Pan No-Gi 2013. Photo: Dan Rod

The Pan No-Gi Jiu-Jitsu Championship is already filling up its athlete list. Scheduled for Saturday, Sept. 27 at the City College of New York in New York City, the event will bring the best no-gi players to fight for the Pan title.

As of now, the registration is at 76% capacity. The original registration deadline is Sept. 19, however the IBJJF will close the registration prior to the deadline if capacity reaches 100%.

So this means, if you are planning to compete this month for the Pan No-Gi title, get your travel accommodations arranged and register on www.ibjjf.org

The venue is the Nat Holman Gymnasium on the campus of the City College of New York located at: 160 Convent Ave. NY, NY 10031.

So far the black belts who have confirmed their registration include Rodrigo Freitas, Renan Borges, Lucas Rocha, Leonardo and Francisco Iturralde, Luiza Monteiro, Megan Nevill, Mark Ramos and more.

Don’t miss the opportunity to win this no-gi title. Go to www.ibjjf.org now.

If you’re near the big apple, don’t miss the 2014 IBJJF New York Summer Open at the City College of New York. The event will be tomorrow, Saturday, July 19 with the first divisions starting at 9:30 a.m.

The one-day tournament will feature competitors from white to black. Black belts compete at 1:40 p.m. so catch the high-level matches between athletes like Rodrigo Freitas, Vitor Oliveira, Gianni Grippo, Antonio Antonioli, Eliot Kelly and more.

The address of the Nat Holman Gymnasium is Nat Holman Gym 160 Convent Avenue New York, NY 10031.

Check the full schedule here.

And see the brackets posted online here.

Inacio Neto at the New York Open earlier this year. Photo: Erin Herle

The next IBJJF championship in New York is the 2014 New York Summer Open on Saturday, July 19. As with every other edition, the athlete list always reaches capacity before the registration deadline is met so register early!

The championship will take place at the traditional venue, the Nat Holman Gymnasium at the City College of New York. It is located at 160 Convent Avenue New York, NY 10031.

Divisions are open for adults and masters, white to black. Already signed up are members of GMA academies ready to defend their turf such as Renzo Gracie, Marcelo Garcia Academy, Vitor Shaolin BJJ Academy, Soca BJJ, Gracie Barra Long Island, Savarese BJJ and more.

You can register now for $110 per person at www.ibjjf.org

The 2014 IBJJF New York Spring Open at the Nat Holman Gymnasium on the City College of New York campus on April 12 unfolded. There were many photographers on location to capture the fights from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m., white to black.

The team awards were as follows:

1 Alliance Marcelo Garcia – 193 points

2 Team Lloyd Irvin – 168 points

3 Renzo Gracie – 106 points

Full results can be found here: http://static.ibjjfdb.com/Campeonato/000250/en-US/Results.pdf

Photos from Fighterplus can be found in this album: https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.803854879632250.1073741857.502531056431302

Rommel Malabanan took photos for GRACIEMAG, which can be found here: https://www.flickr.com/photos/graciemag/sets/72157643948819415/

The IBJJF photographers of the day John “Ric” Ricard and D-Kline Design took photos here: https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.857595640922436.1073741996.192240324124641 

And another gallery here:

Purple belt middleweight division at the 2013 NY Summer Open. Photo: Erin Herle

As per usual, the IBJJF tournament is set for its on-time delivery of matches starting at 9 a.m. The 2014 New York Spring Open will be held on the west side of the north end of Manhattan on Saturday, April 12.

The location for the event is at the Nat Holman Gymnasium at the City College of New York: 160 Convent Ave. New York, NY 10031.

The black belt divisions begin at the perfect time: twelve noon. The open weight division begins not long after at 2:20 p.m. giving the perfect window for a spectator to admire the top skill levels.

Some matches to watch out for in the black belt divisions will be JT Torres of Atos Jiu-Jitsu in the same division as former Team Lloyd Irvin teammate DJ Jackson at middleweight. As the only two in the division, their first match will also be a final– but that is a match that can carry that kind of standard.

AJ Agazarm of Gracie Barra in the lightweight division alongside Diogo Almeida of Gracie Barra, Rafael Barbosa of Renzo Gracie and Chicago native Bricklin Welch of Team Redzovic. Another in the mix is Boston Spring Open stand-out Gianni Grippo of Alliance Marcelo Garcia at featherweight who will face David Trader of Big Brothers.

Also in play will be Antonio Antonioli of Atos Jiu-Jitsu in the heavyweight category who also won the Boston Spring Open this past weekend. He will perhaps face GMA member Christian Uflacker of Uflacker Academy in Chicago.

