In the tournament we are offering both gi and no-gi divisions for children and adults, absolute divisions, realistic weight and skill classes, and quality refereeing. Our brown/black division and superfights will feature some of the biggest names in women’s grappling. The tournament will be followed by a women’s grappling camp, where you can learn from prominent athletes, sports nutrition experts, and competitors. And there will be big social events where you get to hang out with other female grapplers!

You know the coolest thing? The tournament won’t suck. Here’s why:

• It’s all about YOU, grappling grrls! We’re here to support you and help build a women’s grappling community.
• We’re really organized and we love it when things run on schedule.
• It will be pre-registration only, and the brackets will be posted in advance, so you will know exactly when and who you are fighting.
• We’ll have non-ridiculous weight classes. If you’re 150 lbs, you don’t have to fight someone who’s 200 (and someone who’s 110 doesn’t have to fight you).
• The rules will be posted online. You’ll know well in advance whether your patented Flying Butt Pliers move is legal.
• The food will be healthy — not the regular garbage you get at most sports arenas.
• The venue will be clean, spacious, accessible, and classy — no more high school gyms where the washrooms run out of toilet paper by noon and you have to bring your own soap if you want to wash your hands. Like, euw.
• The revolution will be televised. If your family and friends can’t come with you, tell them to tune into the webcast — they can watch you fight live on the Internet without ever leaving their living room. And if they don’t want to watch it online, the matches will be available on DVD.
• It will be located downtown in a friendly, safe, interesting, walkable city — Toronto, Canada. We have great transit, so you won’t need a car. You won’t have to trek to some remote location. (Good for Starbucks runs between matches.) Toronto is less than an eight hour drive from most northern and midwestern US cities, and less than a five hour flight even from the west coast.  And we know where all the good restaurants are.
• Need a place to stay? Several of us are offering crash space.
• We’re friendly, welcoming people. We’ll make you feel at home. And since we’re Canadian, we’re polite too.
• How about learning from advanced grapplers – we’re putting on matches between some of the biggest names in women’s grappling.
• The camp will offer women-specific instruction, support and athletic development for the advanced, beginner, and younger women.
• We’re breaking through stereotypes of women and what it means to be a female fighter, including the honoring of diversity and uniqueness in terms of body shape, size, strength, and personality.
• This event is non-profit with profits to charity.

This is a different kind of tournament, because we’ve earned it. Toronto is a great city. We’re great girls. It’s going to be a great event. And we want to see you there.