The Gracie Worlds 2022 San Jose
Date and time
Gracie Worlds San Jose California
About this event
2022 EVENT SCHEDULE
NO-GI Tournament
June 25th Saturday 10am - 5pm - Adults
LOCATION
This event is being held at the
Santa Clara Convention Center
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REGISTRATION
Changes to registration can be submitted until June 20th, 2022 at midnight.
Email changes to gracietournaments@gmail.com
Subject line: CHANGES WORLDS 2022
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NO-GI Uniform
NO-GI competitors will wear a rash guard the color of their belt rank or all black with fight shorts or lycra shorts. No zippers, metal tabs, pockets or strings.
This is to facilitate organization on tournament day. Competitors will easily recognize which mat areas their skill level division will be.
No cups allowed any day.
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COMPETITOR WEIGH-INS
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ADULTS WEIGHT DIVISIONS
1 pound allowance!! 135 lbs (61.2 kg) and below145 lbs (65.8 kg) and below 155 lbs (70.3 kg) and below170 lbs (77.1 kg) and below185 lbs (83.9 kg) and below205 lbs (93.0 kg) and below206 lbs (93.6 kg) and above
ADULTS BELT DIVISION NO-GI
WHITE / NOVICE / less then 1 year of training BLUE / BEGINNER / 1-2 years of trainingPURPLE / INTERMEDIATE / 3-4 years of trainingBROWN / ADVANCE / 5-7 years of training BLACK / PRO / 8 plus years of training
LADIES WEIGHT DIVISION
(No gi necessary for weigh in. No pound allowance!!)135 lbs (61.2 kg) and below136 lbs (65.8 kg) and above
LADIES BELT DIVISION NO-GI
WHITE BLUE PURPLE BROWN BLACK __________________________________________________________________________________
GENERAL ILLEGAL SUBMISSIONS
These submission attempts will result in IMMEDIATE disqualification.
(Although these techniques are not allowed for the safety of our competitors it is still highly recommended that competitors learn how to defend them at their school.)
- No Slamming from the Guard or Triangle Choke. When a competitor is lifted up from the ground and their head is raised above the standing competitor's waist the referee will advise the holding competitor to uncross their feet. This includes a closed triangle.
- No Wrist Lock of any kind.
- No Foot Locks or Straight Ankle Locks or Leg Locks of any kind.
- No Knee Locks or Knee Bars of any kind.
- No Twisting Leg Locks of any kind (Heel Hooks, Toe Holds, Inverted Heel Hooks and Inverted Toe Holds).
- No Reaping the Knee.
- No Twisting the Knee in an Unnatural Direction.
- No Cervical Lock of any kind.
- No Chin Whips.
- No Knuckles to the Front of the Throat (Knuckles to the side of the neck are OK).
- No Neck Cranks or Frontal Neck Cranks of any kind.
- No Neck Locks of any kind.
- No Calf Lock of any kind.
- No Bicep Slicer, No Calf Slicer and No Compression Locks of any kind.
- No Scissors Takedown of any kind.
- No Electric Chair Submissions. Banana Splits are OK.
- No Twister Submissions.
- No Butt Scooting. Competitors must either take the opponent down or pull them into the guard.
- Do encourage kids to fight from bad position! Especially if one kid is much better than the other.
- Grabbing with 4 fingers inside the sleeve of the jacket top and inside the pants are OK.
- Guard pulling is OK. Guard Jumping will NOT BE ALLOWED IN ANY DIVISION!!
The difference between Jumping Guard and Pulling Guard:
Jumping Guard (Illegal Technique) - When a competitor jumps into the guard with both feet off of the ground and is expecting their opponent to "catch" them. Sometimes this is done without the competitor even holding or touching the other competitor. This technique is not allowed in any division under any circumstances!!! This is an extremely dangerous technique that will not be allowed.
Pulling Guard (Legal Technique) - Pulling guard is exactly like it sounds. You are pulling your opponent down to the ground into your guard with at least one foot on the ground. Pulling guard requires one opponent to make contact with the other. A grip must be established on either a sleeve, collar, head, gi top or any part of the competitor prior to pulling their opponent down to the ground into their guard. Sitting to the guard is not permitted. Butt scooting is not permitted. You must attempt to take your opponent to the ground or pull them to the ground. This simulates a real fight. Would you sit to your butt in a real fight?
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POINTS
There are no points or advantage points calculated for any positions/moves.
ADULT MATCH LENGTH
8 min
ADULT MATCH OUTCOME
**Women**
Some years we do not have enough ladies to form brackets so we do a round robin with all the ladies together and each match is 8 minutes long. Winner is decided by the most amount of submissions at the end. This system has proven successful and very exciting in past years and is really cool because each lady gets to compete several times. Just want all the ladies to keep in mind that we might have to do it again this year if we don’t have enough brackets.
Rules will abide by the lowest belt level in the match. For example Womens White/Blue Belt Matches will abide by White Belt Rules. Purple/Brown/Black Belt Matches will abide by Purple Belt Rules.
SUBMISSION
An athlete must submit their opponent within the 8 or 15 minute time limit to win the match and advance in the bracket.
