SCHEDULE OF EVENTS

Registration/Check in  - optional dates below: All Seniors

July 24       6:30 PM - 9:00 PM   EMBASSY SUITES BY HILTON - 17TH STREET 

July 25      10:00 AM - 3:00 PM   EMBASSY SUITES BY HILTON - 17TH STREET

July 27      10:00 AM - 12:00 PM     TOURNAMENT SITE

Unofficial Weigh-in –All Seniors

July 27     10:30 AM - 11:30 AM     TOURNAMENT SITE

Official Weigh-in:

July 27    11:30 AM - 1:30 PM    TOURNAMENT SITE

Competition Begins; All Divisions:

July 28      9:00 AM    TOURNAMENT SITE

SENIORS AGE/WEIGHT CATEGORIES; WEIGH IN, POINTS, SEEDING

Novice Category:  Any athlete born December 31, 2009 or earlier and holding belt rank below brown belt may enter the Novice Category.   Weight divisions for Novices will be Light/Medium/Heavy.

Rules: Same as those for the Championships with the exception that there will be NO chokes or armlocks allowed in the Novice divisions.

Championship Category:Any athlete born December 31, 2009 or earlier with a minimum rank of senior sankyu (brown belt) may enter the Championship Category

Championship Weight Divisions:  A weight division is defined as over the next lower weight division and up to and including the weight division number.  Example:  Male 73 kg means over 66 kg up to and including 73kg.

Males:

60 kg, 66 kg, 73 kg, 81 kg, 90 kg, 100 kg, +100 kg, Open

Females:

48 kg, 52 kg, 57 kg, 63 kg , 70 kg, 78 kg, +78 kg, Open

Declaration of Weight Senior athletes must make a preliminary declaration of weight on their entry form or at Registration/Check-in.  However, the athlete’s measured weight at weigh-in will determine the competition division.

Naked weigh-in is no longer allowed for any category. To compensate, 0.1kg will be allowed. For example, in the 66kg category, the limit will be 66.1kg. This is a clothing allowance only and the 0.1kg will only be added to the true weight.

Weigh-in:  Competitors will not be allowed to check their weight on official scale during weigh-in times; however, an unofficial scale will be available for the purpose of checking weight outside of the weigh in room during official weigh-in times. 

At OFFICIAL WEIGH-IN, athletes must present their tournament-issued identification card AND a photo ID/Passport.

Elimination Systems: Round Robin for divisions of 5 or fewer; Modified Double Elimination for all others.

Match Lengths: Four minutes for men and women.

USA Judo National Ranking Points: For USA Athletes in the Senior Championship category, points on the USA Judo national rosters will be awarded in accordance with the current USA Judo point system. To receive points on the USA Judo Roster you must be a member of USA Judo prior to the event. Criteria can be found at https://www.usajudo.com/athletes/seniors/2023-national-ranking-rosters#USA_Judo_Point_Roster_Criteria

Senior Seeding: In the Senior Championship category, USA athletes will be seeded based on the current USA Judo Senior National Rosters according to the current USA Judo seeding procedures.

Match Scheduling Conflicts: Seniors may compete in Veterans (if age/rank qualified) but both categories compete on the same day.  Tournament staff will attempt to schedule the divisions as far apart as possible to avoid conflicts, but this is not guaranteed.  The standard “no show” protocol will apply if an athletes fail to appear because they are competing in another division at the same time.