THE TOURNAMENTS

NEW YORK INTERNATIONAL OPEN JIU-JITSU CHAMPIONSHIP 2009
The tournament will take place on April 18th, in City College New York - NY.

ONLINE REGISTRATION

Athlete list: By academy - By category

The New York International Open Jiu-Jitsu Championship 2009 is realized by United States Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Federation.

The capacity of registration is limited for this event.

THE FEDERATION RESERVES THE RIGHT TO CLOSE THE REGISTRATION when we reach full capacity, or april 10, wichever comes first.
Make sure to register early to save a spot

City College New York
160 Convent Avenuet
New York, NY 10031

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.

NEW YORK INTERNATIONAL OPEN JIU-JITSU NOVICE CHAMPIONSHIP 2009

The tournament will take place on April 18th, 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, MASTER or SENIOR 1, and FEMALE: ADULT, and is intended to give budding competitors experience in the largest US tournament alongside many of the great athletes in sport jiu-jitsu.

REGISTRATION CHECK DAY - APRIL 16th

ALL ATHLETES MUST CHECK THEIR REGISTRATION INFORMATION ON THE REGISTRATION CHECK DAY - APRIL 16 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 'NEW YORK OPEN CORRECTION'. The deadline is April 14, 5PM pst.

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 April 16, 5PM pst) .

On Friday , April 17 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 .

NEW YORK 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:
bluebelts - 6 minutes
purplebelts - 7 minutes
brownbelts - 8 minutes
blackbelts -10 minutes

Masters (30-35)

Athletes born between 1974 and 1979
Fight time: Bluebelts – 5 minutes
Purple/brown/blackbelts – 6 minutes
Men only

Seniors 1 (36-40)

Athletes born between 1969 and 1973.
Fight time: all belts - 5 minutes Men only

Seniors 2 (41-45)

Athletes born between 1964 and 1968.
Fight time: all belts - 5 minutes Men only

Seniors 3 (over 46)

Athletes born in 1963 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

NEW YORK INTERNATIONAL OPEN JIU-JITSU NOVICE CHAMPIONSHIP 2009
DIVISIONS

Adult, Master and Senior 1 - Male
Fight time: 5 minutes
There is no open class

Adult - Female
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.

HOW TO ENROLL

ONLINE REGISTRATION

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.