INTERNATIONAL KAZAK KURESI RULES INTERNATIONAL RULES OF «KAZAKH KURESI» (abridged version)

Content SECTION I. 5 CHARACTER AND METHODS OF CARRYING OUT COMPETITION Article 2. Systems and methods of conducting competitions 5

SECTION II. 5 COMPETITORS OF COMPETITIONS Article 3. Order of carrying out the mandate commission 5 Article 5. Weight categories 6 Article 6. Weighing of participants 7 Article 8. Costume of the participant and electronic scoreboard 7

SECTION III. 9 THE JUDICIAL BOARD Article 10. Structure of judiciary board 9 Article 13. Head of carpet 11 Article 14. Arbitrator 11 Article 15. The side referee 12 Article 17. Technical secretary, informant, commentator 12 Article 19. Doctor of Competition 13

SECTION IV. 13 RULES OF REFEREEING Article 21. Сontent of fight 13 Article 22. Beginning and end of the bout 15 Article 23. Course and duration of the fight 15 Article 25. Result and evaluation of the bout and criteria for 15 evaluating technical actions Article 26. The flawless victory «Taza» 17 Article 27. Victory with advantage 17 Article 28. «Koyan-Koltyk Beldesu» 17 Article 31. Evaluation of techniques 19 Article 34. Prohibited holds and actions 22 Article 35. Prevention 23 Appendix 1 OFFICIALS' GESTURES Appendix 2 THE JUDICIAL PROTOCOL

3 INTRODUCTION The Kazakh kuresi is a wrestling on the rack with action without grasping the legs with hands. Struggle in the stalls or lying positions are not allowed. In the technical arsenal of Kazakh kuresi there are a lot of technics. Many of them are used in the fight of judo, sambo, Greco-Roman, freestyle and other forms of martial arts. In Kazakh kuresi throws can be made by arbitrary seizure of clothes, belt with one or two hands, the seizure of arms and torso. The Kazakh kuresi throws can be made in footsteps, undercuts, hooks, throws through the back, through the thigh, throws through the chest are very popular. Kazakh kuresi rules as the rules of other forms of wrestling, improved from year to year, taking a new and attractive methods adopted to give an entertainment fight. Kazakh kuresi is a national wrestling with a special individuality and it is distinguished from other kinds of wrestling, which was transferred to us as a national treasure from generation to generation, and it is one of the official forms of national sport included in the state’s sport register. Kazakh Kuresi is promoted at the national level, once in two years held the World Championship, annually-Asian Championship, as well as three international and twenty national tournaments. Over the past decade, «Kazakh kuresi» has become a popular sport and entered to the international arena. This is confirmed by the 2006 World Cup in Almaty, the World Championship with the participation of athletes from 48 countries, the II Championship in 2008 in Orsk city, Russian Federation with participation of athletes from 30 countries and the III World Championships that was held in October 2010 in Astana with Participation of 40 countries from 5 continents, in 2013 Cape town city, South Africa hosted the first African Championship. IV World Championship was held in Minsk, the Republic of Belarus, the 5th World Championship was held in Orenburg, the Russian Federation, the VI World Championship was held in Mongolkure, Republic of China, and also conducted two European Championships, eleven Asian Championships, three World Cups. In Iran was held the World Championship among youth, and in 2012, Sao Paulo, Brazil, the World Youth Championship was held. Every year in Kazakhstan with the participation of foreign athletes performed tournament among adults Grand Prix in memory of Yrgyzbay Doskhanauly licensed by UWW. In 2016 UNESCO entered Kazakh Kuresi into the representative list of non- material cultural heritage of mankind noting it’s influence on strengthening of the relations between communities based on the principles of tolerance, goodwill and solidarity.

4 SECTION I. CHARACTER AND METHODS OF CARRYING OUT COMPETITION Article 2. Systems and methods of conducting competitions

1. At the competitions, participants should be divided into two groups (even and not even side) by the draw. Each side has its own subgroups (a system with distribution to subgroups). The competitions should be divided into a preliminary part, a semi-final, a «consolatory part» and a final. In this case, consolatory meetings are always held by the finalists. 2. Depending on the number of participants of competition can be held on one of two ways:

circular divided into groups, subgroups

2.1. circular (if there are not more than 5 participants in the weight category), all the participants carry out fights among themselves, after the end of the personal meetings, the winner and the prize winners are determined by calculating the result and the number of fights by a large sum of points. 2.2. with division into groups at quantity more than 6 participants. 3. Order of meetings between participants (teams) is determined by the drawing of lot, by chosen system and method of conducting the competitions. 4. The system and method of conducting the preliminary and final parts of the competition must be specified in the Regulation.

