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IBJJF Competition Requirements

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20 related references (techniques and positions)

An IBJJF entry depends on more than a preferred weight class. Membership must reflect the athlete’s current belt and academy, and the event defines its available age and belt divisions. Published weight limits include the competition uniform.

Age, belt and gi/no-gi format also matter to technique restrictions. Uniform inspection and the rules on lack of combativeness remain relevant regardless of a competitor’s intended style. The event page supplies its correction deadlines, weight chart and schedule; those details are not universal across tournaments.

Is this for you?

• You are entering an IBJJF event and need to understand eligibility, equipment and division requirements.

Also consider

IBJJF Points, Control and Tiebreakers — For how IBJJF points, continuous positional control and tiebreakers are awarded.

Coverage and limits

• Current-belt membership, division selection and event-specific registration deadlines.
• Weight limits with the uniform included, plus separate gi and no-gi uniform requirements.
• Age/belt technique restrictions and the rulebook’s provisions on lack of combativeness.

Limits

• Exact deadlines, divisions and schedules belong to the selected event.
• This overview does not reproduce the complete illegal-technique table or all its exceptions.

Related guides and principles

These related references are not a claim about what the course teaches or evidence of practical mastery.

Competition Game Plans — Event-specific game plans and their offensive and defensive situations.

Competition Preparation with Matt D’Aquino — Tournament preparation, travel and athlete-coach communication.

IBJJF Points, Control and Tiebreakers — IBJJF points, continuous positional control and regulation-time tiebreakers.

Positional Hierarchy

Position-Over-Submission Approach

Competition Mindset

Position Chains

Energy Conservation

Timing and Rhythm

Guard Passing

Review related technique cards

• Mount (Position)

• Back Control (Position)

• Side Control (Position)

• Knee on Belly (Position)

• Closed Guard (Position)

• Half Guard (Position)

• De La Riva Guard (Position)

• X-Guard (Position)

• Spider Guard (Position)

• Turtle (Position)

• Pass to Side Control (Transition)

• Toreando Pass (Transition)

• Knee Cut Pass (Transition)

• Stack Pass (Transition)

• Back Take (Transition)

• Double Leg Entry (Transition)

• Guard Pull (Transition)

• Hip Escape to Guard (Transition)

• Bridge and Roll (Transition)

• Rear Naked Choke (Submission)

Sources Expand for evidence and notes

Independent BJJGraph guide. Not authored or endorsed by the instructor.

My First Championship — IBJJF — ruleset; checked 2026-09-16. Read membership, division selection, correction deadlines and championship-day requirements. Event pages supply the relevant dates, weight chart and schedule. Inspected: Championship Registration; Before the championship; Championship day

IBJJF Uniform Requirements — ruleset; checked 2026-09-16. Verified separate gi and no-gi requirements and the linked uniform-rules update. Use the current requirements together with the event instructions. Inspected: IBJJF Uniform Requirements; No-GI Jiu-Jitsu Uniform Requirements; Uniform rules update link

IBJJF Rules Book — ruleset; checked 2026-09-16. Inspected the division-specific illegal-technique table, lack-of-combativeness provisions and uniform section. Restrictions depend on the listed age, belt and format categories. Inspected: Article 6 and illegal-technique table; Article 8