Jiu Jitsu Atemi National Championships 2025-26

DATES

22-23rd November 2025

VENUE

English Institute of Sport, 200 Coleridge Rd, Sheffield, S9 5DA

ENTRY OPENING DATE

Tuesday 7th October 2025

Non-BUCS entrants should enter the event via the Jiu Jitsu Foundation. Non-BUCS entrants will be invoiced for these by the Jiu Jitsu Foundation directly and separately to any BUCS entries.

STAGE 1 ENTRY CLOSING DATE

Tuesday 11 November 2025 at 11:59pm – Student/Competition Deadline

(Students/ Competitors must apply by this deadline)

Thursday 13 November 2025 at 11:59pm - Institution Administrator Approval Deadline

(Institutional Administrators are given 48 hours after the student/ competitor deadline to approve entries)

STAGE 2 ENTRY CLOSING DATE (If required)

Tuesday 18 November 2024 at 11:59pm – Student/Competition Deadline

(Students/ Competitors must apply by this deadline)

Thursday 20 November 2024 at 11:59pm - Institution Administrator Approval Deadline

(Institutional Administrators are given 48 hours after the student/ competitor deadline to approve entries)

ENTRY COSTS

£44.50 per competitor

STAGED ENTRY

Should the competition allow more entries a Stage 2 Entry window will open. Priority will remain with the entries received before the Stage 1 entry closing date. Entries received in the Stage 2 window and accepted into the competition, will be charged an additional 20% fee.

EVENTS AND BUCS POINTS AVAILABLE

BUCS entrants take part in individual grade categories alongside non-BUCS entrant, eligible for both a BUCS placing in the category, and a TJJF placing.

The grade category an individual is allocated to is determined by the grade in their TJJF profile. It is the responsibility of individuals to ensure that their profile is up to date. The finalised competition categories are determined by the accepted entries.

The highest grade BUCS competitors (based on TJIF profile) are also entered into separate men’s and women’s ‘BUCS Individual’ categories, for which individual BUCS Medals (top 3) and BUCS Points (top 4) are awarded.

The remaining competitors are allocated to their relevant grade to compete alongside non-BUCS entrants.

Where a grade has a minimum of six BUCS competitors, the top 4 individual performances will be extracted and awarded points which contributes towards their overall team score for their institution.

Please see Appendix 1 and Regulation 6 for BUCS Points available for this event.

ENTRY ALLOWANCE

Institutions can request up to 50 entries per gender. However, should the event reach capacity, BUCS may need to restrict the number of entries per institution. Therefore, when submitting entries on BUCS Play, for both the Men’s competition and Women’s competition, competitors should be ranked in order of preference before being submitted.

ENTRY PROCESS – INDIVIDUAL EVENTS

To apply for the competition all eligible competitors must follow these steps:

1. Competitor to apply to the event on BUCS Play (Instructions on how to do this can be found here)
2. Institution administrator approves entry (Instructions on how to do this can be found here)
3. BUCS approves/denies entry into competition and publishes confirmed entry list

Any data will be handled in accordance with BUCS Privacy Policy

By participating in this event you agree to adhere to BUCS General Event Disclaimer

To check whether you are eligible to compete in BUCS competitions, please visit REG 4 Individual Eligibility.

TIMETABLE

Below is a the provisional timetable that we’re looking to work to.  It’s subject to change on the day depending on how smoothly everything runs.  All competitors will receive a text message detailing the category they’ve been entered into, which enables any category adjustments to made before the competition is created. After this they will receive a text message advising the time and location they need to be for to start their competition.

Saturday 22nd November 2025

1330 - 1415

Brown belt - Round 1

1430 - 1515

Novice - Round 1

1515 - 1600

Yellow belt - Round 1

Orange belt - Round 1

Green belt - Round 1

Purple belt - Round 1

Light Blue belt - Round 1

Dark Blue belt - Round 1

1600 - 1645

BUCS Individual - Round 1

Novice - Round 2

Sunday 23rd November 2025

1330 - 1415

Orange belt - Final

Green belt - Final

Purple belt - Final

Light Blue belt - Final

Dark Blue belt - Final

Brown belt - Final

1415 - 1500

Novice - Final

Yellow belt - Final

BUCS Individual - Final

RULES AND REGULATIONS

Jiu Jitsu Rules and Regulations can be found here

BUCS General Rules and Regulations can be found here

JIU JITSU FOUNDATION MEMBERSHIP

To train with a TJJF club they need to have this.  To be registered into the competition at all they need to have TJJF membership.  The details of this are contained in the members area of TJJF website.

BUCS send us the entrants from the BUCS play system, including TJJF membership number.  These details are then matched with those on in TJJF membership database and entered as entrants to the event on TJJF system so that the competition can be generated.

CLOTHING

All competitors need to wear a white or blue training suit (gi)

CHANGING FACILITIES / DISABILITY ACCESS

Competitors will be free to use the EIS Netball Hall Changing Facilities, with the event being hosted in the Netball hall.

VENUE ACCESSIBILITY

The English Institute of Sport, Sheffield provides access for all. For more information on accessibility please visit the Sheffield City Trust Website here.

SPECTATORS

This is not an event for external spectators.  The seating is for the event participants, the instructors, and the club support teams.

PRESENTATIONS

Presentations of the Jiu Jitsu BUCS Men’s and Women’s trophies and medals for the BUCS Men’s and Women’s individual competition will be on Sunday afternoon after all events have be completed.

WITHDRAWALS

Competitor withdrawals must be made by a competitors athletic/students union by emailing the event lead.

Please see REG 7.9 for our withdrawal policy.

PHOTOGRAPHY & VIDEOGRAPHY

Anyone wishing to take photos or video at this event must complete the BUCS Media Accreditation Form prior to the event

BUCS PLAY

If you are having any problems with the BUCS Play please contact BUCS app support prior to the entry closing date.

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