Referee zone

This area of the website is to help referees in Auckland in their development and keep up to date with changes in rules and their interpretation.

We are lucky in Auckland to be the home of the current Oceania Judo Union Refereeing Director, Craig Monaghan and olympic referee, Dave Browne as well as several former international and olympic referees.

For any queries about refereeing please contact our Refereeing Director - Craig Bartlett on president@judoauckland.co.nz

For a copy of the current IJF refereeing rules click here

Rule Change - The IJF has now implemented some major rule changes, the details of this are here, the IJF Referee Commission has also emphasised stricter interpretation of the rules relating to negative judo and details can be found here interpretation of rules for kumi kata and for negative judo