Check out the full schedule here.

Check out the divisions here.

Pan No-Gi Jiu-Jitsu Championship in 2011. Photo: GRACIEMAG

Tomorrow, Sept. 28, the City College of New York will have its Nat Holman Gymnasium infiltrated by men and women in rash guards and shorts. The title of Pan No-Gi Jiu-Jitsu Champion will be granted to those who advance in their brackets all the way to the top of the podium.

To see who will be facing who on their journey to the gold, take a look at the brackets here.

To see who will be fighting when, check out the schedule here.

Don’t miss the black belts exhibit top level moves starting at 1:10 p.m. with the endless list of names such as JT Torres, Laercio Fernandes, Caio Terra, Samir Chantre, Zach Maxwell, Vitor Oliveira, Murilo Santana, Christian Uflacker, Bernardo Faria, Abraham Marte, Bruno Fernandes and more.

It’s a mix of new, active and veteran black belts that ensure great match-ups with no clear bets.

The venue for the Pan Jiu-Jitsu No-Gi. Photo: GRACIEMAG

In 2008, Vinicius ‘Draculino’ Magalhaes entered the Pan Jiu-Jitsu No-Gi Championship and won his division at the age of thirty-seven. The black belt leader is the coach of current champions such as Romulo Barral and Samuel Braga and continues to pass on his knowledge to students at his GMA academy Gracie Barra Texas in Houston.

That was the first year of the annual event. The 2013 edition of the event is set for Saturday, September 28 at its New York City location in the Nat Holman Gymnasium of the City College of New York.

Registration is open however the athlete list has now reached 60% capacity.

So, register now and make your travel arrangements to confirm your presence at the Pan Jiu-Jitsu No-Gi Championship before it’s too late.

Go to www.ibjjf.org to register now.

Full house at the 2012 Pan Jiu-Jitsu No-Gi Championship. Photo By Dan Rod

Don’t be late in registering for the 2013 IBJJF Pan Jiu-Jitsu No-Gi Championship this year and let the east coasters win all the titles. The roster is filling up quickly and is likely to reach capacity before the deadline on September 16!

The event will be on Saturday, September 28 at the City College of New York Nat Holman Gymnasium: 138th Street, Convent Avenue New York, NY 10031

Make sure you register for the event before making your travel arrangements so you’re not stuck going to New York just to watch because the athlete list filled up. Although it wouldn’t be a bad vacation, the competition is one you do not want to miss.

In past years the mats of the Pan No-Gi have seen a high level of black belts such as Lucas Lepri, JT Torres, Renan Borges, Samir Chantre, Osvaldo Queixinho, Laercio Fernandes, Henrique Rezende, Pablo Popovitch, Roberto Tussa Alencar, Davi Ramos, Kayron Gracie, Daniel Tavares and many more. That list is comprised of 2012 and 2011 alone.

This year the black belts confirmed so far: Bernardo Faria, AJ Agazarm, Bruno Fernandes, Joseph Capizzi as well as athletes from GMA academies such as Renzo Gracie, Alliance NYC, Alliance Ecuador, Marcelo Garcia, Gracie Barra Long Island, Toronto BJJ, Soca BJJ, Gracie Barra Montral, Gracie Barra New Mexico.

Let’s make the Pan No-Gi an earned title with a well-rounded amount of entries from all over to represent the spread of the gentle art.

To register go to www.ibjjf.org

GRACIEMAG will be present tomorrow, April 20 at the 2013 IBJJF New York International Open. Set at the City College of New York in the heart of the city, the Nat Holman Gymnasium will be the battlefield for local teams to determine who is the best. You can follow all the coverage on our google + page!

Gracie Barra has sent a team of some of their best black belts to the other coast from California. Philippe Della Monica came out and held a seminar at GMA Gracie Barra Long Island and will be present along with his teammates. World champion Otávio Sousa leads the pack that includes also Rodrigo Simoes, Gustavo Pires and Magid Hage. Renzo Gracie team has opted to represent their academy without combining into the Gracie Elite Team name and Alliance is being represented by both New York academies Alliance NYC and Marcelo Garcia Academy. Nova Uniao is holding their own with Times Square locals Vitor Shaolin Academy. Many streams of competitors will be present from all over the nation to see who comes out on top. This tournament, however, has always been very important to the teams who are all located in rather close proximity and who gains the overall lead in points to win the team trophy. Will you be present to catch all of the excitement and/or defend your team’s glory?

The schedule is up as well as the brackets so be sure to check those both below:

Click here to see the schedule!

Click here to see the brackets!

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