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SJJIF Worlds To Offer $40,000 Cash Prizes To Black Belt Competitors!

SJJIF Worlds To Offer $40,000 Cash Prizes To Black Belt Competitors!

 

The 2016 SJJIF World Jiu-Jitsu Championship will be held November 12th through 13th at Cal State Long Beach Walter Pyramid in Long Beach, CA USA.

And it will encompass all Ages, Belts and Skill Levels!

 

SJJIF World Jiu-Jitsu Championship 
Gi & NoGi
November 12th-13th*, 2016
All Ages, All Belts & Skill Levels
Cal State Long Beach Walter Pyramid in Long Beach, CA USA

 

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This year, the SSJIF is making a big step for the professsionalization of Jiu-Jitsu: The SJJIF will be awarding up to $40,000.00 USD Prize to its Black Belts champions!

 

2016 SJJIF World Jiu-Jitsu Championship Black Belt Gi & No Gi Prizes
The SJJIF will be awarding up to $40,000.00 USD Prize to its Black Belts champions as follows: Bracket with 12 or more competitors Bracket with 8 to 11 competitors  Brackets with 4 to 7 competitors
Black Belt Male Adult Gi Divisions:
Rooster $1,000 $800 $500
Super Feather $1,000 $800 $500
Feather $1,000 $800 $500
Light $1,000 $800 $500
Middle $1,000 $800 $500
Medium Heavy $1,000 $800 $500
Heavy $1,000 $800 $500
Super Heavy $1,000 $800 $500
Ultra Heavy $1,000 $800 $500
Black Belt Female Adult Gi Divisions:
Rooster $1,000 $800 $500
Super Feather $1,000 $800 $500
Feather $1,000 $800 $500
Light $1,000 $800 $500
Middle $1,000 $800 $500
Medium Heavy $1,000 $800 $500
Open Weight Divisions Gi & No Gi:
Black Belt Open Weight Male Adult Gi Division $5,000 $3,000 $2,000
Black Belt Open Weight Female Adult Gi Division $5,000 $3,000 $2,000
Black Belt Open Weight Male Master Gi Division $1,500 $800 $500
Black Belt Open Weight Female Master Gi Division $1,500 $800 $500
Black Belt Open Weight Male Senior Gi Division $1,000 $800 $500
Black Belt Open Weight Female Senior Gi Division $1,000 $800 $500
Black Belt Open Weight Male Adult No Gi Division $3,000 $1,500 $500
Black Belt Open Weight Female Adult No Gi Division $3,000 $1,500 $500
Black Belt Open Weight Male Master No Gi Division $1,000 $800 $500
Black Belt Open Weight Female Master No Gi Division $1,000 $800 $500
Black Belt Open Weight Male Senior No Gi Division $1,000 $800 $500
Black Belt Open Weight Female Senior No Gi Division $1,000 $800 $500

All Black Belts must be a SJJIF registered active member to register for the event and qualify for the prizes. Registered Black Belts that do not attend the event will automatically lose the SJJIF Free registration privilege. Only the top three Black belt athletes in a division qualify to compete in the Open Weight division.

 

Sport Jiu-Jitsu International Federation is on a mission! 

The SJIIF was originally founded with the mission to take the sport of Jiu-Jitsu to the Olympics, the federation has grown the sport bjj by both hosting tournaments and promoting the bjj lifestyle for people around the globe.

SJJIF has always aimed to promote Brazilian jiu-jitsu through the community and events – all so the level of knowledge grows and the lifestyle becomes all-consuming. In fact the SJJIF has high hopes. They aspire to benefit and enable the growth of the sport in order to organize it and meet the requirements of International Olympic Committee. They aspire to achieve this thanks to easier rules that enable better understanding by both professionals and spectators.

SJJIF was founded in June 2011 by professors Joao Silva, Patricia Silva, Samuel Aschidamini, Cleiber Maia and  Edison Kagohara. First international SJJIF Worlds took place just a couple of years ago (2013) at the Long Beach Pyramid in Long Beach, California.