Sunday, December 29, 2013

January 18 in Georgia: The Good Fight Atlanta Open

January 18 in Georgia: The Good Fight Atlanta Open 

Tournament Pre-Registration:
All Good Fight bjj tournaments are pre-registration only. We offer online pricing discounts for competitors who choose to register and pay online. We also offer the option to pay cash at the door for competitors who choose to register online without paying.
Pre-Registration Fee Structure:
There are 3 price levels: early bird, regular and pay-at-the-door. Competitors who register & pay online by the early bird or regular pricing deadlines will receive the cooresponding discount pricing. Please understand: you must pay online to recieve the discount. If you just register yourself online without paying you would be choosing the pay-at-the-door option and will pay the cooresponding pay-at-the-door fees when you arrive at the tournament.
The Super OPEN:
The Super Open is a qualifying only, open weight class, Absolute division. There will be a Super Open weight class for each belt level for both Gi and NoGi adult/executive divisions. In order to qualify for the Super Open weight class you must win 1st place in your division. For example: all 1st place winners in the the adult white belt divisions and all 1st place winners in the executive white belt divisions will be placed into the white belt gi Super Open class. The same criteria will be for blue & purple belts as well. There will be a total of 6 Super Open weight classes: white (gi), blue (gi), purple (gi), white (nogi), blue (nogi), purple (nogi). There is no super open weight class planned for brown or black belts at this time. 

January 11 in Maryland: The Good Fight MD Championships

January 11 in Maryland: The Good Fight MD Championships 
Tournament Pre-Registration:
All Good Fight bjj tournaments are pre-registration only. We offer online pricing discounts for competitors who choose to register and pay online. We also offer the option to pay cash at the door for competitors who choose to register online without paying.
Pre-Registration Fee Structure:
There are 3 price levels: early bird, regular and pay-at-the-door. Competitors who register & pay online by the early bird or regular pricing deadlines will receive the cooresponding discount pricing. Please understand: you must pay online to recieve the discount. If you just register yourself online without paying you would be choosing the pay-at-the-door option and will pay the cooresponding pay-at-the-door fees when you arrive at the tournament.
The Super OPEN:
The Super Open is a qualifying only, open weight class, Absolute division. There will be a Super Open weight class for each belt level for both Gi and NoGi adult/executive divisions. In order to qualify for the Super Open weight class you must win 1st place in your division. For example: all 1st place winners in the the adult white belt divisions and all 1st place winners in the executive white belt divisions will be placed into the white belt gi Super Open class. The same criteria will be for blue & purple belts as well. There will be a total of 6 Super Open weight classes: white (gi), blue (gi), purple (gi), white (nogi), blue (nogi), purple (nogi). There is no super open weight class planned for brown or black belts at this time.

January 18 in Nebraska: Circle of Iron BJJ Championships

January 18 in Nebraska: Circle of Iron BJJ Championships 

The Circle of Iron BJJ Championships is a point style Brazilian Jiu Jitsu Tournament. All closed weight brackets will be double elimination and scored using the IBJJF point system. All illegal techniques are described in the IBJJF rule book. Open weight divisions are divided into 2 main categories, Novice Open Weight and Advanced Open Weight divisions. These divisions will be single elimination and are separated for male and female adult competitors and by belt level. First place competitors in each open weight division will win a $100 cash prize! The school that accumulates the most academy points will win the Circle of Iron Champions Cup trophy. Academy points are awarded in every division. They are distributed as follows: Champion – 9 points Runner-up – 3 points Third place – 1 point 

Sunday, December 22, 2013

New Years Resolutions

New Years Resolutions
Brazilian jiu-jitsu 
What are your New Years resolutions? I read a list of 13 Popular New Year’s resolutions and realized that Jiu Jitsu is a perfect way to achieve several of these goals. If any of these are on your list of Things To Do In The New Year, I encourage you to start doing Jiu Jitsu.

Saturday, December 21, 2013

2 BJJ EVENTS



Happy 1st day of winter! 

Winter officially starts today 

at 10:11am (MST). 

ROLL BJJ CUP

ROLL JIU-JITSU CUP 
AT VillaSport Athletic Club and Spa

 in Colorado Springs:
Saturday - Dec 14h