THE TOURNAMENT

Results

The tournament will take place on October 31st in Miami.

Miami Dade College Parking pass

Miami Dade College - Kendall Campus
11011 SW 104th Street
Miami, Florida33176
Gibson Center - G117

The athletes must be at the warm up area, according to their fighting schedule.
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.

The athletes from the following countries Brazil, France, Portugal, Japan and Canada must be affiliated with their countries national Brazilian jiu jitsu federation, and must bring federation ID at the event before their fights, otherwise you will not be able to compete.

REGISTRATION

Registration closed.

The registration fees for the tournament are as follows:

• The fee for registration in the Gi tournament , i.e., received by Saturday, October 10, 2009 is $82.00.
• The fee for registration in the Gi tournament , i.e., received by Saturday, October 24, 2009 is $97.00.

REGISTRATION CHECK DAY

ALL ATHLETES MUST CHECK THEIR REGISTRATION INFORMATION ON THE REGISTRATION CHECK DAY - OCTOBER 29 ON OUR WEBSITE WWW.IBJJF.ORG

Corrections by e-mail:
The athletes can send one e-mail with changes on the registration, by sending a email to ibjjf@ibjjf.org with the subject 'MIAMI OPEN CORRECTION'. The deadline is October 27 5PM Brazilian 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 October 29, 5PM Brazilian Time) .

The brackets will be released before the tournament . On Friday , October 30, 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 .

MIAMI INTERNATIONAL OPEN JIU-JITSU CHAMPIONSHIP 2009

DIVISIONS

Junior 16/17 year-olds

Only bluebelts
Men and Women
16 and 17 year-olds will compete in the same division
Athletes born on 1992 and 1993 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:
whitebelts - 5 minutes (There`s no open class)
bluebelts - 6 minutes
purplebelts - 7 minutes
brownbelts - 8 minutes
blackbelts -10 minutes

Masters (30-35)

Athletes born between 1974 and 1979
Fight time:
whitebelts - 5 minutes (There`s no open class)
bluebelts - 5 minutes
purplebelts - 6 minutes
brownbelts - 6 minutes
blackbelts -6 minutes
Men only

Seniors 1 (36-40)

Athletes born between 1969 and 1973.
Fight time:
whitebelts - 5 minutes (There`s no open class)
bluebelts - 5 minutes
purplebelts - 5 minutes
brownbelts - 5 minutes
blackbelts -5 minutes
Men only

Seniors 2 (41-45)

Athletes born between 1964 and 1968.
Fight time:
bluebelts - 5 minutes
purplebelts - 5 minutes
brownbelts - 5 minutes
blackbelts -5 minutes
Men only

Seniors 3 (over 46)

Athletes born in 1963 and before.
Fight time:
bluebelts - 5 minutes
purplebelts - 5 minutes
brownbelts - 5 minutes
blackbelts -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: Whitebelts - 5 minutes (There`s no open class)
Fight time: Bluebelts - 6 minutes
Fight time: Purplebelts - 7 minutes
Fight time: Brown/blackbelts – 10 minutes

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

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.

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

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