General Guidelines

·         Competition will take place at Gracie Temecula-South, 32827 Temecula Parkway
Temecula, CA 92592

·         Registration is flat $50 to compete in all qualified (age/weight/belt) divisions

·         Registration ends at 7:30 PM Pacific Standard Time on Thursday, November 10, 2011

·         Weigh-ins the day of competition; Kids: 7:00 to 8:00; Adults: 11:00am to 12:00pm

·         Kids’ competition starts at 8:30 AM until roughly 11:30am. Self Defense will begin at 12:00pm. Adults’ jiu-jitsu divisions will begin at 12:30pm.  Schedule subject to change based on number of competitors in each division. Full and final schedule will be posted at www.thegraciesandiego.com by November 11, 2011.

·         All competitors will have the chance to fight a minimum of two matches.

·         Only blue and white gis (same color top and bottom) are allowed.

·         Points and scoring will be run according to IBJJF rules and regulations.

o    The Self Defense competition will be scored by a panel of judges.  See below for details.

·         Instructors will receive a list of 25self defense moves covered under the Gracie Self Defense system that will serve as the basis for this competition

·         For the competition, a judge will call out 12 moves at random from the aforementioned list for competitors to perform with a partner

·         Competitors will wear one of these options ONLY:

1.       Gi pants and academy T-shirt OR

2.       Full gi

·         Two Divisions:

1.       White belts

2.       Graduated belts

·         A panel of judges will determine moves executed with the best level of detail, accuracy, and effectiveness.

1.       The Self Defense competition will be scored by a panel of judges on a scale of 1 – 10 and the tally taken for each competitor to determine a winner.  In the result of a tie, there will be one tie-breaker round with an additional 5 moves by each competitor performed for judging

**Information for Brown and Black Belts**

Brown and black belts must submit their name, weight, stripes, and instructor/academy if they are interested in competing so that they may be set up in individual superfights or in several men or women divisions depending on amount of interest.

Levels

*Kids Division note: Kids are matched as close as possible in age and weight. We maintain no more than 13lb and 2 year age gap for ages 4-12, with maximum effort to group 13 – 15 closely as well.

Maximum WeightWITHUniform (Adult/Master Not According To IBJJF)

Kids’ Maximum Weight WITH Uniform (utmost effort will be made to match kids as evenly as possible)