THE TOURNAMENT

The tournament will take place on April 16th, in City College New York - NY.

The tournament has reached full capacity
The registration is closed

Registration deadline: 09/Apr/2011
Prices:
$92 - by 23/Mar/2011
$102 - by 01/Apr/2011
$117 - by 09/Apr/2011

Registration check day: April 13th

Tournament place:

NAT HOLMAN GYMNASIUM
City College New York
160 Convent Avenue
New York, NY 10031

ALL ATHLETES OF ANY CITIZENSHIP ARE WELCOME TO COMPETE. TRIALS NOT REQUIRED.

The athletes from the following countries Brazil, France, Portugal and Japan 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.

Map:

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REFEREE COURSE

On Friday, April 15th, prior to the New York International Open Jiu-Jitsu Championship, the IBJJF will be giving a Referee course. 

Time:
2PM - 5PM

Fee - 30 dollars

Renzo Gracie Academy NYC
224 West 30th Street , NY
NY 10001

For more info email to ribeiro@ibjjf.com

DIVISIONS

Juvenile male

Only bluebelts
Athletes born on 1994 and 1995 are eligible to compete and will compete in the same division
Fight time: 5 minutes

* On the registration form, all Juveniles must register in Juvenile 1 division

Juvenile female

There will be six weight divisions (check weight list)
Only bluebelts
Athletes born on 1994 and 1995 are eligible to compete and will compete in the same division
Fight time: 5 minutes

* On the registration form, all Juveniles must register in Juvenile 1 division

Adult male

The division is allowed to athletes born on 1993 and years before
Fight time: whitebelts - 5 minutes
Fight time: bluebelts - 6 minutes
Fight time: purplebelts - 7 minutes
Fight time: brownbelts - 8 minutes
Fight time: blackbelts -10 minutes

Adult female

The division is allowed to athletes born on 1993 and years before
There will be six weight divisions (check weight list)
Brown and blackbelts will compete in the same division
Fight time: whitebelts - 5 minutes
Fight time: bluebelts - 6 minutes
Fight time: purplebelts - 7 minutes
Fight time: brown/blackbelts - 10 minutes

Masters

Athletes born between 1976 and 1981
Fight time: white/bluebelts - 5 minutes
Fight time: purple/brown/blackbelts - 6 minutes

Seniors 1

Athletes born between 1971 and 1975.
Fight time: white/blue/purple/brown/blackbelts - 5 minutes

Seniors 2

Athletes born between 1966 and 1970.
Fight time: blue/purple/brown/blackbelts - 5 minutes

Seniors 3

Athletes born in 1965 and years before
Fight time: blue/purple/brown/blackbelts - 5 minutes

HOW TO ENROLL

The tournament has reached full capacity
The registration is closed

MALE WHITE, BLUE, PURPLE AND BROWN - FEMALE WHITE, BLUE AND PURPLE: Online Registration

MALE BLACK BELT - FEMALE BROWN AND BLACK: Online Registration

THE FEDERATION RESERVES THE RIGHT TO CLOSE THE REGISTRATION when we reach full capacity, or April 9, wichever comes first.
Make sure to register early to save a spot.

It is mandatory for all the male black belts and female brown and black belts to carry the IBJJF/USBJJF/CBJJ membership id cards in the IBJJF sanctioned events. 

To register in any event sanctioned by IBJJF its required to have the ID membership valid for the current year. The valid ID number is required at the moment of the registration.

You can apply for your membership ID in the link's below:

For USA residents (USBJJF): http://www.usbjjf.org/member.htm

For residents in other countries, except Brazil (IBJJF): http://www.Ibjjf.org/member.htm

If you do not follow the guidelines, IBJJF reserves the right to deny participation of any athlete in this division. All registers in the Black Belt division are under IBJJF approval.

Membership Deadline: April 1st 2011

For more info on how to apply for IBJJF id card email to membership@ibjjf.com

The head coach of an academy's competition team shall be granted the right to change a competitor's registration information. Such changes are limited to: weight division, competitor's name/nickname, academy affiliation and those member's of the academy that will be competing in the open weight division.

Open Class Registration

Juvenile male and female: blue belts

To sign up for juvenile open class male and female, just check the box during your online registration. Open class available for middle weight and above.

Adult, Master, Senior 1 male and Adult female: white belts
There is no open class.

Adult female: blue, purple and brown/black belts

To sign up for adult open class female, just check the box during your online registration.

Adult male: blue, purple and brown belts

Athletes who placed 1st, 2nd and 3rd in their weight divisions are eligible to register for the Open Class bracket. The athletes willing to register in the open class should register at the event administration table after having his weight division medal awarded, according to the registration schedule . No registrations will be accepted after the registration closing time schedule.

Adult male: black belts

Black belts registered in the event are eligible to participate in the black belt open class division bracket.

The black belt athletes willing to participate in the open class division must apply their registration at the event administration table according to the event schedule.

No registrations will be accepted after the event registration closing time schedule.

Blue, purple, brown and black belts master and senior 1, 2 and 3:

To sign up open class, just check the box during your online registration. 

REGISTRATION CHECK DAY

ALL ATHLETES MUST CHECK THEIR REGISTRATION INFORMATION ON THE REGISTRATION CHECK DAY - APRIL 13th ON OUR WEBSITE WWW.IBJJF.COM

Corrections by e-mail:
The athletes can send e-mail with changes on the registration, by sending an email to ibjjf@ibjjf.com with the subject 'NY OPEN CORRECTION'. The deadline is April 11th - 5PM - NY 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.com. (April 13th, 5PM - NY time).

The brackets will be released before the tournament . On Friday, April 15th, 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 registration check day will lead to immediate disqualification .

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

The schedule will be available April 13th.

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.com.

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.

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