SECTION II. COMPETITORS OF COMPETITIONS Article 3. Order of carrying out the mandate commission

1. Participants of international competitions, had been included in the calendar of the World Federation of «Kazakh Kuresi» (hereinafter Federation), must have an international license of the participant of the United World Wrestling (UWW). 2. The application of the organization for the participation of its team and athletes in competitions is drawn up in accordance with the established form with mandatory presence of stamped signatures of the head of the organization, trainer and doctor certifying the appropriate preparedness of the participants. The deadline for submitting preliminary applications should be indicated in the Regulation. The final application for participation in the competition must be submitted by the representative of the team to the mandate commission not later than 3 hours before the weigh-in. 3. The admission of participants should be carried out by mandate commission consisting of the representative of the conducting organization, the chief judge or his deputy, the chief secretary, the head doctor and members of the commission who check

5 the applications and documents of the participants for compliance with the requirements of the Regulation. Responsibility for admission of participants in disputable cases is borne by the representative of the conducting organization. 4. The admission of participants should be carried out according to the Regulation. Among adults, allowed to participate athletes who are 18 years old or older .

Article 5. Weight categories

1. Competitors should be divided into the following weight categories:

№ Age categories Weight categories 1. men and juniors - 60 kg, -70кg,- 80 кg, -90 кg, +90 кg, AWC. (6 weight categories).

2. Children (boys 14-15 years): 38, 42, 46, 50, 55, 60, 66, 73, +73 kg

3. Youth (16-17 years) 46, 51, 57, 64, 72, 81, +81 kg.

4. Veterans 36-45, 46-55, 56-60, 61- - 60, 70, 80, 90, +90 кg. Absolute weight 65 years and older category (AWC) from 82 kg and above

5. Girls 16-17 years 36, 40, 44, 48, 52, 57, 63, 70, +70 кg

6. Children (girls14-15 years) 33, 36, 40, 44, 48, 52, 57, 63, +63 кg;

7. Junior and women (over 18 years) 48, 52, 57, 63, 70, 78, +78 кg;

2. In the group of youth and adults (men and women), competitions can be held for the title of absolute champion «Tuye Paluan». Men athletes over 90kg. are allowed to participate in the absolute weight category competition «Tuye Paluan». Women athletes over 70kg. are allowed to participate in the absolute weight category competition «Tuye Paluan». 3. In the absolute weight category, the draw shall be held before the start of the competition. All participants of the absolute weight category in the form of Kazakh kuresi are lining up at the edge of the carpet, the main secretary on the list specifies the exact number of those present. For the draw each participant invited to the table according to the list, the judge informant announces the lot number of each athlete.

6 Article 6. Weighing of participants

1. The weighing procedure intended to establish the correspondence of the participant's weight to the limits of one of the weight categories. The competitor has the right to compete in these competitions only in the weight category that is set for him during the weigh-in. 2. The order and time of weighing of participants should be specified in the Regulations. A wrestler who late or did not show up for weigh-in is not allowed to compete. Within 1 hour prior to the beginning of weighing, participants are given the right to make control checks on the scales on which the official weigh-in will be carried out. Weigh-in is carried out once in the first day of the competition or one day before and lasts for 1 hour, the beginning and end time of the participant's weighing is indicated in the Regulation. It is allowed to use several scales for weighing, however participants in the same weight category must be weighed on the same scale. 3. The weighing is carried out by a team of judges appointed by the chief judge, which includes: deputy chief judge (one of the carpet leaders), a representative of the competition secretariat, doctor and two or three judges. 4. Before weighing, all participants undergo external medical supervision by competition doctor. Participants are weighed in a special room or behind the screen semi-naked: men - in trunks, women – in swimsuits. 5. When weighing, the participant must present a photo document that certifies his identity, a UWW participant's license (for international competitions), insurance, a medical control card and a completed questionnaire. 6. The weighing results are recorded in the protocol, which is signed by all members of the judging panel.

