Arizona Judo 2011 State Tournaments

LOCATION: -  Saturday January 15th  2011   Phoenix Prep Academy, (7th Street and Filmore).


ENTRY FEES: $20 - Juniors (16 & under); $35 - Adults (17 & Older); $20 each additional event for Juniors & Adults.


MEMBERSHIP -MEMBERSHIP APPLICATIONS FOR U.S. JUDO ORGANIZATIONS WILL BE AVAILABLE AT REGISTRATION.

JUDO GIS: White Judo GIS ONLY.

DIVISIONS: All divisions are determined at time of weigh-ins. All divisions are subject to modification based on fairness and entries. Each skill, gender and age category will be separated into weight divisions, generally:light, middle and heavy. We will make every effort to follow Olympic weight divisions for senior male Black Belts. All decisions by the tournament director are final. Men and Women Novice competitors are defined as a player: who holds a rank of yonkyu or below; who have NOT won any advance divisions; who have no more than two years of Judo experience. Men and Women Brown Belts are defined as a player who holds a brown belt. Junior Novice competitors are defined as players: who hold a rank of yellow belt or below. All Juniors are players aged 16 yrs or younger on day of this tournament.

Boys Divisions: Girls Divisions: Adult Divisons:
Novice/5-6 years Novice/5-6 years Novice/men
Novice/7-8 years Novice/7-8 years Brown-belt/men
Novice/9-10 years Novice/9-10 years Black-belt/men
Novice/11-12 years Novice/11-12 years Masters/men 30-39 years
Novice/13-14 years Novice/13-14 years Masters/men 40-49 years
Novice/15-16 years Novice/15-16 years Masters/men 50+ years
Junior/5-6 years Junior/5-6 years Novice/women
Junior/7-8 years Junior/7-8 years Brown-belt/women
Junior/9-10 years Junior/9-10 years Black-belt/women
Junior/11-12 years Junior/11-12 years
Junior/13-14 years Junior/13-14 years
Junior/15-16 years Junior/15-16 years

RULES:
All matches will be conducted using the current IJF Contest Rules with the following modifications:
1. No shime-waza (chokes) under 13 years old.
2. No shime-waza (chokes) in any junior novice division.
3. No kansetsu-waza (armlocks) in novice divisions.
4. No kansetsu-waza (armlocks) in divisions under 17 years old (Juniors).
5. No blue judo GIS.
6. Duration of matches is modified.

For More Information Contact :

The Grand Canyon State Games
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