single match

  • All adult matches are 10 minutes. All juvenile and junior matches are 5 minutes.

  • The winner will be determined via a submission. In the absence of a submission within the time limits, the judges will decide the match outcome.

  • SUBMISSIONS

    • Adult No Gi: All submissions are allowed; including all leglocks, neck cranks, face bars, twisters and smothers.

    • Adult Gi: As above other than no heel hooks or knee reaping.

    • Juvenile: IBJJF rules plus omoplatas and straight footlocks are allowed.

    • Junior: IBJJF rules

  • Fishhooks, eye pokes, chin in eye and oil checks are not permitted and will result in disqualification from your match.

  • You can lift or slam out of a submission attempt up to waist height. Anything above this or with the deliberate intent on injuring or spiking your opponent will get you disqualified from your match.

  • SCORING

    • The most important criteria is genuine legitimate locked-in submission attempts that have to be defended/escaped.

    • If the top criteria ties then the secondary criteria is positional dominance and escalating positional control such as takedowns, guard passing, initiating exciting exchanges and improving the position to set up submissions.

teams

  • Teams consist of 6 players

  • The contest is 3 x 30 minute rounds made up of 5 minute matches fought under usual Enyo/Grapplefest rules. Submissions are Queen!

  • The team with the highest points total from across the 3 rounds wins.

  • Players are chosen by the team just before each match. 

  • If a player is submitted then they are eliminated for the remainder of the round.

  • Winning players remain active in the round - they can stay on for back-to-back matches (two consecutive matches maximum) or be replaced and return later in the round) - plus they can restore one of their eliminated team mates.

  • If there’s no submission then the match is declared a draw and both players are eliminated for the remainder of the round (or until being restored by a team member winning).

  • Submission victories are worth 1 point. Draws are worth 0 points.

  • Bonus points:

    • Winning the round by getting the most submissions earns a bonus 2 points. If level then the team with the most active players at the end of the round win the 2 points. If still level both teams earn 1 bonus point each.

    • Winning the round by wiping out the opposing team inside the 30 minutes earns a bonus 3 points and ends the round.

  • If the points are level at the end of the contest then the most submissions in total wins. If that’s a draw then it comes down to sudden death - first submission wins (still following the 5 minute matches and players being chosen by the team just before the start of the match).