Article 8. Costume of the participant and electronic scoreboard

1. Jackets for Kazakh kuresi are sewn in a special cut and made of white cotton cloth with red or blue stripes on the right and left sides, starting from the back of the waist (belt holes), passing over the shoulder to the front of the jacket (belt holes), edging hem, sleeves, the entire lapel jacket (red or blue). The width of the strips is 5 cm. The sleeve of the jacket is up to the elbow bend, and the width leaving a space for the palm, it is not less than 10 cm. The lower edges of jacket are not long, 15 cm. To pass the belt along the waistline, two slots are made 5 cm forward and backward from lateral seam. The belt must be inserted into these slots, double-encircle and tightly fit the body and be tied at the front with a knot securing both its turns. The ends of the tied belt should not be longer than 15 cm. The jacket should be 20-25 cm below the waist. The shorts are short, the length is just above the knee 10-15 cm. 2. Wrestler's footwears are soft-leather with soft soles, without protruding solid parts (all seams must be sealed inside). The pins and feet in the area of the joint of the thumb are protected by leather felt pads.

7 Photo #1

3. Shorts for participants of the Kazakh Kuresi competition are made of white cotton cloth with cuts on the sides, with two stripes on the right and left of the thigh (blue or red), the width of the bulb is 1cm. They start from the top belt line, inside of the short's belt passes a cotton fabric cord. From below shorts should cover ½ of the thigh 4. Participants of the competition go to the parade of opening, closing and rewarding in a jacket and belts of blue color or in the sports form of their team. During the fight the competitor is not allowed to wear rings, bracelets, earrings, chains and other items that may cause injury. 5. All international competitions should be held using an electronic scoreboard. The electronic scoreboard contains a program with an exact stopwatch of the main and additional time, an electronic signal (gong) signaling about the end of the fight time, estimates for the technical actions of the fighters and the number of warnings for each participant (Photo # 2). The carpet informer shows the assessments of the wrestlers' actions in the scrum on the electric board or on the demo board after the carpet leader announced them.

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Note: Electronic scoreboards where the scores are presented to wrestlers as a number can be adapted to the rules of Kazakh kuresi then the scores will be replaced by balls; - Evaluation «BUK» - 1 ball; -Evaluation «ZHAMBAS» - 3 points; -Evaluation «ZHARTYLAY» -6 points; -The obvious advantage -12 points.

SECTION III. THE JUDICIAL BOARD Article 10. Structure of judiciary board

1. The judiciary board includes: - The main panel of judges - the chief judge, the deputy chief judge, the heads of carpets, the chief secretary; - Judges - Arbitrators, side referees, referees - timekeepers, secretaries, informers, judge who leads the participants to the parade; - Maintenance personnel - commentators, doctors, commandant, etc. (the calculation of the necessary number of judges and staff is indicated in Table 2.)

The list of the judges serving one carpet (Table No.2):

№ Judges Number 1. Chief judge 1 2. Deputy chief judges 1 3. Chief Secretary 1 4. Technical Secretaries 2 5. Arbitrators controlling time 2 6. Judges 8 7. Informer (announcer) 1 8. Nurse 1 9. Commandant 1

9 10. Secretary 1 11. Head of Carpet 1 12. Doctor 1 Total: 21 people

2. The wrestlers are judged by a team consisting of: a carpet leader, arbitrator, side judge, timekeeper. 3. The actions of wrestlers in the scrimmage are evaluated by a neutral referee team: the head of the carpet, arbitrator, and the side judge, representing the three different teams. Each of them makes a decision to evaluate the actions of wrestlers independently and when analyzing protests and disputable moments is obliged to argue their actions with the relevant provisions of the rules. 4. Judge must have a judge's uniform, judge's ticket, judge's license, competition rules. The judge's uniform (Photo #3, #4) consists of a black shirt, right wristband - red, left - blue, gray trousers, socks and sport shoes, black cotton footwear, approved by the Federation. On the left breast is the emblem of the judge of the corresponding category.

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10 Article 13. Head of carpet

1. When refereeing the fight, the head of the carpet settles down at the judges' table and supervises the work of judges’s panel. 2. Head of carpet: 2.1. complete the judges' brigades for fights; 2.2. calls to carpet and presents the participants of bout, and also announces its result (in the absence of a commentator); 2.3. Evaluates the actions of wrestlers and situations, accompanies it with established gestures, and, taking into account the opinion of the majority of the three judges, announces the final decision; 2.4. if necessary or significantly diverges the views of the three judges, stops the fight and makes a final decision after further discussion of the disputed situation; 2.5. after announcing the third warning to the wrestler (wrestlers), he invites the main judge to the carpet to participate in the decision on the need to declare the third warning «ESKERTU». 2.6. When receiving a protest from a representative of the team, stops the fight.

