Nothern BC Challenge

OFFICIAL INVITATION

Kaiten Mixed Martial Arts Academy is very proud to present the return of Northern BC Capital, the Center of the four directions, hosted by Kaiten Mixed Martial Arts of Prince George, is proud to present the return of our Brazilian Jujitsu, Grappling and Kickboxing tournament!

“Northern BC Open Martial art Challenge ” Round Double elimination Submission Only!! May 20th 2023.

REGISTRATION CLOSING- Monday May, 18n 2023 at Midnight!  REGISTER NOW

The 2023 Northern BC Challenge kickboxing and grappling Championship takes place on Saturday , May 20th with the doors opening at 8:00 am event starts at 9:30am at the PGSS, 2901 Griffith's Avenue , Prince George, BC -Pre-online registration available at Smoothcomp.com INVITE: Who is invited? Can I compete? We invite all striking genre martial arts or any grappling genre martial arts from Northern BC and beyond to join us as we develop the local competition scene for mutual benefit and to allow for expansion of the local martial art scene. Bring your team, or your family and come and represent your school or style ! You simply must abide by the rules and regulation outlined on this email/letter/associated web pages. DIVISIONS:

We will be offering Kickboxing, Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu and No-Gi Grappling divisions for in a submission only double elimination format:

Kids 6 -15years old: 3-minute rounds 

BJJ and No-Gi BJJ Divisions, *Submissions Only*, NO points NO- Tie breaker speed rounds

The weigh-ins starts at 8:00am and kids grappling and adult/juvenile kickboxing matches start at 9:30am  sharp. Online Registration Cost Is: $90 plus tax for one division  $20 for each additional divisions. Spectator admission is 10$ Kids and seniors $5 /Under 5 FREE

PLEASE NOTE- We will give advance notice as we can only match opponents from the registered pool of competitors. Please note the advance withdrawal dates as any competitions without enough matches will be offered alternative brackets or withdraw before the event. 

*** KICKBOXING SKILL LEVEL ON YOUR PROFILE PICK BJJ BELT COLOR EQUALS YEARS EXPERIANCE WHITE = 0-1 YEARS BLUE = 1-2 YEARS PURPLE = 2+ YEARS

BROWN BELT = 5+ YEARS BLACK BELT = 10+ YEARS *** This is a smoothcomp thing and unfortunately we cant change. 

IT IS A GOAL FOR OUR EVENT- IN ORDER TO INSURE FAIRNESS WE WILL DO OUR BEST APPROACHING THE EVENT TO CREATE DIVISIONS FOR COMPETITORS THE DAY OFF BY MATCHING THE COMPETITOR’S SEX, WEIGHT, AGE, AND EXPERIENCE. OUR GOAL IS TO START ON TIME AND PROVIDE LIGHT AND SOUND UPGRADE WITH DJ AS IN ALL OF OUR EVENTS.

SUBMISSION GRAPPLING RULES:

This tournament is based on Submission only format where as a successful submission is the clear winner. If the match goes to a referees decisions then submission attempts will be tallied for amount of attacks, the depth of each attacks, the hierarchy of attacks determining the winner should a clear submission not generate a tap from opponents or stoppage by referree.

The referees will break up fights if a competitor is in a submission hold and does not try to escape effectively right away, but it is up to the competitor to tap or optionally continue to compete.

All matches start from standing. Fighters who move outside the border when standing can (at the discretion of the referee) be restarted in the center of the mat. If fighters move outside the area while on the ground (both fighters have at least one knee down) the action will be stopped and they are moved back to the centre of the mat in the last position they were in before going out of bounds. Deliberately or repeatedly moving outside the border will be considered as stalling and penalized accordingly.

Ways to win:

1.) By submission (physical and/or verbal) or by referee stoppage due to submission

2.) Injury or rule infringement (DQ)

3.) If your opponent has to leave the mat / opponent not being on the mat

Grappling divisions

The event will be contested under standard IBJJF rules- Submission only. If there is a tie, Refs decision is final. IBJJF Legal submission chart can be found here: https://ibjjf.com/news/new-rules-updates

The grappling divisions will be submission only – scoring criteria described below

1.)Kids Gi and No GI Divisions will be 3 minute matches.

2.)Adult and Juvenile white belts 5 minute matches

3.) Blue belt Adult and Juvenile 6 minutes. 

4.) Adult Purple belt 7 minutes,

5.) Brown and Black belt 10 minute matches.

6.) Master divisions 40 yrs up minutes are 5 minute matches.

Spectators Fee is $10 per person or $5  per child or senior/ Children under 5 are FREE . 2 Coaches per team have FREE entry and do not require a pass for this tournament. However, coaches, any verbal abuse or manipulation to refs will not be tolerated and you will be asked to leave the building. 

Juveniles: will follow IBJJF White belt Standard for legal submissions

- adult/masters: white belts will follow IBJJF white belt standard for legal submissions. Purple belt and up will be Black Belt Adult IBJJF standard. 

IBJJF Legal submission chart can be found here: https://ibjjf.com/news/new-rules-updates

Striking Divisions:

See Light contact rules below. A summary of the types of rules of striking divisions one can be described as hard sparring with full PPE while using technique not brawling with scoring emphasis on technique , no sweeps, no knees to body or head, no blind attacks, no intention on creating damage. The rule set will be known as "light kickboxing".

The referee can stop or restart a match at any time if he considers it necessary for safety reasons. The referee’s decision is final. Invitations will be given to several academies to keep the refereeing pool verstlaile.  

AGE CLASSES

Kids: All age groups are in sets of 2 years (example: 4 & 5, 6 & 7, 8 & 9 etc)

Juvenile: Age 16 – 17

Adults: 3 age groups for adults

1. ADULT (18 + years old)

2. MASTERS 1 (35 + years old)

3. MASTERS 2 (40 +)

Weigh-ins are held the same day of the event.  Weigh ins are done with the full nogi attire on.

Bouts will consist of 2 two minute rounds.

COACHING –

Mat side coaching will be permitted for kids under that age of -10 yrs. For kids +10 yrs , juveniles, and adults, coaching will be permitted but they must stay behind the border.

If you are competing in gi and no gi you need to register for the same weight class for both. You only weigh in one time and that is for your gi event. If you are only competing in no gi you will weigh-in in your no gi attire.

All coaches note that you are all under our terms and conditions and we reserve the right to remove anyone from the event for any reason.

REGISTRATION CLOSING - Monday, May 15nth 2023 - Complete your Registrations Now