BELFAST OPEN NO-GI TOURNAMENT 19th september

weemate

Venue - Valley leisure centre
Date - 19th september 2010
this is a no gi event with categories for rookies,advanced and kids 14 and under.Weights as per the IBJJF regulations.5 minute rounds,straight elimination.Weigh in on the day when your section is called.
Entry £15 adult and £5 for kids.
Entrants in by september 12th....NO ENTRY ON THE DAY!!!

I'll get the entry form out by tomorrow night all being well.
Any further info pm me here or - email peterlavery701[at]msn[dot]com

cowzerp

Best of luck with this peter, will try get a few up to this if possible..

Daniel2oo9

Im 15 so id suppose id be in the "adult" division

Sid_Justice

how many times a week do you tell people your age daniel?

Jason McCabe

Sid_Justice wrote: »

how many times a week do you tell people your age daniel?

15

NG-DOC

Peter, just wondering if you will be using the IBJJF nogi weights?

so 67kg, 73kg, 79kg, 85kg etc.

thanks!

weemate

NG-DOC wrote: »

Peter, just wondering if you will be using the IBJJF nogi weights?

so 67kg, 73kg, 79kg, 85kg etc.

thanks!

yes mate,I want to try to keep everything to IBJJF regulations especially since we now have proper refs in teh country.
I'll sort the entry form tonight and get it sent round all the coaches.The weight limits will be on it.

Marty Mc

could someone post up the no gi weight classes as im unfamiliar with them?

I have only ever competed with the gi weight classes applied to nogi.

Thanx.

NG-DOC

Marty Mc wrote: »

could someone post up the no gi weight classes as im unfamiliar with them?

I have only ever competed with the gi weight classes applied to nogi.

Thanx.

http://www.ibjjf.org/nogiweightlist.pdf

They are the same as the gi weights, just 3kg taken away from each category.

Good call too peter, i think the closer we keep the weights and rules of tournaments here to the IBJJF ones, the better prepared people will be for bigger competition.

wingnut4

god im a ladies middleweight, depressing!

Marty Mc

thanks darragh.

Pete please forward me a form.

EnjoyChoke

NG-DOC wrote: »

http://www.ibjjf.org/nogiweightlist.pdf

They are the same as the gi weights, just 3kg taken away from each category.

Good call too peter, i think the closer we keep the weights and rules of tournaments here to the IBJJF ones, the better prepared people will be for bigger competition.

Was thinking this was a great idea, then realised no matter what weight divisions are organised I'll be thrown into an Absolute division anyway!

Barry.Oglesby

Good luck with this one Peter. I agree the more we do under official guidelines the better however once again I feel sorry for lads who are in the upper and lower weights who more often than not get no one to go against.

I'm holding an amateur MMA tournament in my gym that day so won't be making it myself but I'd be there in a heartbeat otherwise. I'll try to get some o the lads up to it, it's only 2 hours up the road.

Chris89

Bags winning.

NG-DOC

Chris89 wrote: »

Bags winning.

you bastard.

weemate

entry form

EnjoyChoke

Are you sure this is just a grappling competition?:eek::D

"I realize that serious injury is commonplace in martial arts tournaments such as the one I am hereby entering and that death is a possibility. I also realize that if I am injured, I might be disfigured, disabled and/or rendered unable to work again."

martialarts

sorry now if somebody already asked this but is there a website with the rules of the competition on it?

is it the same rules as a D class MMA fight(grappling point of view) or what?

NG-DOC

martialarts wrote: »

sorry now if somebody already asked this but is there a website with the rules of the competition on it?

is it the same rules as a D class MMA fight(grappling point of view) or what?

here are the rules

http://www.ibjjf.org/rules.htm

lawrencesummers

martialarts wrote: »

sorry now if somebody already asked this but is there a website with the rules of the competition on it?

is it the same rules as a D class MMA fight(grappling point of view) or what?

if you have to ask that question you might need to run it by whoever is coaching you that you are thinking of competing...

wingnut4

just a reminder to get your forms filled in :-)

Marty Mc

quick question,

from what i can see - there will be two cats: advanced and novice (-1yr).

Does the brown and blackbelt rule set apply to the advanced categories?