Article 14. Arbitrator

1. The arbitrator, being on the carpet and using his voice, terms and gestures directs the bout, evaluates the techniques, actions and positions of the wrestlers, makes sure that the bout is held in strict accordance with the rules. 2. Arbitrator: 2.1. before the fight represents fighters with gesture; 2.2. gives command «BASTA» about the beginning of the fight and its resumption in the rack in the middle of the carpet after breaks in the bout; 2.3. With «TOKTA» command stretching his arm towards the wrestlers with an open palm stops the fight: - if the wrestlers were in a position «outside of carpet», - if in the struggle they are not active enough and do not make any real attempts to conduct any technical actions, - if one or both of the wrestlers needs medical assistance, - In a situation where it is necessary to tie a belt, put the form in order, accompanying it with a gesture of «stop time» (Photo # 5) - if a fighter violated the rules - at the request of the head of the carpet, - at the request of a side referee, if the arbitrator considers that it is possible at the moment, - at the request of a fighter, if the arbitrator considers that it is possible at the moment, - if he see that the score on the electronic tablet is not set correctly,

11 2.4. stops the fight early: if has given assessment of pure throw «TAZA» executed by the wrestler in the fight, two judges from the three judges give, if in the fight there is a clear advantage of one of the wrestlers if a decision is made to remove the fighter from the bout or disqualify him; 2.5. if the scoreboard or the head of the carpet gives a signal to end the bout; 2.6. when announcing the result of the bout, standing, facing the leader of the carpet, taking both participants in the middle of the carpet by the hands, raises the winner's hand.

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Article 15. The side referee

1. The side referee is located near the carpet opposite to carpet leader's table. 2. With the additional time «Koyan-Koltyk Beldesu», he can get up from his seat. 3. The side referee independently evaluates the actions of the wrestlers, signaling their assessments with established gestures (Appendix 1). 4. In all cases when, in his opinion, it is necessary to interrupt the fight, the side referee makes a corresponding gesture, drawing the attention of the arbitrator, and points out to him certain moments of the struggle.

Article 17. Technical secretary, informant, commentator

1. Technical secretary is at the table of the head of the carpet and records the technical actions and warnings that the carpet leader announces in the appropriate boxes of the judicial protocol. At the end of the bout, he sets the score and time of the bout, hands over the referee's report to the head of the carpet to determine and announces the result of the bout, and then writes this result to the protocol. 2. Evaluation of techniques in the order of their performance by wrestlers are recorded in the protocol by figure 1, or signs , , ,

12 Warnings are indicated by the letter «E». If to the fighter is made the first warning, for his opponent is counted «BUK» , the second warning, for his opponent is counted «ZHAMBAS» . A total victory is recorded with a « « sign with an explanation of the time of the early victory (Appendix 2). 3. Сommentator presents the participants of the next bout. If the competitions are held simultaneously in two rooms, they are served by two commentators. 4. Depending on the nature of the informational equipment, it is allowed to combine the work of timekeeper and informant or the technical secretary and informant. 5. In the absence of a commentator, with the permission of the chief judge, carpet leaders can represent the judges' brigade of the carpet, call on the carpet and represent the next couple of wrestlers, during the bout, announce the scores of techniques, announce appraisals of techniques, and after its end - the result.

Article 19. Doctor of Competition

1. The doctor of the competitions should be a member of judiciary board as the Chief Judge’s deputy in the medical service and take part in its work. 2. The doctor of the competition: 2.1. be a member of the commission that accepts the venue of the competitions 2.2. checks the correctness of registered applications, the presence in them a doctor's visa to admit participants to the competition; 2.3. present at the weigh-in, conducts medical control (external inspection, etc.) of the participants; 2.4. monitors compliance with sanitary-hygienic requirements in the competition venues; 2.5. performs medical examination and observation of participants in the process of competition; 2.6. directly on the carpet provides medical assistance to wrestlers, gives an opinion on the possibility or impossibility of continuing wrestling or competition, immediately informs the chief judge of the competition and submits him a corresponding certificate for the secretariat; 2.7. at the end of the competition, submit a report on medical and sanitary providing of the competition, indicating cases of illnesses and damage.

SECTION IV. RULES OF REFEREEING Article 21. Сontent of wrestling

In Kazakh kures it is allowed to make throws and other attacking and defensive actions in the rack. I. The positions of fighters 1. Standing - the position of the wrestler, at which he touches the carpet only with his feet (standing on his feet).

