British Judo, in collaboration with highly experienced Competition Controllers and Referees across the country, would like to help our membership to refine their knowledge ahead of a potential “return” to events in 2021.

The online courses consist of three modules each and is open to all corners of the Association whether you are an athlete, coach or volunteer.

Technical Officials

British Judo in collaboration with highly experienced Competition Controllers from around the country, would like to help the membership to refresh their confidence, ability, and skills for technical officiating roles in preparation for a competition return which we hope will be later this year.

It may seem that competition in the form that we all know and love is still some considerable time away right now, but British Judo would like to help refresh officials minds on the fundamentals, whilst at the same time covering some subtle changes that have been implemented and documented in the 2020 update of resource materials.

The full documentation package has been revised to bring British Judo up to date with current practices, and to explain some of these changes we have very experienced Competition Controllers offering their expertise. The refresher modules will cover many of the basics, however, more pressing questions on the same subjects may be asked for clarification at the end of the presentations.

The three modules will be held on the following dates (all running at 19:00-20:30):

19th April 2021
17th May 2021
21st June 2021

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Contest Rules

The theme of examining each criterion with current IJF guidelines as the basis will as it did before give participants the knowledge to interpret decisions within the current rule set to IJF standards. The refresher modules will be suitable for competitive athletes, competitive coaches, referees, technical officials and anyone else interested.

British Judo are becoming more optimistic about a return to competition later this year and would like to help refresh the minds of the membership on the fundamental principles of contest decision making. It is envisaged that all participants would benefit from these modules in some way, it is also hoped that attendees will acquire subtle contest management tips that may help them understand very tight matches more clearly.

Contest Rules are under continual review by the IJF in an effort to make our sport more dynamic, attractive, and enjoyable to more people. However, if any of us have difficulty understanding the current interpretations, it has quite the opposite effect as we don’t understand the results, so refreshers are highly recommended. The refresher modules will cover many of the changes in this Olympic period, and other pressing questions on the same subjects may be asked for clarification at the end of the presentations.

The three modules will be held on the following dates (all running at 19:00-20:30):

Monday 26th April 2021
Monday 24th May 2021
Monday 28th June 2021

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