SECTION 7
Illegal and Potentially Dangerous Holds/Maneuvers
1. The safety of the wrestlers is paramount. Any and all holds/maneuvers used in such a way as to endanger life and limb are illegal. Any act that goes beyond aggressive wrestling becomes unnecessary roughness. There are some holds/maneuvers that are legitimate, but because of their nature are potentially dangerous. It is, therefore, important and necessary that illegal acts be thoroughly understood. Illegal acts may be classified as either unnecessary roughness or illegal holds/maneuvers.
2. Illegal holds/maneuvers include, but are not limited to:
a. Body Slam.
b. The salto or suplay or any variation which meets slam criteria.
c. An intentional drill or a forceful fall back.
d. Pulling back as opposed to grasping the thumb or one, two or three fingers.
e. a double underhook snap back from the standing position;
f. the hammerlock above the right angle;
g. the twisting hammerlock along with lifting the elbow off the back in a hammerlock situation;
h. any headlock in which the arms or hands are locked around the opponent’s head without encircling an arm (elbow or above) or leg (except in the guillotine after near-fall criteria has been met or ¾ Nelson);
i. straight head scissors (even though an arm is included);
j. full nelson;
k. holds putting pressure in the throat and/or carotid artery;
l. twisting kneelock taken against the joint and/or away from the body;
m. keylock;
n. overhead double arm bar;
o. locking the hands behind the back in a double arm bar from the front;
p. neck wrench;
q. front, quarter nelson with the chin;
r. leg block(cut-back);
s. overscissors when pressure is applied against the joint which may cause hyperextension;
t. bending, twisting or forcing the head or any limb beyond its normal limits of movement;
u. back bow;
v. figure 4 around the body or both legs;
w. chicken wing with pressure toward the shoulder, parallel to the long axis of the body;
x. hand(s) in the eye(s) or raking the eye(s);
y. any hold used for punishment;
z. any hold with pressure exerted over the opponent’s mouth, nose, throat or neck that restricts breathing or circulation; and
aa. a back flip from the standing position.