13 2. Lying - the position of the wrestler, at which he touches the carpet with any part of his/her body, except for the soles of the feet. Lying, as well as falling after a throw, the wrestler may be: 2.2. on the back - in a position where the wrestler touches the carpet with both blades or at a pace (without stopping) rolling on the back; the position of the «bridge» at which the wrestler is with his back to the carpet and touches him only with his feet and his head, while the head can be on the wrestler's torso, is equated with the position « half of a back or on one side»; 2.3. on one side - in a position where the wrestler touches the carpet with one blade, and his back at the level of the blades forms an angle of up to 90 degrees in relation to the carpet; the «half-bridge» position, in which the wrestler is with his back to the carpet and touches him with his feet, his head and shoulder, while the head and shoulder can be on the wrestler's torso, is equated with the position «on one side»; 2.4. on the chest and abdomen - in a position where the wrestler touches the carpet with his chest or abdomen, and his back at the level of the shoulder blade forms an obtuse angle with respect to the carpet; 2.5. on the buttocks or at the waist - in a position where the wrestler touches the carpet with one (two) buttocks or lower back; 2.6. on the shoulder - in a position where the wrestler touches the carpet with a shoulder joint or shoulder, pressed to the body; 2.7. on the knees (knee) - in a position where the wrestler touches the carpet with the knees (knee), while he/she can sit on his calf muscles, without touching the surface of the carpet with the buttocks; 2.8. on the hands (hand) - in a position where the wrestler touches the surface of the carpet with hands. 3. Stand up fighting (on the rack) - both wrestlers on standing position. II. Throws 1. A throw is considered to be the action of a fighter in a capture, as a result of which the opponent loses his balance and falls on the carpet, touching his surface with any part of the body other than the feet; falls into one of a «lying» positions. A counterblow is a throw at which the defending wrestler in response to the enemy's attacking actions intercepts the initiative and throws it himself, changing the character or direction of the attacker's fall. 2. Only the throws that the wrestler holds before the throw (before the start of the opponent's fall) in the standing position are evaluated. It is considered that the throw is made by the attacking fighter without falling, if he keeps his standing position during the throw (from its beginning to the moment of completion). The throw is considered to be completed with the attacking fighter falling, if during the throwing he passes into one of the «lying» positions or leans on the lying opponent in order to keep the balance. Any reversals in the struggle lying down, as well as throws performed by a wrestler in the «lying» position, are not evaluated.

14 Article 22. Beginning and end of the bout

1. Wrestlers are summoned to the carpet for wrestling: 2. Before the start of the fight, the wrestler, called first (in red form), stands in the red corner of the carpet, and his opponent (in blue form) - in the blue corner. After the performance, the wrestler must put his right hand to the left side of his chest and bow. At the gesture of the referee wrestlers converge in the center of the carpet and shake hands with a twofold touch of the left and right side of the chest. Then they take a step back and at the command of the arbitrator «BASTA» begin to fight. 3. The fight ends on the gong (sound signal), and not on the referee's duplicating order. 4. At the end of the bout, wrestlers occupy the same places on the carpet as before the start of the bout. To announce the outcome of the scrum, the referee summons wrestlers to the middle and, after taking both wrestlers by wrists, raises the winner's hand, after which the wrestlers exchange a handshake with two-fold touching the left and right chest and leave the carpet.

Article 23. Course and duration of the fight

1. The duration of the bout is fixed: - for adults and juniors (men) - 5 minutes; - for adults and juniors (women) - 4 minutes; 2. The timing of the bout begins with the first «BASTA» command of the referee. Break times are not included in the clean (actual) time of the bout. In exceptional cases, it is allowed to include the break times in the scrum, not accompanied by the gesture of the arbitrator «Stop the time», in the clean time of the bout (except for the semifinal and final), if specified in the Regulations of the competition. 3. During a fight, wrestlers can not go out of carpet without permission of an arbitrator. If necessary, the competitor may leave the carpet with the permission of the arbitrator to arrange the suit. 4. To provide medical assistance in case of injuries received by a fighter, should be given time in the amount of no more than 3 minutes during one bout. Medical assistance should be provided directly on the carpet (the edge of the carpet).

