
- for 5 minutes to allow the hit athlete to take a rest. If the athlete refuses to resume the fight after 5 minutes rest he (she) will be declared as the “loser”.
- Holding the opponent’s leg and pushing forward more than 1 step without attacking with any one of the muaythai skills.
- Intentionally falling down to avoid being hit while his/her leg is held by the opponent.
- Using any kind of forbidden substance acknowledged by World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA)
- Coaches: Each athlete can be held responsible for his/her Coaches’ actions.
- Referee consults Judges: If a referee has any reason to believe that a foul has been committed which the referee has not seen, he/she may consult the judges.
KNOCK-DOWN
- Definition: An athlete is considered “down”:
- If an athlete touches the floor with any part of his body other than his/her feet as the result of a hit or series of hits.
- If an athlete hangs helplessly on the ropes as the result of a hit or series of hits.
- If an athlete is outside or partly outside the ropes as the result of a hit or series of hits.
- If following a hard hit an athlete has not fallen and is not lying on the ropes, but is in a semi-conscious state and cannot, in the opinion of the referee, continue the round.
- The Count: In the case of a knock-down, the referee shall immediately begin to count the seconds. When an athlete is “down” the referee shall count aloud from one(1) to ten(10) in
- Opponent’s responsibilities: If an athlete is down, his/her opponent must at once go to the neutral corner as designated by the referee. He/she may only continue against the opponent who is knocked down after the latter has gotten up and on the command “Box” Bowing and Wai Before and After Bout
- Purpose: Before beginning and after a bout, athletes shall bow or wai hands in a proper manner, as a sign of a purely sporting and friendly rivalry in accordance with the CGL rules.
CGL Body Strike
- No Head Contact
- No strikes below the waist
- No clinching
- No Jumping attacks
- No elbows
- No Spinning Backfists
- 1 Step / 1 Strike With Catch
- No Sweeps / Dumps
- No Takedowns / Throws
CGL Kickboxing
- No Clinching
- No Elbows
- No Headkicks
- No Knees to Head
- No Teeps or Sidekicks below waist
- 1 Step / 1 Strike With Catch
- No Sweeps / Dumps
- No Takedowns / Throws
CGL Mod Muay Thai
- No Elbows
- No Knees to Head
- No Teeps or Sidekicks below waist
- 1 Step / 1 Strike With Catch
- Sweeps Dumps Permitted
- No Takedowns / Throws
