Bridge

All situations of voluntarily landing in the bridge position, will be considered ippon.

Head defence

Voluntary use of the head for defence to avoid landing in  / escaping from a score will be given hansoku-make. In this case uke would land on their stomach or front side or knees. The competitor loses this contest but can continue in the competition if applicable.

• • Special attention will be given to the following situations where tori attempts to throw his opponent during tachi-waza:

• • Seoi-otoshi
• • Seoi-nage 
• • Sode-tsurikomi-goshi  with the grip on both sleeves. 
• • Koshi-guruma with both grips on the collar.

These are examples and this situation can occur with other throwing techniques.