Smokey Mountain Shiai

Tournament Director: Kasey Reagan phone: (828) 736-6667 email: smokeymountainjudo@gmail.com

****VENUE: WOLFETOWN GYM, BIA HIWAY 422, CHEROKEE, NC 28719**** PLEASE NOTE: GPS IS NOT PULLING UP THE DIRECTIONS CORRECTLY FOR WOLFETOWN  GYM. YOU CAN GOOGLE "SANTAS LAND FUN PARK AND ZOO" IN CHEROKEE. THE GYM IS ACCROSS THE HIWAY, UP ON THE HILL.

Awards: 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place medals, 1st. 2nd and 3rd place team trophy.

Registration is online via SMOOTHCOMP. DEADLINE FOR  REGISTRATIION WIILL BE FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 4, 2026 AT 11:00 PM.  

Tournament date: Saturday September 6, 202522, CHEROKEE, NC 28719

Cost $25 per division.

DIVISIONS: VETERANS (Masters), SENIORS-NOVICE GREEN BELT AND BELOW, ADVANCED BROWN BELT AND ABOVE. JUNIOR DIVISIONS DIVIDED BY AGE.  ALL DIVISIONS WILL BE DIVDED by MALE and FEMALE AS WELL AS WEIGHT

JUNIOR MATCHES WILL BE 3 MINUTES, AND SENIOR matches WILL BE 4 MINUTES.

Schedule: Saturday, SEPTEMBER 5, 2026: Check in/Weigh in 8:00 am-10:00 am. Referee Meeting 9:30 am. 11:00 am OPENING CEREMONY/COMPETITION starts.

ANY COLOR GI WILL BE ALLOWED. WE WILL HAVE BLUE AND WEIGHT SASHES FOR COMPETITORS TO USE.

Tournament director reserves the right to combine and modify divisions as necessary.

KOSEN JUDO RULE SET:

ARMLOCKS ONLY ALLOWED IN SENIOR ADVANCED DIVISIONS,

CHOKES ARE ALLOWED ONLY IN DIVISIONS THAT ARE 13 YEARS AND OLDER 

TECHNIQUES ALLOWED:

LEG GRABS, ALL GRIPS

NO HEAD DIVING TO AVOID THROWS

ALL THOWS ALLOWED EXCEPT DISQUALIFIED THROWS SUCH AS KANI BASAMI; DIRECTOR WILL GO OVER THIS AT TOURNAMENT.

ALL MATCHES WILL BEGIN STANDING

GROUNDWORK WILL BE ALLOWED TO CONTINUE, UNLESS STALEMATE OR INACTIVITY.

MATCHES RESTART STANDING AFTER A MATTE CALL.

WAYS TO WIN:

SUBMISSION, including pins

IPPON THROW will be called Wazari, two will equal Ippon.

YUKO-anything below ippon

OSAEKOMI WAZA POINTS (PINNING)

20 SECONDS-Ippon

10 SECONDS -Wazari

5 SECONDS-Yuko

*****PLEASE NOTE JUNIORS AGE 12 AND BELOW WILL ONLY BE USEING PINS AND THROWS TO EARN POINTS.****

PENALTIES:

SHIDO-MINOR OFFENSE TOTAL OF 3 IN A MATCH = HANSOKUMAKE (DISQUALIFICATION)

HANSOKUMAKE-USING FORBIDDEN TECHNIQUES, INTENTIONALLY HURTING OPPONENT, BAD SPORTSMANSHIP.