THE TOURNAMENT
The tournament will take place on November 29th and 30th 2008 in Tokyo Budoh-Kan Gynasium, tokyo- to adachi-ku ayase 3-20-1.

THIS IS AN OPEN EVENT. ALL ATHLETES OF ANY CITIZENSHIP ARE WELCOME TO COMPETE. TRIALS NOT REQUIRED.

The athletes must be at the warm up area, according to their fighting schedulle.
The athlete only can enter in the fighing area when is called by the official.
In case of victory the athlete must return to the warm up area, and remain there till the next fight.
No coaching is alowed in the fighting area.

REGISTRATION

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REGISTRATION CHECK DAY - NOVEMBER 27th

ALL ATHLETES MUST CHECK THEIR REGISTRATION INFORMATION ON THE REGISTRATION CHECK DAY - NOVEMBER 27th ON OUR WEBSITE WWW.IBJJF.ORG

Corrections by e-mail:
The athletes can send one e-mail with changes on the registration at no charge, by sending a email to ibjjf@ibjjf.org with the subject 'ASIAN CORRECTION'. The deadline is November 25th 5PM Tokyo Time.

Registration Check day:
The athletes must make sure that their information is correct by checking the website on the registration list for their weight, belt, academy, age division, and name information. If there are any mistakes on the information (ei. typing mistakes by IBJJF) please send an email to ibjjf@ibjjf.org. (deadline November 27th, 5PM Tokyo Time) .

The brackets will be released before the tournament . On Friday, November 28th, the brackets will be available online at our website.

After the registration check day, no changes will be made and no refunds will be given.

During the tournament, any mistakes on the brackets that were not correct previous to sign-in check day will lead to immediate disqualification .

REFEREE COURSE

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SCHEDULLE

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DIVISIONS

Junior 16/17 year-olds

Only bluebelts
Men only
16 and 17 year-olds will compete in the same division
Athletes born on 1991 and 1992 are eligible to compete
Fight time: 5 minutes

Adults

The division is open for everyone, but athletes of other age divisions willing to compete here will not be allowed to fight in their own division (athletes can only enroll in one age division)
Fight time:
bluebelts - 6 minutes
purplebelts - 7 minutes
brownbelts - 8 minutes
blackbelts -10 minutes

Masters (30-35)

Athletes born between 1973 and 1978
Fight time: Bluebelts – 5 minutes
Purple/brown/blackbelts – 6 minutes
Men only

Seniors 1 (36-40)

Athletes born between 1968 and 1972.
Fight time: all belts - 5 minutes Men only

Seniors 2 (41-45)

Athletes born between 1963 and 1967.
Fight time: all belts - 5 minutes Men only

Seniors 3 (over 46)

Athletes born in 1962 and before.
Fight time: all belts - 5 minutes Men only

Women

There will be six weight divisions (check weight list)
Brown and blackbelts will compete in the same division
Adults only
Fight time: Bluebelts - 6 minutes
Fight time: Purplebelts - 7 minutes
Fight time: Brown/blackbelts – 10 minutes

ASIAN OPEN JIU-JITSU NOVICE CHAMPIONSHIP 2008

The Asian Open Jiu-Jitsu novice championship 2008 will be held on Saturday, November 29th, prior to the main event. On This event the points will be tallied separately from the main tournament. The points breakdown is as follows: First place- 9 points, Second place- 3 points, and Third place - 1 point. The event is for white belts only, MALE: ADULT or MASTER, and FEMALE: ADULT, and is intended to give budding competitors experience in the largest World tournament alongside many of the great athletes in sport jiu-jitsu.

• Fight time: 5 minutes

• There is no open class.

WEIGH INS

Before his/her first fight, the athlete will check his/her weight with the Gi. There is only one opportunity to check the weight. If the competitor does not make his/her weight,they will be immediately disqualified. Please make sure that you are in the correct weight division. You can not change divisions ,if you do not make your designated division. No changes will be accepted in the tournament day, no refund.

All athletes should fight and weigh-in with tradicional weave fabric gi only (single, double or golden). All blue, all white or all black. No other kind of gi is allowed.

OTHER INFO

Before each fight, athletes must show their Ids to the officials. Make sure you have it at hand.
Before each fight, all athletes residants in Japan should show the officials, the BJJF of Japan ID valid for the year of 2008.

Each academy can only have two athletes in the same division (of age/weight/belt). If your academy has problems regarding the number of athletes in each division, please send an e-mail to IBJJF ibjjf@ibjjf.org.

Before each fight, athletes will be asked to show their Ids to the officials. Make sure you have it at hand.

Depending on the number of athletes in the tournament, some classes may not have an absolute division.