Epi 248 The Grappling Referee David Karchmer - a podcast by Byron Jabara
from 2018-06-11T16:00
This week we have a conversation with the grappling referee David Karchmer. David has been a BJJ Black Belt since 2012. He has officiated over 3,500 gi and no-gi matches for multiple organizations.
We talk about:
- This reason for his website The Grappling Referee
- Doing video education for interesting calls in BJJ matches
- How enforcing the borders is different between organizations and individual referees
- When to move grapplers back to the middle of the mat
- The role of safety in border enforcement
- What happens when two competitors fly off the mat
- What is done when a submission attempt ends up out of bounds
- Getting submitted by a move that is not intended to be a submission
- When it is appropriate to talk to the referee
- How injuries are handled from a referee's point of view
- Kids vs Adults rules
- When a referee should stop a match
- Common mistakes competitors make
- Remembering to control long enough to get you points
- Bending the rules
- Advice for people that want to be a referee
- Finding a mentor for being a referee
Links:
- The Grappling Referee website
- Go like his Facebook page you will learn great stuff
- Davids other interview with The BjjBrick Podcast
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