MO State Championships (3rd Annual Four States Invitational)

We are excited to announce the 3rd annual tournament to be hosted in Joplin, MO.  This tournament will serve as the MO State Judo Championships.  If you live in the four state area, then this is your chance to experience a great event.  This year we will feature a team event that that will be a competition against MO clubs.  This will be the first year for this competition.  The winning club will maintain the trophy for the year.  All proceeds from the team competition will go to MO Judo Inc to support our athletes.    See you on the mats!

TOURNAMENT DETAILS

Date: September 24th, 2022

Venue: South Middle School (tentative)

Address: 900 E 50th St, Joplin, MO 64804

Format: 

IJF Judo

Athletes must provide proof of active membership in USJA, USJF, ATJA  or USA Judo in order to compete.  You can have temporary/event memberships to cover the requirement.  

All Matches with 4 or less will be round robin and 5 or more will be true double elimination. 

Judo Kansetsu-Waza will only be allowed in senior advanced and advanced master divisions. 

Membership or Event pass is required for this event due to sanctioning.  You can be a member or obtain a temporary/event pass from one of these organizations:  USJA, USJF, ATJA  or USA Judo.  All organizations have temporary/trial/event passes available.  

Judo Divisions for this Tournament:   Junior Female Novice - Junior Male Novice - Junior Female  Advance -  Junior Male Advance - Master Female (30 yo+) Novice - Master Male (30 yo+)  Novice - Master Female (30 yo+) Advance - Master Male (30 yo+)  Advance -  Senior Female Novice (green belt & below)   -  Senior Female Advanced (brown & black belts)  - Senior Male Novice (green belt & below) - Senior Male Advanced (brown & black belts) 

Registration:  1st Division is $40 with 2nd or more divisions being $20 for normal registration. 

Late Registration:  After 16 September:  Late 1st division is $50 with 2nd or more divisions being $30.

COMPETITOR LISTS: Competitor Lists and brackets will be LIVE throughout the registration process and can be viewed by checking out the registrations tab on the event page.    

DIVISION MERGERS: After change deadline, competitors who do not have anyone in their division group may be merged with another division.

Schedule:            Check-in/Weigh-in 8-930am for Team/Masters/Juniors and 8-Noon for Seniors

                                Coach/Referee Meeting:  9-930am

                                Team Competition:  10am

                                Masters Divisions:  will begin after team competition but no earlier than 11am

                                Junior Division:  will begin after master division and may be combined depending on size of master’s division.  None will begin before 11am.

                                Senior Division:  Will begin after junior division but no earlier than 1pm

All competitors will be required to sign additional waivers for the venue and the tournament at weigh-in/check-in.  Bring proof of membership to check-in/Weigh-in.

MAAPP Policy 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 .