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Training & Sparring Safety Rules

Leverage BJJ believes in improving the skill of all BJJ practitioners. Classes are taught on concepts and techniques, followed by specific drills, and always end with rolling. These safety rules apply to every sparring session on our mats in TTDI, Kuala Lumpur.

General Rules

  1. No kicking, punching, striking, biting, fish-hooking, scratching, pinching, clawing, eye-gouging, ear-grabbing, hair pulling or squeezing of the groin.
  2. No slamming and no spiking your partner on the head. No takedown that accomplishes slamming or spiking.
  3. Release the hold when your partner taps with hands, feet or verbally. Tap early and tap fast to avoid injury.
  4. No jumping closed guard (pulling guard is fine). No scissor takedown from standing.
  5. No grabbing any less than 4 fingers or 5 toes.
  6. No spinal or neck cranks where pressure cannot be relieved by moving — no full nelson, can opener or finishing the twister.
  7. No placing hands on the face or neck to smother your partner's breathing.
  8. No placing the tip of the elbow or knee on your partner's face.
  9. No long untrimmed fingernails or toenails.
  10. No open wounds or cuts.
  11. No training if showing symptoms of illness or skin infections such as ringworm, fungal or staph infection.
  12. Legality of submissions follows the lower belt rank unless agreed before sparring. No heel hook, toe hold, calf or bicep compression, kneebar or wrist lock on 2-stripe white belts and below. Brown and black belts may agree on their own rule set.

Gi-Specific Rules

  1. No heel hooks.
  2. No grabbing the inside part of the sleeve or pants.
  3. No sticking the foot or feet between the belt and the torso.
  4. No using the belt to strangle your partner.
  5. No dirty, smelly or unwashed gi.

No-Gi Specific Rules

  1. No grabbing the clothing material of your partner.
  2. No dirty, smelly or unwashed clothing.
  3. Must wear a rash guard or t-shirt — no topless sparring. Male trainees must wear pants or shorts.

Gym Hygiene

Our mats are cleaned regularly with disinfectants and the gym is sanitised regularly by professionals. Showers, toilets, a cold plunge and coffee are available on site.