IBJJF Rules for Kids and Adults

1. Jumping to closed guard: A serious foul for under-15 divisions and for white belts of any age (Art. 6.2.2). Juvenile blue and purple belts may jump guard. Check the event for 15-year-olds.

Illegal for everyone in these divisions: compressing the kidneys or ribs with the legs in closed guard; wrist lock; single leg takedown with the head outside; bicep slicer; calf slicer; knee bar; toe hold; straight foot lock turning toward the foot not under attack; heel hook; locks twisting the knees; knee reaping; toe hold with outward pressure on the foot; slam; spinal lock without a choke (neck cranks, twisters, can openers); scissor takedown (kani basami); bending the fingers backward; throwing the opponent onto their head by the belt while defending a head-outside single leg; suplex landing the opponent on the head or neck.

1. Single leg takedown with the head outside: Prohibited but not penalized where illegal: the referee restarts the match standing (Art. 1.3.6).
2. Knee reaping: Reaping: the thigh is behind the opponent's leg, the calf crosses over the body above the knee, and the foot passes the opponent's midline, putting pressure on the knee from outside to inside. Nobody needs to be holding the foot.
3. Jumping to closed guard: A serious foul for under-15 divisions and for white belts of any age (Art. 6.2.2). Juvenile blue and purple belts may jump guard. Check the event for 15-year-olds.

Illegal for everyone in these divisions: slam; spinal lock without a choke (neck cranks, twisters, can openers); scissor takedown (kani basami); bending the fingers backward; throwing the opponent onto their head by the belt while defending a head-outside single leg; suplex landing the opponent on the head or neck.