Any advice appreciated.

weemate

the usual rule set apply to the advanced section mate although the usual heel hooke etc will be banned for this event.Considering there will prolly be no brown or black belts competing I dont see why we should allow the subs that apply to that level.However,if we do get some brown belts/black belts we might arrange a superfight type category.
I'll arrange a quick rules meeting on the day before each section starts so that people are clear on what they are allowed..in saying that,I would expect all coaches to have had a couple of sessions with their fighters so familiarise them with the rules.As Alvaro told us at the refs meeting,BJJ tournaments are the only events in the world that the fighters turn up with no idea of the rules!!!!

weemate

wingnut4 wrote: »

just a reminder to get your forms filled in :-)

incidently....this poster is class!!!!

Marty Mc

weemate wrote: »

the usual rule set apply to the advanced section mate although the usual heel hooke etc will be banned for this event.Considering there will prolly be no brown or black belts competing I dont see why we should allow the subs that apply to that level.However,if we do get some brown belts/black belts we might arrange a superfight type category.
I'll arrange a quick rules meeting on the day before each section starts so that people are clear on what they are allowed..in saying that,I would expect all coaches to have had a couple of sessions with their fighters so familiarise them with the rules.As Alvaro told us at the refs meeting,BJJ tournaments are the only events in the world that the fighters turn up with no idea of the rules!!!!

Thanx peter..

Heres hoping that theres no brown/blacks..:D

weemate

one week before the entry closes for this tournament and I havent had a single application come my way.......Im stressing the point that there will be no entry on the day as I would like to have everything [ bracket wise ] sorted in advance so that the fighters will know how many will be in thier group.

Finian123

weemate wrote: »

Venue - Valley leisure centre
Date - 19th september 2010
this is a no gi event with categories for rookies,advanced and kids 14 and under.Weights as per the IBJJF regulations.5 minute rounds,straight elimination.Weigh in on the day when your section is called.
Entry £15 adult and £5 for kids.
Entrants in by september 12th....NO ENTRY ON THE DAY!!!

I'll get the entry form out by tomorrow night all being well.
Any further info pm me here or - email peterlavery701[at]msn[dot]com[/QUOTe
what is the catogeries for u14s ? is it weight or age ?

NG-DOC

Sent you my entry form just there peter.

I presume weigh ins will be done before your first match?

Thanks!

weemate

under 14s will be matched by age/size/and ability.we want the kids to have an enjoyable day without being put off by getting run over by someone who is far better than them.We run a section for kids at the northern Irish bjj open and it went down very well.I have two very experienced kids instructors taking care of that section so they will sort all the kids out on the day.I will however,trust the coaches that if they have a 13 year old phenom then they will make the refs aware of this so that they can be matched against someone of equal ability.

Liam_B

Best of Luck with this Peter!! Good to see another Competition run in the North for BJJ

MichaelDevlin

weemate wrote: »

one week before the entry closes for this tournament and I havent had a single application come my way.......Im stressing the point that there will be no entry on the day as I would like to have everything [ bracket wise ] sorted in advance so that the fighters will know how many will be in thier group.

I dont know if I can get the day off work so i havent registered but Ill be up for sure if i can. I should know this week.

Finian123

MichaelDevlin wrote: »

I dont know if I can get the day off work so i havent registered but Ill be up for sure if i can. I should know this week.

so u mean that u havent 1 single entry form sent to u yet ???

wingnut4

Anyone that wants to fill in a form via email can contact me on wingnut4@gmail.com and i will forward the form for the details to be sent back.

Cheers

Claire

OLDMAN1

weemate wrote: »

yes mate,I want to try to keep everything to IBJJF regulations especially since we now have proper refs in teh country.
I'll sort the entry form tonight and get it sent round all the coaches.The weight limits will be on it.

why dont you use the full rules when it comes to leglocks in the advanced section, its a nogi event not a bjj event so belt color doesn't come in to it...

wingnut4

ALL APPLICATIONS TO BE IN FOR 12th SEPTEMBER, ONLY A FEW DAYS LEFT

wingnut4

Closing date is tomorrow! to get your applications in send to wingnut4@gmail.com or peterlavery701@msn.com

NG-DOC

OLDMAN1 wrote: »

why dont you use the full rules when it comes to leglocks in the advanced section, its a nogi event not a bjj event so belt color doesn't come in to it...

What do you consider "full rules"?

If it's regarding heel hooks, it's because it is a Nogi BJJ event run under IBJJF rules. At no belt or experience level from white to black under IBJJF rules can you do heel hooks.

