IN RESPONSE TO FEEDBACK ON PREVIOUS TOURNAMENTS,  DIVISIONS AND BRACKETING WILL BE CONDUCTED DIFFERENTLY AT THIS TOURNAMENT.  PLEASE READ THE REGISTRATION INFORMATION CLOSELY

IN THIS TOURNAMENT:

· Competitors will declare Age Division and weight (kg)  when registering, determined by the day of the event.

During the bracketing process, rank and weight groupings will be determined

The Youth Novice Brackets will consist of white/ yellow belts and will be developed during the bracketing process. 

· The Competitor’s weight will be checked for accuracy mat side, before competing.

· After registration closes on Wednesday September 20, 2023 midnight, Competitors will be grouped in brackets based on age, rank, and weight.

In order to offer competitors who want to compete in more than one bracket as many options as we can, we set the divisions up so they can enter any Age Division they qualify for  2 times. The Age Divisions overlap.  You choose the age range you want to compete in. 

If you want to enter the same Age Division twice, Choose the category - 2nd Division Youth Shiai.    And select a guidance option,  do you want your second division to be against heaver competitors, higher rank competitors or both.   When we build the brackets, we will make every effort to place competitors according to their guidance options.

So if you are 8 years old  and a yellow belt,  you could enter the 6-7-8 year old division  2 times and ask to be bracketed with your rank level and the next rank group up.  

We are limiting the total number of entries to 4.   Max 2 in an Age Division.