Article 25. Result and evaluation of the bout and criteria for evaluating technical actions

1. The result of a bout may be the victory of one of the wrestlers and the defeat of the other. 2. Victory can be (see the results table and scores of the bout): 2.1. flawless; 2.2. with an obvious advantage; 2.3. result of «koyan koltyk beldesu»; 15 2.4. for prevention; 2.5. when withdrawing and disqualifying an opponent from a fight 3. Flawless victory - «TAZA»: 3.1. clean throw; 3.2. two throws with an assessment of «zhartylai zhenis»; 3.3. four throws with a rating of «zhambas»; 3.4. twelve evaluations of «buk» 3.5. if it is impossible to continue the fight (denial, injury, delayed time for medical assistance); 3.6. disqualification of the opponent for violation of the rules. 3.7. removal of both fighters for the passivity or disqualification of both fighters for violating the rules (ahead of schedule!) The main criteria for assessing the technical actions of wrestlers: All technical actions; Throws with feet, footsteps, pick-ups, hooks, thigh throws, throws through the back, throws through the chest, sit downs, twisting, throws off balance, counter-measures, etc. are evaluated if they meet the criteria: - control - contact A flawless throw «TAZA» is evaluated when the opponent falls on: - Back (touching both shoulder blades) 4. Evaluation of the throw of the half-victory «Zhartylai zhenis»: - simultaneous contact one of shoulder blade and shoulder; - for simultaneous contact with the upper part of the thigh and pelvis; - falling on the bridge, half bridge; - falling to the side (touching the shoulder and hip, the upper part of the thigh) at which the position of the opponent's body was at an angle > 85 degrees to 175 - the fall at which the position of the opponent's body was at an angle of more than 85 degrees while the far leg from the competitor's carpet falls behind his back. 5. Evaluation of the throw «Zhambas» at which the opponent fell to: - pelvis; - waist; - on the right or left side of the thigh; 6. Evaluation of the throw on the «BUK» in which the opponent fell and touched: - hands(hand) (hand, elbow, forearm, shoulder); - a knee or two knees; - breast, abdomen; - falling on the side (touching the shoulder and the front of the pelvis) at which the position of the opponent's body was at an angle of less than 85 degrees while the long leg from the competitor's carpet remains in the front when falling. 5. All ratings are summarized: - Three evaluations of «BUK» are equated with one evaluation of «ZHAMBAS»; Two evaluation of «ZHAMBAS» are equated with a single evaluation of «ZHARTYLAY ZHENIS»; 16 - two evaluation of «ZHARTYLAY ZHENIS» are equated with one evaluation of «TAZA».

Article 26. The flawless victory «Taza»

1. A flawless victory is awarded to: 1.1. for a clean throw; 1.2. with the obvious advantage of one of the wrestlers; 1.3. when the opponent is removed from the bout for the fourth warning 1.4. at removal of the opponent from a fight for the fourth prevention. 2. A clean throw is a throw with fall and without fall of attacking person, as a result of which the standing attacked person falls on his back or rolls on his back at a tempo (without stopping). 3. With a flawless victory, the winner gets 10 classification points, the defeated one - 0 classification points.

Article 27. Victory with advantage

1. If, at the end of the bout, one of the wrestlers has the advantage of «BUK» before «ZHARTYLAY ZHENYS», then this wrestler is awarded a victory with an advantage. At the same time the winner receives: - «BUK» - 3 classification points - «ZHAMBAS» -5 classification points; - «ZHARTYLAY» - 7 classification points; - «TAZA» -10 classification points. The defeated player gets 0 points.

Article 28. «Koyan-Koltyk Beldesu»

1. In the absence of scores, when the points are equal in the end of the fight wrestlers are given an additional 3 minutes time. Upon termination of a fight with the neutral account the arbitrator gestures for additional time. 2. Conditions for carrying out the «Koyan-Koltyk Beldesu». 2.1. Three judges of the bout in case of additional time: the head of the carpet, arbitrator, and the side referee go to the carpet; 2.2. Wrestlers are placed in the center of the circle in the cross capture (capture in which one of the opponent's hands is at the bottom of the opposite hand and the second from above) (Photo #6); 2.3. Red belt wrestler takes the first capture, blue belt wrestler takes second and he is not allowed to change the position of the lower arm, the two-handed grip for the opponent's belt should be from above on back between two cuts of jacket (Photo #7);

17 2.4. the referee with both hands touches the back of the wrestlers, after making sure that the wrestlers are ready, gives a «BASTA» command on the back of each competitor; 3. Wrestlers are prohibited: - move without referee's command; - release the grip; - to rest the head against the rival's breast - stand on the knee (knees); - Get out of the carpet. 4. Determination of the winner: - victory is awarded for the technical action, throw with a fall or from the rack; - if the opponent first stepped out or took over the carpet line, regardless during the throw or fight; - if the opponent has dissolved the capture; - if the opponent first touched the third point (knee, shoulder, arm, head, stomach, pelvis, back) carpet; 5. At the end of an additional 3 minutes, if the winner is not determined, the victory is awarded to a wrestler of a lighter weight category, when weighing, participants are prohibited from taking off the form, knee pads, belts and wrestles.

