DIVISION                                                   NORMAL REGISTRATION                                                                                                                      APR 1 - MAY 23

Juniors & Junior Novice*                                        $60

Veterans (30 & over)                                              $60

Senior Novice (below brown belt)                         $60

Brown Belt (brown belt and below)                       $60

Senior Elite Olympic Divisions                                $60

*JUNIOR NOVICE FOR WHITE AND YELLOW BELTS ONLY- NO BJJ OR WRESTLING EXPERIENCE

If a novice athlete has entered and medaled* in a regular category the previous year in any USA Judo national event, the athlete is not eligible to compete in any USA Judo national event novice category the following year.

*If an athlete medaled in a regular category without winning a match, he or she is still allowed to compete in the novice division.

1. Examples:

• If athlete entered and medaled in a regular category in 2022 at any USA Judo national event, he or she will not be eligible to enter novice category in 2023 and beyond in a USA Judo national event.
• If a novice athlete entered a regular category in March 2023 at a USA Judo national event and medaled, the athlete is still eligible for novice categories at USA Judo national events for the remainder of 2023. The athlete would not be eligible for the novice category in any USA Judo national event beginning in 2024.
• Uncontested categories are exempt.

ALLOWABLE SECOND DIVISIONS:

** Junior competitors may fight up one age group as a second division

FIRST DIVISION                                                   MAY ALSO COMPETE IN:

Junior Novice                                                                      Juniors

Juniors (age 15+, ranked below Brown belt)                    Senior Novice

Juniors (age 15+, ranked Brown belt and above)             Senior Elite

Veterans (ranked brown belt and above)                         Senior Elite

Veterans (ranked below brown belt)                                 Senior Novice or Senior Elite

Brown Belt (brown belt and below)                                   Senior Novice

Senior Novice                                                                      Senior Elite