Description
NYC OPEN TEAM CHAMPIONSHIPS
Presented by: North Jersey Judo & IJC Martial Arts
Co Tournament Dir: Ramon Hernandez, Head Instructor @ NJJ 201-206-2705 / ramon@northjerseyjudo.com
Co Tournament Dir: Saro Balagezyan / balagezyan@gmail.com
HEAD REFEREE:
WHEN: Competition Date: Saturday, August 9, 2025, 12Noon Doors Open
WHERE: Competition Venue: IJC Martial Arts, 28-20 120th St 2nd Floor, Queens, NY 11354
WEIGH-INS: Saturday, August 9, 2025, 8am to 9:30am At Venue
WHO IS ELIGIBLE: Anyone With An Current USA Judo or ATJA Membership Also Open to Foreign Teams That Want To Fly In & Compete.
Registration Instructions:
Must know what team you are going to compete on. If someone has reached out to you to be on their team reach out to Ramon Hernandez first so he can work that out for you. Everyone residing in the US must have a USA Judo Membership. Foreign Competitors must provide show proof from National Federation and/or present a current Federation Card of their own country. Proof of Membership must be shown at weigh-in time. Everyone can join up for membership online with USA Judo. This is a USA Judo Event. We will not have applications at the tournament so you must register for your USA Judo Membership online. When you hit the registration button please be sure to have your USA Judo membership nbr and your expiration date. It has to be current when you show up or we will not let you compete! Regardless of team when registering choose select the team that says bucket then send me an email which team you are supposed to be on and we will assign you to the correct team.
WHAT RULES: Modified IJF rules will be used. No armbars in all Novice accept Black Belt
Div. Chokes allowed in all adult div.
Weight Classes Men's Elite & Novice Div:
Men’s Black Belt Elite: 66kg, 73kg, 81kg, 90kg, 100kg, +100kg
Men’s Novice: 66kg, 73kg, 81kg, 90kg, 100kg, +100kg
AWARDS: Team Medals for 1st, 2nd & 3rd Place Old Medals From Prior Year.
Scoring System: True Double Elimination Brackets
Tournament System: Online Registration, Weigh-ins & Brackets Will Be Run On Smoothcomp System
MATCH TIMES: Black Belt 4 Minutes/Unlimited Golden Score - Novice 3 Minutes/Unlimited Golden Score
REGISTRATION AND WEIGH IN:
IMPORTANT NOTE: ALL COMPETITORS MUST WEIGH-IN ON Sunday, December 15, 2024, IJC MARTIAL ARTS TOURNAMENT VENUE 8:00AM TO 9:30AM. ALL COMPETITORS MUST BE PRE-REGISTERED ONLINE, SHOW PROOF OF USA JUDO. ONE LAST IMPORTANT NOTICE. WE WILL CLOSE REGISTRATION TO THE TOURNAMENT FRIDAY, DECEMBER 13, 2024 11:59PM. PLEASE REGISTER AS SOON AS YOU CAN AND SECURE YOUR TEAMS PARTICIPATION!
SUNDAY, DECEMBER 15, 2024, COMPETITON SCHEDULE:
Venue Doors Open Warm-Up And Weigh-ins 8am to Weigh-in
Opening Ceremony 12Noon There Is Veteran's Event Happening First
Black Belt Men & Women First
Novice Will Follow Elite Black Belt Divisions
HOW MUCH (NO REFUNDS)
ONLINE REGISTRATION:
Online Registration is now open
Online Registration $60.00 Per Person EARLY BIRD SPECIAL
Online Registration $65.00 Per Person NORMAL PRICE
Online Registration $70.00 LATE PRICE
Walk-Up Registration No Walk-Ups Allowed! READ BELOW
SPECTATOR: $5 FOR ALL SPECTATORS OVER THE AGE OF 5 YEARS OLD.
COACH: ALL COACHES MUST BE USA JUDO/SAFE SPORT CERTIFIED PER USOPC AND USA JUDO. USA JUDO COACH BADGE REQUIRED AT MAT SIDE!
Tournament Director Reserves Right To Make Any Changes They Deem Necessary To Insure Safety & Fairness To All Competitors
Mat Area: The tournament will use 2 mat areas with Smoothcomp scoreboards along with the CARE system.
Judo Gi: Blue & White Gi are required for all Black Belt Div. Novice divisions must have a White Judo Gi with a White & Blue Belt that properly fits. Official IJF Back patches are not required.
REFEREES WILL NOT ALLOW TWO BLUE GIS ON BOTH SIDES!
MINOR ATHLETE ABUSE PREVENTION POLICY (MAAPP)
The Center for SafeSport has developed the Minor Athlete Prevention Policies (MAAPP) which USA Judo has adapted to our own sport. The MAAPP is a collection of proactive and training policies comprised of two parts; Education & Training Policy that requires training for certain Adult Participants and the Required Prevention Policies, focused on limiting one-on-one interactions between Adult Participants and Minor Athletes to prevent abuse. The full MAAPP policy and the reporting mechanism for SafeSport infractions can be found at https://www.teamusa.org/USA-Judo/MAAPP .
