(please arrive on time of your age bracket)

MORE SPACE. MORE MATS. MORE PEOPLE

Our humble venue is now renovated with more space and wall mats. Competitors can now smash each other against the walls without worries. As well as a paramedic.

Our Venue is at the back of the plaza. However, please be sure to park in front of the plaza, or across the road where Farmboy is.

If  you are coming across a national border, please be sure that you can make it in time without any issue.

If you are alone in your weight division, you will be moved to the closest division to help find you a match. You will most likely be moved up, but if required we will move you down for best match-ups. For white and blue belts, everyone is welcome to try out our absolute division, which is the biggest division in our tournament. Let us know if you have any questions.

Submission War has 3 goals:

1. To make fights entertaining and submission oriented.
2. To make tournaments cheap and available to everybody.
3. To increase tournament frequency in order to make Torontonians be better prepared for national and international events.

The Event will start at  10am. Please Grab a hotel if you are more than hours drive away from us. However, depending on the number of people, we may start the event an hour or 2 earlier.

Please arrive when your age bracket is about to start. We will be rapidly advancing the matches, so your matches will likely to start earlier than expected. If you arrive 5 minutes late, you may be disqualified.

The rules of this tournament is based on ADCC rules.

KIDS RULES 4-6 YEARS OLD

The fight duration is 6 minutes.

Every time one of the two kids  mounts, takes the back or closes their guard for 3 seconds we stop the fight, that participant will be awarded one point and will start again.

Belly down mount, after 3 seconds is an ippon.

The first competitor to reach 3 points wins.

No submissions permitted.

KIDS RULES 6-7/8-9 YEARS OLD

The fight duration is 6 minutes.

To gain points, positions must be held for 3 seconds

• Passing the guard = 3 points 
• Mount position = 2 points.
• Belly down mount = ippon 
• Back control with hooks = 3 points - (Both hooks and body triangle are acceptable. If you take one hook out or release your body triangle for more than 3 seconds and put your hooks or body triangle back in for 3 seconds or more, you will score again. Your hooks must not be over any of the shoulders).
• Takedown (ending in Guard or Half Guard) = 2 points  one of the shoulders have to be on the floor for 3 seconds).
• Clean Takedown (ending outside of guard) = 4 points - (You must be outside the guard and 75% or more of your opponent’s back must be on the mat.)
• Pulling guard = -1 point.
• Closed guard = 1 point
• 411 = 2 point (only if there is control of both leg for 3 seconds)
• When participant reaches either mount or back control for 1 minute, without changing position, the two participants will be stood up and will start again
• The first to reach 10 points will win in normal or over time.

If the points are the same after 6 minutes, there will be 6 minutes overtime and the following rules are added

• Knee on stomach = 2 points - (Either the inside or outside knee can score, the knee must be in the middle of the stomach and not the chest or the sides of the stomach. Opponent cannot be on their side. If there is a  score with the knee on the stomach and then remove the knee for 3 seconds or more and put the knee back on the stomach for 3 seconds or more, there will be a second score. The positioning of the other leg is irrelevant).
• Sweeps (ending Guard or Half Guard) = 2 points - (Sweep is considered when two athletes are facing each other, they then change the position from bottom to top and establish control for 3 seconds or more.).
• Clean Sweep (ends outside of the guard) = 4 points - (When facing each other, the athletes change the position from bottom to top ending up outside guard, while more than 75% of the opponent’s back is on the floor and establish control  for 3 seconds or more).
• No submissions

TEENS/ADULT AND MASTER RULES

Positions must be held for 3 seconds to gain points.

• Passing the guard (one shoulder on the floor for 3 seconds)= 2 points 
• Mount position = 1 point.
• passing the guard and mounting in less than 3 seconds = 4 points 
• Back control (body triangle or hook count) = 4 points 
• Takedown (ending in Guard or Half Guard) (one shoulder on the floor for 3 seconds)= 2 points 
• Clean Takedown (ending outside the guard) (one shoulder on the floor for 3 seconds)= 4 points 
• Closed guard = 1 point
• Triangle = 2 points
• 411 (only if there is control of both leg for 3 seconds)= 2 point 
• Pulling guard (if more than 3 seconds)= -1 point 
• If an athlete is in turtle for 3 seconds and in contact with the other athlete he can pull guard without losing points.
• If an athlete pulls guard in a submission position and keeps the position for 3 seconds he doesn't lose points.
• Kimura, omoplata or guillotine sweep = 2 points
• Kimura, omoplata or guillotine clean sweep = 3 points
• When changing multiple positions, points will be awarded only for the position that has been established for 3 seconds or more.
• Points are not given until the submission position is resolved (except for kimura omoplata and guillotine sweep)
• With teens, The referee can stop the fight and call a win if he considers there to be a high risk of injury.
• Chokes are not allowed until 14 years old.
• Teen/white/blue/purple, brown and black divisions are not allowed to heel hook.
• Teens, white, blue, purple, brown and black division: slams are not allowed.
• Slams are allowed at purple, brown, black HH to escape a submission (arm bar/triangle).
• Heel hooks are allowed at purple, brown, black HH.
• During over-time, the two athletes are stood up and given points for knee on belly (2 points), sweep (2 points), and 1 point to put the opponent in turtle position.
• White and Teens belt  = 3 minutes no point (negative point) 3 minutes with point (positive and negative) possible overtime of 3 minutes (positive and negative restarting up) possible EBI over time and possible referee decision.
• Blue belt = 4 minutes no point (negative point) 4 minutes with point (positive and negative) possible overtime of 4 minutes (positive and negative restarting up) possible EBI over time and possible referee decision.
• Purple belt  = 6 minutes no point (negative point) 6 minutes with point (positive and negative) possible overtime of 6 minutes (positive and negative restarting up) possible EBI over time and possible referee decision.
• Purple brown and black = 8 minutes no point (negative point) 8 minutes with point (positive and negative) possible overtime of 8 minutes (positive and negative restarting up) possible EBI over time and possible referee decision.
• Purple brown black HH = 10 minutes no point (negative point) 10 minutes with point (positive and negative) possible overtime of 10 minutes (positive and negative restarting up) possible EBI over time and possible referee decision.

EBI OVER TIME

• Competitors flip a coin to decide who goes first

• Competitors choose to start attacking from the back or 'spiderweb' position (armbar)

• Competitors take turns to attack from chosen position

• If one competitor submits, and the other does not (opponent escapes), they are declared winner

• If both competitors escape, we move to the next overtime round (maximum 3 overtime rounds)

• If there are no submissions at the end of the three overtime rounds, the competitor with the fastest combined escape time wins the match.

ABSOLUTE

Everyone is welcome and encouraged to participate in our Absolute Division.

If there are too much participants, only the 3 best fighters of every division will be permitted.