Start with the organizer and exact event
Write down the organizer's name and the exact event page, including the event date and location shown there. Check that any registration page or document you open is linked from that event. If you can't tell whether a document applies to your event, ask the organizer before using it to make a decision.
Check registration and division information before paying
Look for the event's registration instructions and the division information linked from that page. For example, the IBJJF first-championship guide points its entrants to the weight chart and belt-and-age division table on each event page. If you're considering an IBJJF event, record the chart and table you found, the division you think fits, and any question you need the organizer to answer before you register. Do not carry an IBJJF division choice over to another organizer.
Record the dates that can change your registration
Save the registration deadline and any listed dates for corrections, schedule release, or other decisions that affect you. Use the dates on your event page, not dates from another tournament. If a date or time zone is unclear, ask the organizer. Recheck the event page before paying and again as the event approaches.
Find the rules and uniform documents for that event
Open the rules and uniform information the event page directs you to. Record the document title, its version or date if one is shown, and the part that answers your question. The IBJJF rules resources are for IBJJF; they do not choose the rules for another organizer. As a uniform example, NAGA's tournament packing guide tells entrants to check what their tournament permits, including gi color, fit, patches, and rash guard colors. Write down only the requirements you find for your own event and division. If the event page doesn't make the answer clear, ask its organizer.
When two sources disagree
Return to the exact event page and the documents it links. Check whether the sources name the same organizer, event, division, and date. If you still see conflicting instructions, send the organizer the two links and ask which one applies before you pay or rely on either answer.
Save the confirmation and recheck the event page
Keep the event page link, the documents you used, and any registration confirmation together. A short record helps you return to the same information instead of relying on memory. You can copy these fields into a note for each decision:
- Decision: What am I trying to confirm? For example, which division to select.
- Exact official source: The event page and its linked chart or document.
- Applies to this event and division? Record what the source says, or mark it unresolved.
- Checked date: The date you last looked at that source.
- Unresolved question: What you need to ask the organizer before acting.
These examples are prompts for your record, not requirements for every tournament. Find the official page for your exact event and check its information before registering. If you're also looking for adult classes, Phantom's Adult Jiu Jitsu Program is about training, not tournament registration or event rules.
If you're registering your child, use the parent checklist for child profiles and event divisions before paying.
If the posted division has only one entrant, see what to check when you are alone in a BJJ tournament division.
After you register for a BJJ tournament, what should you check?
Save your confirmation and check the entry in your organizer account. Then note the correction dates on your exact event page and return for the schedule or bracket when it appears.
Check your entry and correction dates
Keep the confirmation with the event link and make sure your entry appears under the right event. For an IBJJF event, the IBJJF first-championship guide separates the athlete correction deadline, professor correction period, Registration Checkday, and later schedule and brackets. Read Relevant Dates on your exact IBJJF event page. Checkday is generally for confirming that an earlier correction was made correctly, with only limited single-bracket options. It is not a new general edit window.
Check your division and ask about a mismatch
Compare your entry with the division information for your exact event. If something does not match, ask that organizer how to correct it before the date that applies to your entry. For example, you might note, “My entry shows a different division from the one I selected. Can you check it before the correction deadline?” For a NAGA event, use its event page and Smoothcomp account; the NAGA FAQ describes its Smoothcomp accounts and brackets. Do not use IBJJF dates for a NAGA entry.
Check the schedule when it appears
Return to the exact event page or organizer account for the posted schedule and bracket. The IBJJF first-championship guide treats these as later postings for its events; the NAGA FAQ points its entrants to Smoothcomp brackets. Your own organizer's page or account is the place to check what has been posted for your event.
Open your exact event page or organizer account now. For IBJJF, the first-championship guide helps you find your event page. For NAGA, start from the NAGA Smoothcomp tournament list and choose your event. For another organizer, use the event link in your confirmation. Check your entry and dates there, return for the schedule or bracket, and ask that organizer about anything wrong or unclear.