ROLLING OR PULLING A COMPETITOR OFF OF THE MAT
*If an athlete is caught in a submission and PURPOSELY pulls their opponent or rolls off of the mat in an attempt to free themselves from the submission, they will be considered submitted and will lose the match.
**If an opponent is countering a submission and they happen to roll off of the mat but are caught in a deep and completely sunk submission (i.e. a heel hook or an armlock and the competitor being caught rolls to counter the submission and happens to end up off of the mat) the referee will reset the position in the center of the ring with the submission INTACT to the submitters liking. The referee will give the person caught in the submission the option to tap out before the match is restarted to give a verbal submission. If the competitor refuses and tap out the match will be restarted with the submission in place.
ALL WHITE BELT ILLEGAL SUBMISSIONS (AGES 13 AND UP)
- ALL GENERAL ILLEGAL SUBMISSIONS WILL APPLY
These submission attempts will result in IMMEDIATE disqualification.
(Although these techniques are not allowed for the safety of our competitors it is still highly recommended that competitors learn how to defend them at their school.)
- No Slamming from the Guard or Triangle Choke. When a competitor is lifted up from the ground and their head is raised above the standing competitor's waist the referee will advise the holding competitor to uncross their feet. This includes a closed triangle.
- No Wrist Lock of any kind.
- No Foot Locks or Straight Ankle Locks or Leg Locks of any kind.
- No Knee Locks or Knee Bars of any kind.
- No Twisting Leg Locks of any kind (Heel Hooks, Toe Holds, Inverted Heel Hooks and Inverted Toe Holds).
- No Reaping the Knee.
- No Twisting the Knee in an Unnatural Direction.
- No Cervical Lock of any kind.
- No Chin Whips.
- No Knuckles to the Front of the Throat (Knuckles to the side of the neck are OK).
- No Neck Cranks or Frontal Neck Cranks of any kind.
- No Neck Locks of any kind.
- No Calf Lock of any kind.
- No Bicep Slicer, No Calf Slicer and No Compression Locks of any kind.
- No Scissors Takedown of any kind.
- No Electric Chair Submissions. Banana Splits are OK.
- No Twister Submissions.
- No Butt Scooting. Competitors must either take the opponent down or pull them into the guard.
- Do encourage kids to fight from bad position! Especially if one kid is much better than the other.
- Grabbing with 4 fingers inside the sleeve of the jacket top and inside the pants are OK.
- Guard pulling is OK. **Guard Jumping will NOT BE ALLOWED IN ANY DIVISION!!
**The difference between Jumping Guard and Pulling Guard:
Jumping Guard (Illegal Technique) - When a competitor jumps into the guard with both feet off of the ground and is expecting their opponent to "catch" them. Sometimes this is done without the competitor even holding or touching the other competitor. This technique is not allowed in any division under any circumstances!!! This is an extremely dangerous technique that will not be allowed.
Pulling Guard (Legal Technique) - Pulling guard is exactly like it sounds. You are pulling your opponent down to the ground into your guard with at least one foot on the ground. Pulling guard requires one opponent to make contact with the other. A grip must be established on either a sleeve, collar, head, gi top or any part of the competitor prior to pulling their opponent down to the ground into their guard. Sitting to the guard is not permitted. Butt scooting is not permitted. You must attempt to take your opponent to the ground or pull them to the ground. This simulates a real fight. Would you sit to your butt in a real fight?
BLUE AND PURPLE BELT ILLEGAL SUBMISSIONS (AGES 16 AND UP)
- ALL GENERAL ILLEGAL SUBMISSIONS WILL APPLY EXCEPT:
- Wrist Locks of any kind are OK.
- Any Foot Lock, Straight Ankle Lock or Leg Lock are OK.
- Knee Locks and Knee Bars are OK.
- Bicep Slicers are OK.
- Calf Slicers and Compression Locks are OK.
- Electric Chair Submissions are OK.
- Twister Submissions are OK.
BROWN AND BLACK BELT ILLEGAL SUBMISSIONS (AGES 18 AND UP)
- ALL GENERAL ILLEGAL SUBMISSIONS WILL APPLY EXCEPT:
- Wrist Locks of any kind are OK.
- Any Foot Lock, Straight Ankle Lock or Leg Lock are OK.
- Knee Locks and Knee Bars are OK.
- Bicep Slicers are OK.
- Calf Slicers and Compression Locks are OK.
- Electric Chair Submissions are OK.
- Twister Submissions are OK.
- Twisting Leg Locks of any kind are OK.
- Reaping the Knee is OK.
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GENERAL INFORMATION
Spectator tickets must be purchased for all non competitors. Kids ages 4 and under have free entry. Kids ages 12 and under will have free access to the kids play area included in the purchase of their spectator ticket.
Your support is greatly appreciated! We want you to have fun and enjoy this event.
Food will be available from vendors. We highly recommend bringing your own food and plenty of drinks.
Everyone must have an ID at the time of weigh-ins.
All competitors must wear gear that is both clean and in good condition. Nails must be trimmed and clean.
Any competitors or coaches that show any kind of unsportsmanship like conduct will be disqualified.
All disqualified competitors forfeit their match and registration fee.
Any competitor that tries to intentionally hurt their opponent including, but not limited to, slamming, will be disqualified.
The Gracie Tournaments, its staff, and associates are not responsible for any accident, injury or death as a result of the tournament