As far as i'm aware the only major tournament in the world in which heel hooks are allowed is the ADCC.

weemate

cut off for applications is tomorrow guys.......

wingnut4

Everyone needs to be there for 11am

Finian123

not great hi i was very unimpressed !
-no warm up area
- no weigh ins
-no scales
- no scoreboards
-very disorganised

NG-DOC

Finian123 wrote: »

not great hi i was very unimpressed !
-no warm up area
- no weigh ins
-no scales
- no scoreboards
-very disorganised

You don't get a warm up area at the mundials.

There was scales.

there wasn't scoreboards but they aren't exactly necessary.

what was disorganized about it?

bjj-fighter

NG-DOC wrote: »

You don't get a warm up area at the mundials.

There was scales.

there wasn't scoreboards but they aren't exactly necessary.

what was disorganized about it?

Was there no weigh ins?

NG-DOC

bjj-fighter wrote: »

Was there no weigh ins?

My division was an absolute of sorts, a combination of 2 divisions and i weighed as i registered.

darced

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Chris89

darced wrote: »

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Leave it at that so, turn up to comps, support the scene and dont bother moaning about it.

darced

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mmmm...not sure

Does anyone have any results or was is everyone to busy arguing to care?

NG-DOC

darced wrote: »

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yeah this is true actually.

but i think that was more because at those other tournaments it was the fact that there was no weigh ins and a myriad of other problems. players put in wrong divisions, unsafe mats, bad refereeing, disorganization etc.

it's definitely difficult to run a tournament, and people are still getting the hang of it since the sport is still relatively small, so i think the odd slip up is forgivable. tournaments that consist entirely of mistakes and disorganization however should definitely be highlighted.

but since this wasn't one of those, lets keep the thread more positive!

weemate

Firstly thanks to everyone that turned up and took part in the event yesterday.I hope you all enjoyed the day.
I must opologise for the chaos that surrounded the weigh ins but to be honest there was little room to move in the hall the centre provided and I was under the impression that everyone had weighed in.I know that the guys from Dublin all checked their weights on the way in as well as most of the Belfast clubs so I imagine that if there were some guys not cjecked they were in the minority.
In my opinion,on a positive note,we had good refs,the scores,although not displayed,were being tallied by the tables so were there if anyone wanted to check after they fought or by thier corners as the fight went on.One bug bearof my own was again,fighters turning up expecting to fight on the day,some clubs sending fighters down that I had no notice off and guys wanting to change weights.Also,some guys had registered...even some of my own guys....and didnt turn up!!I will deal with my students in house but this didnt help when we were trying to arrange brackets...also guys arriving late.
Apart from that,as I said,I hope all who competed had a good day and I look forward to seeing you all in January at the northern bjj open.

wingnut4

If I have any results wrong or the wrong team down please let me know and ill correct it asap. Also not sure on the results of the 67.5 rookie so if anyone can help there!

Rookie

67.5kg

1st: Niall Smith BJJ Revolution
2nd:
3rd: Dave Reddy SBG

73.5kg

1st: R. Edgeworth BJJ Revolution
2nd: S. Cheevers Chum Sut
3rd: D. McBride

79.5kg

1st: Dereck Snowe BJJ Revolution
2nd: Edward Toye

85.5kg

1st: Lukas Cikotas Felocity
2nd: Gediminis Kaminska Felocity
3rd: Robert Ford GBNI
4th: Stephen Carolan BJJ Revolution

91.5kg

1st: Casper BJJ Revolution
2nd: Niall Short GBNI
3rd: Kevin McKenna BJJ Revolution

97.5

1st: Chris Del BJJ Revolution
2nd: Eddie Pollock Chum Sut
3rd: Gordon Cameron BJJ Revolution
3rd: Curtis Robinson BJJ Revolution


Advanced

73.5kg

1st: Michael Devlin GBNI
2nd: Andy Young GBNI
3rd: Stephen McCourt BJJ Revolution
4th Gareth Lyons BJJ Revolution

79.5kg – 85.5kg

1st: Darragh O’Connill Next Generation
2nd: Kyle McClurkin GBNI
3rd: Conor Collins BJJ Revolution

97.5

1st: Wayne Fagan BJJ Revolution
2nd: Colin Laird BJJ Revolution
3rd: Donal Kelly BJJ Revolution
3rd: Kyle Hefferon BJJ Revolution

MichaelDevlin

Im Monaghan MMA not GBNI