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18 Article 31. Evaluation of techniques

1. The methods of the attacking wrestler, the conduct of which did not give him a clean victory, are evaluated by «BUK», «ZHAMBAS», «ZHARTYLAY ZHENIS» (Article 25, paragraph 2-4). Quality and accordingly the evaluation of the throw depends on: - which part of the body the attacker fell as a result of the opponent's throw. 2. The evaluation of the «BUK» is awarded to (Photo #8-11): 2.1. for a throw from the standing position, when the opponent touched the carpet with his hand (hands); 2.2. for a throw from the standing position, in which the opponent fell on his stomach, chest; 2.3. for a throw from the standing position, in which the opponent fell on the knee (knees) or shoulder; 2.4. for the first warning announced to the enemy.

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3. The evaluation of «ZHAMBAS» is awarded to (Photo # 12-14): 3.1. for a throw from the standing position, in which the opponent fell on the right or left upper part of the thigh; 3.2. for a throw from the standing position, in which the opponent fell on the stomach, buttocks, waist, or shoulder; 3.3. for the second warning announced to the enemy.

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Photo #14 21 4. The evaluation of «ZHARTYLAI» is awarded (Article 25, paragraph 2) (Photo #15-16) 4.1. for a throw from the standing position, when the opponent fell on his side; 4.2. for the third warning announced to the enemy.

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Article 34. Prohibited holds and actions

1. In competitions on Kazakh kuresi it is forbidden: 1.1. throw the opponent after the command «TOKTA»; 1.2. do suffocating grips, and also clamp your opponent's mouth and nose, preventing breathing; 1.3. strike, scratch, bite; 1.4. two-handed grip and twisting of the opponent's neck;

22 1.5. rest their hands, feet or head in the face of the enemy; 1.6. press with your elbow or knee from above on any part of the opponent's body; 1.7. grab hold of the fingers on the opponent's hands; 1.8. make a bend of the hand behind the back, painful tricks on the wrist; 1.9. to carry out painful techniques while standing; 1.9.1. to carry out throws from knee (Photo #17-18). 2. If the judges do not notice that one of the wrestlers carries out a prohibited reception, then the victim is allowed to give a signal in a voice or gesture. The submission of a false signal is considered and punished as a prohibited action. 3. The following actions are also prohibited: - grabbing the bottom part of the jacket, shorts, the ends of the belt, - grip over the edge or carpet cover; - deliberate violation of the sports form (take your hand out of the sleeve of the jacket, untie the girdle without the permission of the judge, etc.).

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Article 35. Prevention (ESKERTU)

1. Violations of the Rules for which a wrestler can be given a warning (ESKERTU) or for which he can be removed from one fight or from a competition (Photo #19-25): 1.1. being late to the carpet; 1.2. using prohibited reception, captures, restraints;

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1.3. rude conduct of the struggle; 1.4. violation of discipline, for kicking (performing sweeps) on the opponent's legs without breaking balance;; 1.5. conversations on the carpet; 1.6. evasion of the fight and other prohibited actions; 1.7. leaving the carpet without the consent of the arbitrator, including the provision of medical assistance; 1.8. hints accompanied by unethical behavior of a representative, coach or other members of his team (for violation of article 9, paragraphs 5, 6), located near the carpet. 1.9. if during the bout, the representative of the team raised «kamcha» (form of protest) and after discussion of the decision of the referees remained unchanged, the participant whose representative challenged the decisions of the reverees is given a warning to «ESKERTU» 2. During a fight, a wrestler can not be made more than four warnings. The arbitrator does not have the right to make a fighter a warning «ESKERTU» without agreement with the rest of the three judges. 3. For being late to carpet for more than 1 minute - the first warning «ESKERTU».

25 Photo #26 4. During the bout, the warnings are made to the wrestler (wrestlers) by majority votes of the panel of judges. 5. For the first warning «ESKERTU 1», the «BUK» (Photo 26) rating is given to the opponent, for the second «ZHAMBAS» (Photo 27), the «BUK» rating is annulled for the first warning.

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- For the third warning announced to the enemy, the evaluation of «ZHARTYLAI» (Photo 28) is awarded and the evaluation given for the second warning «ZHAMBAS» is annulled.

