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SPRING "KUMITE" KIDS TOURNAMENT
SATURDAY, APRIL 15
Registration Fee: $40
Registration Deadline: April 8, 2023
Our Kids Jiu-Jitsu Tournament helps our students to learn how to compete and gain experience. It prepares students for bigger competitions, both in Jiu-Jitsu and in life. What builds emotional stability and maturity is experiencing the ability to face adversity and challenge with an open mind and fighting spirit. Children who build the capacity to face confrontation with confidence, will become adults who are able to persevere in a challenging world.
- Competition is an excellent learning tool for kids to take on the challenge.
- Competing regularly in Jiu-Jitsu helps kids to accept that they can't win all the time – and that it's OK to lose.
- Competing in Jiu-Jitsu, is a perfectly healthy way to express themselves. Additionally, competing in such an event teaches children important life lessons that they may not receive anywhere else.
IMPORTANT TOURNAMENT INFORMATION:
Please review all the tournament rules & point system information below ahead of time as these are different depending on the skill/level age group of the athlete.
1) Time: Doors open at 8:30 AM
2) Please arrive 10 minutes before your Kids Age group match.
3) Divisions may be combined depending on the amount of competitors.
4) Please make sure that your kid come already dressed with his Gi/uniform.
5) If your child has flu/cold symptoms please stay home.
6) Only staff/volunteers; competitors and immediate family will enter the tournament venue.
7) Parents need to sign the competitor tournament waiver and release form in advance.
Age Group Division Schedule:
Ninjas (4-6 years): 9:00 AM
Big Ninjas (7-9 years): 10:00 AM
Top Guns 1 (10-12 years): 11:00 AM
Top Guns 2 (13-15 years): 11:30 AM
Tournament Rules:
| Techniques (Kids Division) | Point System |
| Takedowns (Osoto-Gari; Ouchi-Gari; Double-Leg / or Single Leg; etc.) | 2 Points |
| Mount (Hooks in - 5 seconds hold) | 4 Points |
| Back Mount (Hooks in - 5 seconds hold) | 4 Points |
| Knee on Belly (5 seconds hold) | 2 Points |
| Sweeps and Reversals | 2 Points |
| Passing the Guard (Open, Closed or Half-Guard Passing) | 3 Points |
| Advantage (when technique is almost completed / referee decision) | AD |
| Stalling (will be called after 20 secs and warning) | (-1) Point |
Submissions will be allowed on Kids Ages (7 to 15) Divisions.
HALF-DAY SUMMER CAMPS ARE HERE!
AGES: 5-12
We are offering two sessions this summer:
SESSION I: JULY 10 - JULY 14
SESSION II: JULY 31 - AUGUST 4
TIME: 8:30am – 11:30am
PRICE: $250
Our half-day summer camps offer an amazing combination of authentic Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu (BJJ) instruction, self-defense skills, teamwork, fitness, and lots of fun martial arts games. Kids will practice coordination, communication, strategic thinking (think human chess!), confidence-building and other important life skills! We'll also dive into the history of the sport and Brazilian culture. We invite children to learn all about the world of Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, the most effective martial arts available.
Our martial arts summer camp is open to everyone - no prior martial arts experience is required. Your child's safety is our top concern. Our camp instructors have experience teaching these martial arts to children in a controlled, safe, and friendly environment. Children will only be paired with same peers.
Each camp session will be taught by Master Julio Fernandez (7th Degree Coral Belt, highest rank) with over 20 years of experience teaching children. There's no one more qualified to give your child the best summer experience of their life!
Your child will gain confidence, discipline, respect for others and learn life skills that will help him or her in daily-life situations as well as to grow into a stronger adult.
WHAT TO BRING:
Kids should bring a plastic water bottle, snack, and wear comfortable play clothes (uniform is not required). Additional Snacks and popsicles (on last day of camp) will be provided.
DAILY SCHEDULE:
8:15-8:30 Drop off / Arrive
8:30-9:00 Jiu-Jitsu Warm Up / Games incl. Pelada (Soccer Pickup Game)
9:00-10:00 Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Lesson
10:00-10:30 Snack Time incl. short Video (kid friendly)
10:30-11:15 Jiu-Jitsu Drills and Skills / Balance, Coordination, Gymnastics
11:15-11:30 Free Play
11:30 Pickup ($25 Late Pickup Fee applies after 11:35)
CANCELLATION / REFUND POLICY:
- Cancellations made by April 1st will receive a full refund less a $30 administrative fee.
- Cancellations made at least 2 weeks before the first day of your registered camp will receive a 40% refund.
- No refund for cancellations made less than 2 weeks before the first day of your registered camp.
If a camp is full, email us at julio@bjjusa.com to be added to the wait list. Email us for sibling discounts.