Part I. The nature and system of carrying out competitions

Article 1. The nature of competitions

1. Universal fight is a dual event sports competition. The first part involves clearing a special strip of obstacles. The second part, which follows the first, is a hand-to-hand fight in a ring.
For children of 8-13years old there is a second type of dual event - the match is organized on tatami or fighting carpet including the elements of free-style wrestling, judo, sambo and other kinds of fights.
2. Competitions are divided into the following types:
a)individual
b) team
c)individual-team
3. The type of competition is defined by the Competition Regulations for each individual case (see appendix 1).
4. In individual competitions only individual places of participants are established.
5. Team competitions are competitions between teams.  In this event the places won by teams are established on the grounds of the results of a competition.
6. Individual-team competitions establish the individual places of participants, and the place of a team is determined according to the individual results of the members of the team, in compliance with the Competition Regulations.

Article 2. The system of carrying out competitions

1. Competitions are carried out in compliance with the principle of removal of the participant from the competition after he is beaten for the first time (the Olympic system).  The winner of the final contest takes the first place, and the loser of the final contest takes the second one. The athletes who lose in semi-final get the third place. The competitions can be carried out as circular or mixed system under special conditions, separate weight categories.
For the children of 8-13 years old competitions can be made with being-out after the first defeat, after two defeats or following the circle system (with a limited quantity of participants in a weight category up to 4 people). Winners and the places of the participants are identified according to the «Regulations» and «Rules» of the fight competitions with the circle system.
2. The order of matches between fighters (or teams) is normally established by means of a draw.  In the process of the draw the strongest fighters and those fighters, who belong to the same team can be re-allocated, if this is allowed by the Regulations.
3. Formula of an individual competition
Initially participants compete to clear special obstacles strip (on parallel strips).
The person who finishes first is the winner of the first event and receives one point.
4. One minute after the finish on obstacle strip, the fighters are called into a ring and the second event begins – the hand-to-hand fight in a ring.
For the children of 8-13 years old: the sportsmen are called to tatami (the fight carpet) 1 minute after the finish. Number of rounds for children of 8-13 years – 2 rounds 1 minute each,  in the final – 1,5 minutes.
The number of rounds and their length depends on the age and the qualification of sportsmen, and also on the stage and ranking of a competition (article 3), which are established in the Regulations. 
The victory in a ring competition can be clear, in which case the fight in the ring and the contest finish before the appointed time.  Otherwise, participant receives one point for each round that he wins.
The overall winner of the double event is the person who obtained ahead-of-time victory in either the obstacle strip or the ring fight, and if this did not happen, the winner is the person with the most points when the results of the two events are added together.
5. Formula of a team competition
A team competition consists of consecutive individual matches (one for each weight category starting with light weights), where teams present their fighters who have been registered and weighed in.
The following criteria are used to determining the winners of team competitions: the number of victories in individual matches, the quality of victories, and, when the number of victories is equal, the victory of matches in the heaviest weight category (see appendix 3, 1).

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