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“We came. We saw. We KICKED THEIR ASS!”
–Bill Murray, Ghostbusters

A fantastic tournament, great turnout, super crowd energy, mad skillz, and some kickass fights. What more could a girl ask for? (Homemade chili? Well, we had that too.)

Pics and video coming soon! Stay tuned!

Photo by Egor Radzik, Redstar -- one of our AMAZING sponsors and maker of sweet gis

Tentative brackets are up! These are not the final brackets – there might be some divisions that are combined and other divisions that are changed based on no-shows and final weights.

See you tomorrow!

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Attention: Due to unforeseen circumstances, we had to cancel the post-tournament variety show. Sorry for any inconvenience. :(

So you came. You saw. You kicked their ass. Now what?

How about a fun evening of belly dancing? Drumming? Martial arts rope dart spinning? Hell yeah!

Grapple Girl Sheng, aka belly dancer Layla Hassam, will be putting on a post-tournament show on the evening of Saturday Aug 22, from 8-9 pm at Hannan’s Bellydance Studio (211 Danforth, between Broadview and Chester).

Come and see some wriggling bodies and shake your moneymaker! All for a good cause! Ooh la la!

Everyone — girls, boys, competitors, spectators, people off the street — is welcome! We’ll post more details as we confirm.

Registration for the tournament is closed. To see the competitor list, visit the Registration Check page.

We’re going to open weigh-ins a little early on Friday the 21st. If you want to come to MECCA MMA at 610 Queen St West, 2nd floor, we will start weigh-ins by 5pm. Soooo, that means weigh-ins from 5-9pm. And if we get all excited, we might even start them a little earlier!

We run a free women’s class every Friday at MECCA from 6-7:30pm. You’re welcome to stick around and join us tomorrow!

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Hi folks! If you’ve registered, pay attention…

We’ve released a tentative schedule for Saturday. Please go to the registration check page and make sure that all of the info there is correct. Thanks! And don’t forget to double check the schedule too.

If you haven’t registered… well, either you are a boy or you have a broken arm. Those are the only two excuses we will accept! (Or not knowing how to grapple. But heck, why not learn by diving in the deep end, eh?)

NOW magazine is Toronto’s weekly news and entertainment voice, published every Thursday. They’ve kindly offered us media sponsorship and we’re thrilled! Special thanks go to Gary McGregor, Manager at the Central Toronto Wrestling Centre and Assistant Coach of both the University of Toronto Varsity Blues Wrestling Team and the Central Toronto Wrestling Club, for being such a wonderful advocate of women’s grappling, and for making this possible.

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Competition in the GGOpen is by pre-registration only.

Registration closes at 12 noon on Thursday Aug 20.

Click for links to registration: One division | Unlimited divisions

If you miss registration, you can’t compete. So clicky and register, grrls!

This will be you if you miss the registration deadline.

Ever had that fantasy where a handsome, personable young man takes you by the hand and discusses the chemoprotective glucosinolates and isothiocyanates in broccoli with you as he guides you gently around the produce section of the grocery store? Yeah, me too.

Whether you’re looking to get ripped, get swole, or just get healthy, Kyle Byron offers personalized nutritional counselling and coaching in a nonjudgemental, supportive environment. He’ll even take you grocery shopping. *swoon*

Our wonderful sponsors have provided us with awesome schwag to auction off. If you’re looking for a great deal on wicked stuff, check it out! Click on “Silent Auction” on the right hand side, or go here.

Precision Nutrition, an industry leader in sports nutrition coaching and information resources, will be donating 2 each of their amazing books Gourmet Nutrition: The Cookbook for the Fit Food Lover and the Precision Nutrition System — the one-stop shop for transforming your body, improving your health, and increasing your athletic performance.

Big thanks to Egor at Redstar BJJ Fight Gear!

The Redstar light gi is especially nice — it fits lean, it’s made from a nice textured weave, and it won’t weigh you down. Plus the logo is totally sweet, and if you wear one of these gis, you get to say “I weel break u,” in a cool Russian accent.

The most awesome thing, though, is that there’ll be a free gi to the best submission of the tournament. So start working your flying armbars, ladies! We wanna see some action!

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