Evolve Grappling Championship Adults Nogi & Kids Gi

Welcome everybody to the first inhouse Evolve friends Nogi edition.

PLEASE BE SURE TO READ THE EXTRA 'RULES' PAGE FOR ADULT NOGI DIVISIONS!!!!

Round robin brackets

We will run round robin brackets so everyone fights everyone. This way competitors will have more matches so more experience gained. We will be looking to match all competitors as best as we can according to skill level and weight. Beginners(white belts) and advanced(blue belts) divided. 

The event will be contested under the IBJJF-nogi ruleset (WITHOUT ADVANTAGES)

REGISTRATION DEADLINES

 € 17,50 Early Bird registration until 31-5-2026

 € 22,50 Late registration until 5-6-2026

REFUND

When your registration has been paid, you will not be able to get your money back, because the money will be used to give the best service to the other competitors. 

WEIGH-IN

Weigh-in starts at 10:00 and ends 1 hour before your first fight.

If you don't make weight, you will be disqualified and you're out of the tournament.

If you are in the '+' division, still come to the weigh-in so we know you're present.

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ADULT DIVISIONS 

Since we are starting this as a smaller friends only tournament we will just gather as many registrations as possible and match the groups as good as possible regarding weight category!

Adult/Male (16 and above):

Weight classes: -61kg, -67kg, -73kg, -79kg, -85kg, -91kg, -97kg & +97kg

Adult/Female (16 and above):

Weight class: -60 kg & +60kg

Note: if there are not enough competitors in a division, the organization will move the competitor to the next available higher division (weight divisions will be merged with the division below).

SKILL LEVEL ADULTS

Beginner:

BJJ white belt or 0 - 2,5 years of grappling experience

Advanced:

BJJ blue belt, Judo Black belt or 2,5 - max 5 years of grappling experience 

MATCH DURATION ADULTS

Beginner:    4 min

Advanced:  5 min

We keep the match time short since we want action the whole match and no stalling please! 

RULES ADULT NOGI DIVISONS

The adult nogi divisions will be contested under the IBJJF pointscoring system without advantages. BE SURE TO READ THE EXTRA 'RULES' PAGE for all the information regarding allowed techniques etc. 

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KIDS DIVISIONS

Since we are starting this as a smaller friends only tournament we will just gather as many registrations as possible and match the groups as good as possible regarding weight category and skill/belt level!

Ages: 7-15 years.

Belts: White, Grey, Yellow.

Weight classes: -20 kg, -24 kg, -27 kg, -30 kg, -34 kg, -38 kg, -42 kg, -46 kg, -50 kg, -55 kg, -60 kg, -65 kg, -70kg, -75 kg & +75 kg

MATCH DURATION KIDS

6-7 years: 3 minutes

8-9 years: 3 minutes

10-11 years: 3 minutes

12-13 years: 4 minutes

14-15 years: 4 minutes

RULES KIDS DIVISIONS

This event will be contested under IBJJF standards. You can find the rules on www.ibjjf.com/rules 

The ONLY allowed submissions for kids according to IBJJF rules are:

-Straight armlock

-Americana/key lock

-Kimura

-Legs triangle (without pulling on the head!)

-Rear naked choke

-Basic Gi chokes

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GETTING READY

Be at the warm-up area 5 fights before your match starts and pay attention to the live bracket schedule on Smoothcomp. The brackets will be visible on the screen of your mobile phone on the Smoothcomp website. Keep in mind that it is your own responsibility to be on time. When your name has been called out, you have to be ready at your competition mat within 2 minutes otherwise you will be disqualified.

COACHING

The competitors are allowed to have 1 coach with them at the competition area. Incase a team has 4 or more competitors 2 coaches are allowed. Since we will run a small scale tournament with only two mats we will only allow 2 coaches per team.

SUPPORTERS

Visitors are allowed but will pay an entrance fee of 5,- at the door.

LOCATION INFORMATION

Location name: Evolve Movement & Health

Street name: Barcelonastraat 80

Zip code: 6135 LN

City: Sittard

SCHEDULE

10:00 Doors open & start weigh-inn

11:00 Kick-off first matches