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- For the fourth warning (ESKERTU) to the enemy, the pure victory «TAZA» (Photo #29) is awarded, the participant is removed from the fight.

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27 Appendix 1

Officials' Gestures А – Arbitrator, S – Side judge, C – Carpet leader

Official № Gesture making a Description of gestures gesture 1. Introduction of А Stands facing the judges' table and symmetrically to participants the players. When introducing a participant stretches in his direction the arm with the shirt sleeve of the corresponding color. Then raises his stretched arms up to the shoulder level simultaneously (edges of the palms down), each in the direction of the respective player. Brings the hands together at the shoulder level, directing to the middle of the mat and coming to that place simultaneously with the players. 2. Start of the А With the start of the bout (or its resumption from bout the center of the mat) gives the command “BASTA” After that makes a step back and assumes the position suitable for watching the wrestlers’ actions.

3. Flawless А,S, C Loudly pronounces «TAZA» and raises up the victory straight arm with the sleeve of the corresponding color, with the open palm forward.

4. BUK А,S, C Loudly pronounces «BUK» raises hand with a wristband of the corresponding color, at the level of the chest in front of him, fingers are pressed to each other, palm down and leads to the side. 5. ZHAMBAS А,S, С Loudly pronounces “ZHAMBAS” raises hand with a wristband of the corresponding color, at the breast level in front of him, the fingers are clenched into the fist and leads to the side. 6. ZHARTYLAY А,S, С Loudly pronounces «ZHARTYLAY» raises hand ZHENYS with a wristband of the corresponding color, at the level of the chest in front of him, fingers are pressed to each other with the edge of the palm, the little finger facing down and leads to the side. 7. «Hold is not А, S Makes 2-3 movements of the hand (with an open scored» palm down) in the horizontal plane. 28 8. «Off mat» А Raises the hand to the shoulder level nearest to the position carpet edge. After that, he gives the command «TOKTA» and points with his straight hand to the middle of the carpet. The fight resumes in the center. 9. Prohibited А, S Raises the arm up to the chest level and grips with (illegal) hold one hand the wrist of the other, after that imitates the violation. 10. Warning А Facing the officials' table and standing in the middle of the mat puts the hand with the sleeve of the corresponding color on the shoulder of the player at fault and with the other hand shows the evaluation for the warning. 11. Stop the time А Holding the forearm of one hand at the face level with a horizontal open palm downwards, puts the fingers of the other open palm, located vertically, with the rib forward, to the middle of this palm. 12. End of the А, C Puts forearm in a cross. Both palms forward. bout 13. Activize the А Rotates the forearms with the arms bent in the actions elbows in front of the chest. 14. Demand S Lifts up bent in the elbow arm with the open palm attention forward and makes 2 - 3 moves with his hand in the vertical plane. 15. Require S, C Bended at the elbows hands at the chest level, the warning fingers are pressed to make 2-3 consecutive For passive rotational movements with hands. One hand with a fighting matching color sleeve points to the corner of the carpet that is fixed to the athlete who violated the Rules.

16. Athletes in А Loudly gives the command «TOKTA», then shows places it with his hands (open palms down) to the corners of the carpet. 17. Declaring the А Stands in the middle of the mat facing the officials' winner table, having taken the wrists of both contestants (the color of the referee's sleeve corresponds to the color of contestants’ belt). When the carpet leader declares the winner, the referee lifts his arm up. Then the referee and the contestants turn around and the referee lifts up the winners arm ( the color of the sleeve does not correspond to that of the contestants belt) The wrestlers shake hands with two-fold 29 touching the left and right side of the chest and leave the carpet. 18. Declaring А Starting position is the same. When the carpet elimination leader declares the result of the bout, the referee of both holds both contestants hands but don't lift them up. contestants The rest is the same as in declaring the winner. 19. Stop the fight А Extends his hand towards the wrestlers with a palm forward, loudly pronounces the command «TOKTA»

30 Appendix 2

THE JUDICIAL PROTOCOL of fights on Kazakh kuresi

Weight category ______кg

FULL ZH- № TEAM BUK ZHAMBAS WARNINGS TIME JUDGES NAME ZHENIS C А 1 S

Designation of evaluation:

BUK «KOYAN-KOLTYK BELDESU»

ZHAMBAS А - «AYKYN BASYMDYLYK» - A clear advantage

ZHARTYLAY Designation of fight time - 1’33’’ C- carpet leader А- arbitrator TAZA ZHENIS S- side judge

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