Competition Rules in Kurash

 

Kurash is a throwing style of jacket wrestling. There is no ground fighting unlike Judo and Sambo. The object of Kurash is to throw the opponent cleanly onto their back.

 

Any grip above the waist including belt grips are allowed and, unlike Judo, there are no restrictions on stance, double sided grips etc thus allowing wrestlers more freedom to adapt their own style of upper body gripping strategies and throws. The prohibition of grips below the belt does, however, rule out the use of leg grabbing attacks and leg pickup counters thus making Kurash a highly spectacular and spectator appealing style of wrestling.

 

Uniform

 

The Kurash uniform is based on the colours of the Uzbek national flag. Contestants wear a blue or green jacket (yaktak) similar to a Judo jacket, white trousers and a red belt.

 

Kurash Contest Scoring

 

Those familiar with Judo contests should find Kurash scoring relatively straightforward to understand.

 

KHALOL                - 10 points: awarded for throwing the opponent cleanly onto their back

YONBOSH                -  5 points: awarded for throwing the opponent onto their side

CHALA                 -  3 points: awarded for throwing the opponent onto their buttocks or front

 

Penalties are awarded for infringements based on the aforementioned prohibited acts

 

TANBEKH                -  3 point penalty: awarded for

• avoiding taking a grip
• passivity (~20 seconds of inactivity)
• grabbing the opponent’s trousers
• kicking or striking the opponent
• stepping outside the contest area

 

DAKKI                  -  5 point penalty: awarded for

• false attacking
• applying technique outside the contest area
• disobeying the referee’s instructions
• ungentlemanly conduct
• applying a crushing technique
• deliberately leaving the contest area
• having received TANBEKH a further penalty meriting TANBEKH

 

GIRROM                - 10 point penalty: awarded for

• injuring opponent with an illegal technique
• head diving
• having received DAKKI a further penalty is incurred

 

Total victory:

 

A score of KHALOL or GIRROM automatically terminates the contest and the winner receives 10 points and the loser 0.

 

Two YONBOSH scores to one competitor also terminate the contest in their favour. YONBOSH to one competitor and DAKKI penalty to the other will also terminate the contest. In both cases the winner receives 10 points and the loser 0.

 

Points victory:

 

In contests where a 10 point victory has failed to be achieved within the allotted time the contest is determined by the competitor with the highest level score.

 

One YONBOSH or DAKKI beat any number of CHALA and/or combination with a TANBEKH penalty. The winner receives 5 points and the loser 0 points.

 

In the situation where CHALA or TANBEKH is the highest level score then the winner receives 3 points and the loser 0 no matter how many CHALA have been awarded.

 

If a positive score is cancelled out by penalty thus making the contest equal at the end then the winner is deemed to be the wrestler with the positive score. The winner receives 1 point and the loser 0.