Gracie Invitational Europes Number 1 Brazilian Jiu Jitsu Tournament!

Venue: Seni08, Excel Arena, London, United Kingdom
Date: Saturday 26th and Sunday 27th April 2008

Event Schedule: Competition starts at 10am both days

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Instructors who want to register their students for the kids and teens competition (under 16) click here!

All competitors are asked to be at the venue way before 10am in order to collect your ticket at "Gate N3" at the ExCel centre. Please bring a form of picture ID (driving license or passport) in order to collect your pass and in order for you to compete. All coaches, friends and family of comptitors will be required to purchase a ticket from the seni show upon entry.

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No regsitration on the day!!
Please Note: The fee for early registration/payment, i.e., received before Monday 21st April, is £30.00. The fee for late registration/payment (received after April 20th) will be £40.00.

ABSOLUTELY NO REGISTRATION WILL BE ACCEPTED AFTER WEDNESDAY 23rd APRIL!

Registration Check day (Friday 25th April):
The athletes must make sure that their information is correct by checking the website on the registration list for their weight, belt, academy, age division, and name information.

During the tournament, any mistakes on the brackets that were not correct previous to sign-in check day will lead to immediate disqualification.

After the registration check day, and no changes will be made.

Athletes must bring their waiver form and hand it over before your first fight.

Each academy can only have two athletes in the absolute division. If your academy has problems regarding the number of athletes in each division, please send us an email.

Before each fight, athletes will be asked to show their Ids to the officials. Make sure you have it at hand.

Depending on the number of athletes in the tournament, some classes may not have an absolute division.

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DIVISIONS

Junior (16/17 year-olds)

Only bluebelts
Men and Women
16 and 17 year-olds will compete in the same division
Fight time: 5 minutes
Open class available for middle weight or above
Check the weight list

Adults

The division is open for everyone above 18 years.

Fight time:

Adults (18-29)
white belts - 5 minutes;
blue belts - 6 minutes;
purple belts - 7 minutes
brown belts - 8 minutes
black belts -10 minutes

Masters (30-35)
Fight time: Bluebelts – 5 minutes
Purple/brown/blackbelts – 6 minutes
Men only

Seniors 1 (36 plus)
Fight time: all belts - 5 minutes Men only

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Contact: www.efnsports.com for more information

Battle of the Brands!!

The team event this year at the Gracie Invitational will be a very different animal compared to what is normally done. The teams this year, will consist of 5 fighters. 1 Black belt (or brown belt), 2 purples and 2 blue belts. Everyone will get to fight but will be fighting and representing their choosen brand/country rather than their academy.

Manto (Team International), Vangaard (Team France), and Black Eagle (Team UK and Ireland) are the 3 teams for this event. There are some wild card spots available, so If you would like to put your name forward for a team, drop an email to EFNSports (must be under 85kgs).

Black belt challenge

The Black belt event this year will consist of an absolute division as well as super fights.