• RINGSIDE RULES
  • ALL IKF Event Representatives are required to make sure all these rules are abided to at the events they oversee.
    1. Event Officials and Event Personnel ONLY are allowed to sit at the Ringside Tables. This is NOT a Spectator Area and NO GUESTS of Officials will be allowed to sit at Ringside. all at ringside must be 18 years of age or older. The event Officials shall include;
       • IKF Event Representative
       • IKF Scorekeeper (This could be the Ringside Representative as well)
       • IKF Judges as approved by the IKF Event Representative. There must be a minimum of "2 FEET" between each Judge and anyone else at the table they are sitting at.
       • IKF Referee(s) as approved by the IKF Event Representative.
       • Timekeeper as approved by the IKF Event Representative.
       • IKF Kick Counters as approved by the IKF Event Representative.
       • Ringside Physician(s) as approved by the IKF Event Representative.
       • Event Photographers as approved by the IKF Event Representative. NO Flash Photography at Ringside or within 10 feet of the edge of the fighting ring. Flashes can temporarily blind a fighter which could lead to serious injury of the blinded fighter.
       • *IKF Event Video Crew as approved by the IKF Event Representative.
         • (*) ALL Video Crew used on an IKF Sanctioned event can only be approved by the IKF Event Representative.
       • Event Ring Announcer
       • Event DJ (MC - Music)
       • Event Ring Girls & Assistant (Best to be kept in seats between the first audience row and the ring itself instead of at the ringside tables.)
       • Fighters Trainers and or Cornermen when their fighter is fighting.
         • ANY other individuals allowed at Ringside must be approved by the IKF Event Representative. Event Promoter and family members over 18 are allowed.
    2. NO Flash Photography at Ringside or within 10 feet of the edge of the fighting ring. Flashes can temporarily blind a fighter which could lead to serious injury of the blinded fighter.
    3. No "CHEERING" by those sitting at the ringside tables. Those seated at the ringside tables are suppose to be "Event Officials" who are suppose to be neutral to each and every fighter. For this reason, Cheering of a fighter while sitting at a ringside table is prohibited.
    4. No Sharp Objects are allowed at Ringside that point upward such as trophies. These items may cause serious injury if a fighter falls out of a ring.
    5. No ALCOHOLIC Beverages of ANY kind are allowed at ANY of the Ringside Tables.
    6. All drinks must be in an enclosed bottle or, if an open cup, be placed under the table at all times. This avoids any drinks splashing or spilling on important paperwork if a fighter falls out or steps out of the ring onto a ringside table and to avoid any fluids splashing in the drinks. (Blood for example)
    7. NO GLASS Containers, drink containers, plates, trays etc. at all are allowed at ringside. We had a fighter get cut on a water container when he slipped out of the ring and this should have never happened.
    8. ALL FOOD, if any, at or on any of the ringside tables must be covered when a bout is in progress to avoid any fluids splashing on the food. (Blood for example)
    9. There must be a minimum of "5 Feet" from the edge of each ringside table to the edge of the first spectator chair at ringside so event officials can move freely around the ring during an event.
    10. It is BEST if the promoter places a restrictive barrier between the first row of ringside seats and the event officials area. This prevents the crowd from confronting any event official and also keeps the crowd away from the ring to avoid any incidents or safety issues with the officials as well as the fighters and trainers.
    11. There must be a minimum of 2 feet on each side of each event judge to allow his/her privacy of judging each bout.
    12. NO ONE may sit by an event judge while a bout is taking place UNLESS one judge is training another as approved by the IKF Event Representative.
    13. Each (2) Kick Judge/Counter is required to have a stool (not a chair) Provided by the event promoter that places them high enough at ringside to see the bout.
    14. No "VOICED COMMENTATING" with a microphone to the event audience by ANYONE when a bout is in progress. Commentating for TV is of course allowed.
    15. For rules of the FIGHTING RING, please go to the Fighting Ring Page.
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