World Armwrestling Federation (WAF) - Version 2009

World Armwrestling Federation (WAF)
Rules of Armwrestling
Sitdown and Standing
Originated Sept. 1994
Revised Oct. 28, 1995; April 1996;
August 1997;October 1998; Dec 2, 1999
November 2000; November 2001; November 2002;
November 2003 (no changes); December 2005; November 2006,
October 2007; December 2008; September 2009

Section 1 – Technical Rules

1.1 Teams

1.2 Number in a Team

1.3 Weight Classes

1.4 Weigh-ins

1.5 Age Groups

1.6 Team Points

Section 2 – Equipment Specifications

2.1 Table

2.2 Table Top

2.3 Elbow Pads

2.4 Touch Pads

2.5 Placement

2.6 Touch Pads

2.7 Hand Peg

2.8 Table Frame

2.9 Seats

2.10 Material

2.11 Chalk Stand

2.12 Staging

2.13 Riser Platform

2.14 Straps

2.15 Uniforms

Section 3 – Referees

3.1 Director of Referees

3.2 Director of Referee Training

3.3 Competition Referees

3.4 Stand-up Style

Section 4 – Protocol

4.1 Rules of the tournament

4.2 Drug Testing

4.3 Fines

Section 5 – Competition Rules

5.1 Double Elimination Seeding

5.2 General Guidelines

5.3 Setting-up / Start of Match

Section 6 – Universal Words

Section 7 – Warnings

Section 8 – Fouls

8.1 Fouls

8.2 Referee Grip

8.3 Elbow Fouls

8.4 Slip outs

8.5 Straps