NZJJF News Archive - 20080827a SJJ Newsletter 26th of August
Entry Reminder / New Events
Just a quick reminder that entry forms to
enter the Palmerston North tournament
on 13th September are due this Saturday. Please ensure your forms
are mailed by Friday 6pm.
Venue:
Entries to this event close on 29th August.
Entries may be paid by direct debit to: Sport
Jiu Jitsu NZ Westpac 03 0239 0105285 00(0) or can be paid by mailing cheque or
cash. Signed entry forms must also be mailed to
Please encourage fighters in your club to
have a go! These tournaments are a fantastic forum for NEW fighters to
participate in - in a controlled situation.
Several of our countries best MMA fighters
started in Sport Ju Jitsu, so use these tournaments as a step up for
inexperienced fighters. And of course the open divisions will guarantee a
challenge for the more advanced fighters! I can confirm already that some
excellent and experienced fighters will be there…
SPONSORSHIP
A portion of our venue costs have been
sponsored by a new martial art supplies company that is based in Palmerston
North called “The Armoury”.
A stall will be available during the tournament for you to view and purchase
equipment. In addition, “The
Armoury” has kindly offered to donate some prizes for the Open Divisions. Many thanks
to
REMEMBER
** please check out our Rules on www.sjj.org.nz as there have been a couple of
minor changes to last year in the Free Fighting division.
** please ensure that you send your entries
to our NEW Postal Address
Sport Ju Jitsu
** weigh in is at 8:30… fighters will
be weighing in weight categories this time, and fighters can only fight under one
weight division. The open division is there for everyone once the weight
categories are completed.
** adults may be fighting early in the day,
so please come and help with the kids so that we can get the day moving. The
more hands, the lighter the work.
** that all SJJ tournament circuit
participants are required to pay their $10
NZJJF annual federation fee with their first entry fee of the
season. If you have a card for 2008, you have already paid!
** Fees are $20 for U18 yrs and $30 for
adults… PLUS the $10 NZJJF annual registration fee.
Federation Membership Cards will be issued where
possible by mail to the head coach of your club. If you have not received your
card by mail, it will be available at the door of the next tournament, and will
be required to secure entry into the tournament venue free of charge.
UP AND COMING EVENTS
It is important that we start to bring Ju
Jitsu clubs together… We want to let you know what is happening around
NZ! The following tournaments have now also been scheduled:
27th September
Rules are similar to SJJ
Free Fighting Rules with some minor modifications:
·
Scored on rounds (first to
2 rounds wins)
·
Submissions win a round
·
2 minute rounds (90 seconds
for kids)
There will also be a “Teams”
category (4 fighters with a combined weight U300kg). If you do not have a team
you can go freelance into this competition and the organisers will try and put
you into a team on the day.
This tournament is a Tare
Two SJJ Tournament. This means that all entrants and coaches need to be
members of NZJJF. Results will be published on the website and will also count
towards national rankings and SJJ black belt eligibility however it will be run
on a local level by a local club.
Thanks to Christiaan
Buijsers for running this tournament. For further information and rules,
please contact aucklandfreefighting@jiujitsu.co.nz
.
ALL events and seminars that we hear about
will be published on our website www.sjj.org.nz
. To let us know about your event, please contact us on rowena.harper@nzjjf.org.nz
We will also give additional
publicity to events that are run by registered NZJJF “Club” Members
($50 pa including two individual memberships) by newsletter as well!
And that’s just one of the
benefits of being a “club” member.
For more information on club membership,
please refer to our previous newsletter or email me on
I look forward to seeing you all at our second
tournament in Palmerston North. Travel
safely…
Rowena Harper
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