welcome to IBJJF tutorials this video will be discussing referee format the organizers of the tournament may opt to appoint three referees for a single match whenever they deem it necessary in this case to corner referees shall be seated in chairs placed at opposing corners of the match area the corner referees bare the same powers as the central fre and all are any points advantage points or penalty points awarded must be confirmed by at least two of the three referees should there be a consensus between the corner referees and the central referee the corner referees shall
remain seated in the chairs at the corners of the match area should there be a conflict of opinion with the central referee the corner referees should stand up and signal for points advantage points or penalty points to be awarded or subtracted using gestures predefined in this rulebook should there be a discrepancy between all three referees on points to be awarded for the same move the intermediary decision shall count for example when one referee Awards a guard pass the second Awards an advantage point and the third asks the points to be subtracted the advantage point shall
be recorded on the scoreboard entra referee decides to disqualify an athlete due to the athlete committing a severe foul he will make a gesture before stopping the fight if at least one of the side referees repeats the gesture the referees decision is confirmed and he or she is authorized to stop the fight if the referee decides to disqualify an athlete due to the athletes accumulation of four penalties serious foul or lack of combativeness the referee will make the serious penalty gesture before stopping the fight if at least one of the side referees repeats the gesture
the referees decision is confirmed and he or she is authorized to stop the fight you in the event of a match ending in a draw the central referee should maintain his or her position and the corner referee should remain in their seats determining the results of the match by signaling their arms which of the two athletes they consider to have won the bout when deemed necessary the IBJJF will use two additional referees with access to video replay for the correction of awarded points advantages or penalties on the scoreboard the correction of any points advantages or
penalties originally awarded by the central referee will only happen in the event of agreement between the two additional referees with access to the video replay after the two referees with access to the video replay have reached an agreement on how to correctly adjust the current score they will communicate the decision via the radio system the central and side referees cannot contest the decision reached by the two referees with access to the video replay if you have any questions or concerns regarding referee format visit IBJJF comm forward slash rules
