Mundials Results - 2012 World Jiu Jitsu Championship

2012 Mundials World Jiu Jitsu Championship Results are being posted as they come in. There has been some serious talk this year about confusion on the rules changes, with matches ending with missing points, and disqualifications. One of Andre Galvao's purple belt students, who should have taken home the gold medal this year, lost his match to an illegal knee bar. There have been so many examples this year of confusion from all sides, referees, coaches, and competitors. We would recommended that IBJJF create a mandatory video for all to watch, showing illegal moves for each belt. We are hoping that this World Jiu Jitsu Championship will set a new standard in the quality of tournaments, and the referee training and understanding of the rules is more widely understood by all.

Stay tuned for Jiu Jitsu Black Belt finals results posted later today.

Below are the most recent results for this years Mundials, 2012 World Jiu Jitsu Championship results:

Mundial World Jiu Jitsu Brackets & Schedule 2012

Let the fights begin! Today marked the first day of the 2012 Mundials, World Jiu Jitsu Tournament in California. With competitors coming in from all over the world, many divisions have upwards of 150 competitors within their bracket. So you can bet that you will see fierce Jiu Jitsu competition this year at Mundials.

The Mundial brackets are now available online. 

See below for the 2012 World Jiu Jitsu Mundials Schedule:

Mundial Jiu Jitsu World's Championships 2012

2012 Jiu Jitsu World (Mundial) Championship Dates: May 31st - June 3rd
Registration Deadline: May 23rd

The time has come again, for Jiu Jitsu competitors from around the world to unite for one of the year's largest, most prestigious Jiu Jitsu events. This year's Jiu Jitsu World Championship puts the Mundial fighters in the center of Long Beach at California State University.

We are still more impressed with the turnout at the 2012 Pan Ams so far, beating the current number of registered fighters by far. The current list of registered Jiu Jitsu World Competitors is below. We will update the list as updates come in, and will post results during and after the tournament. Good luck to all competitors.

2012 Long Beach Spring Jiu Jitsu Open Results

Congrats to all of the competitors that gave it their all out on the mats at the 2012 Long Beach Spring Jiu Jitsu Open. The results list is below. While there were competitors from various teams, the Jiu Jitsu schools that dominated in numbers, and in medals won this competition were: Gracie Barra with 291 total bjj academy points, Brazilian Top Team Long Beach with 127 total bjj academy points, and CheckMat with 91 total academy bjj points.

The turnout for the first year of the Long Beach Spring BJJ Open is a good sign that this tournament will be seen again next year.

Long Beach Spring Open - New 2012 Jiu Jitsu Venue for IBJJF

Tomorrow will be IBJJF's first ever, Long Beach Spring Jiu Jitsu Open. Perhaps to accommodate for the swarms of Jiu Jitsu schools and students that are popping up in the state of California, especially after the impressive number of competitors that showed up to this year's 2012 Pan Am Jiu Jitsu Championship in Santa Ana, California.

The Long Beach Spring BJJ Open will take place on Saturday, May 12th, at the Long Beach Convention Center. We can wonder how many competitors will use this tournament as a warm-up for the 2012 Mundials coming up in just a few weeks, or whether this event serves more for those that are looking for smaller competition prior to the summer. We will take a look at the lists and see if there are any competitors doing both tournaments and report back to our readers. Are you competing in both the World Jiu Jitsu Tournament AND the Long Beach Spring Open?

2012 NY Jiu Jitsu Open Results

This weekend's BJJ Open in New York brought competitors from across the country, and around the world, to compete in the 2nd NY City Jiu Jitsu Open. The tournament boasted a great turnout for its second year in the city, with many divisions doubling the number of Jiu Jitsu competitors in comparison to last year's event.

Below are the final NY Open Jiu Jitsu tournament results list:

New York Jiu Jitsu Open Schedule 2012

The New York Jiu Jitsu Open will take place tomorrow in New York City. The schedule below has matches starting off at 9am with the Blue Adult Male divisions, from Rooster to Medium Heavy. Female divisions start in the afternoon, at around 12:45pm. White Belt divisions have the longest wait, with divisions starting later in the afternoon at 4:20pm.Black Senior and Master divisions start in the evening at around 7pm. More tournament info can also be found on the IBJJF NY Open page.

Below is the complete schedule for the 2012 BJJ NY Open. Remember, we will be adding results from competitors who place in this tournament to our 2012 competitor ranking list on our website @ www.worldofjiujitsu.com. Pan Ams results will also be added this weekend, so be sure to check out who is leading in your division.

Jiu Jitsu New York Open 2012

We are looking for competitors to bring the heat at the NY Jiu Jitsu Open next weekend. Last year's NY Open was relatively small in comparison to other events, but it was the first year for IBJJF to venture into NYC for an Open. This year, the number of competitors is higher than the last, which only shows how much each event will grow in cities across the U.S. every year.

Next weekend's Jiu Jitsu tournament will be at the Nat Holman Gym at the New York City College.Tickets for spectators will be $15 at the door.

While your visiting New York be sure to try the New York pizza, and take a trip down to Time Square to enjoy some great sight-seeing if you have not yet been into the city before.

Below is the current competitor list for the 2012 BJJ NY Open...

2012 Pan Ams Jiu Jitsu Results

The 2012 Pan Ams Jiu Jitsu Championships were amazing! With more than 3,200 Jiu Jitsu competitors, this year's BJJ Pan Ams set a record breaking event. The shear numbers of competitors, and spectators alone, can attest to the amazing growth we are seeing in Jiu Jitsu across the country, and around the World. Another that is for sure, is that the mats here in Irvine, California were filled with very skilled athletes that are looking to take home a piece of pride...in the form of GOLD. Saturday's black belt matches were the highlight of the weekend, with not an empty seat in the house the entire morning and afternoon.   

Alliance Jiu Jitsu was able to secure 86 team points to secure the overall Adult 1st place. In second was Checkmat Jiu Jitsu, with 63 points. And close behind, Gracie Barra Jiu Jitsu, with 58 points.As this weekends fighters go home with notes for improvements, and black belts see even more new and emerging games, we can expect the 2012 Jiu Jitsu World's Championship will bring it even fiercer than before.

Below is the results for the 2012 Pan Am Jiu Jitsu Championship: