Competition Method: The standard (“true”) Double Elimination System with winners’ and losers’ brackets will be used. The winner of the losers’ bracket will compete against the winner of the winners’ bracket for first and second place. The first one of these two contestants to have two (2) losses will be placed second; the other will be placed first. The runner up of the losers’ bracket will be placed third. For categories with less than five contestants, round robin will be the method of competition.

Current

IJF Rules will be used with the following modifications:

1. IJF and Cadet matches will be four (4) minutes. Juvenile and younger matches will be three (3) minutes long.
2. CHOKES – Junior Athletes who are in Juvenile (born 2009-2010) and older (this is based on the YEAR of birthand not actual age) will be permitted to use chokes.
3. ARM BARS – Junior Athletes who are in IJF Junior (born 2003-2008) and Cadet (born 2006-2008) will bepermitted to use arm bars.
4. IJF Match times apply to Senior Men’s elite and Senior Women’s elite. All other Senior and Masters divisions willbe three (3) minutes long.
5. No arm bars or chokes will be allowed in ANY Novice division.
6. Juniors winning medals in the IJF-Junior, Juvenile, Cadet, Intermediate, Bantam 1-6 will be awarded five (5) points for a gold medal, three (3) points for a silver medal and two (2) points for a bronze medal on the Junior Elite National Roster that corresponds to his or her weight division.
7. Seniors and Veterans winning medals will be awarded two (two) points for a gold medal and one (1) point for a silver medal.
8. Athletes must be a member of USA Judo prior to the conclusion of the event to receive points for placement on the USA Judo roster.

BLUE AND WHITE GIS

Judokas are encouraged to bring blue and white gis. If bringing only a white gi, please bring blue and white belts.

BLUE AND WHITE BELTS WILL NOT BE PROVIDED

JUNIOR POINT LEVEL COMPETITORS – DON’T FORGET TO ATTACH A COPY OF:

1. Proof of Age ( a copy of birth certificate, passport or verified proof of age on membership)
2. Copy of Membership card with national organization

MAAPP POLICY

The Center for SafeSport has developed the Minor Athlete Prevention Policies (MAAPP) which USA Judo has adapted to our own sport. The MAAPP is a collection of proactive and training policies comprised of two parts; Education & Training Policy that requires training for certain Adult Participants and the Required Prevention Policies, focused on limiting one-on-one interactions between Adult Participants and Minor Athletes to prevent abuse.

The full MAAPP policy can be found at www.usjudo.org.