Sunshine and Submissions Presents: The Empire State Scramble

Sunshine and Submissions started as a small annual grassroots outdoor jiujitsu tournament hosted in Saratoga Spa State Park. We are happy to announce that we will be participating in the Empire State Fitness Expo 2027. Our mission is to grow the tournament in the capital district of New York with the hopes of fostering public interest in our beloved sport and expanding our jiu jitsu community. We also hope to work with and promote charity organizations that are local to the tournament sites. Come on out, put your skills to the test, and lets see what our sport can do!

The tournament will be located inside of the Albany Capital Center, as part of the Empire State Fitness Expo. 

EMPIRE STATE FITNESS EXPO: Competitors will receive a free day-pass to the expo at weigh-ins. Feel free to check out other sporting events at the expo while you are there! 

THIS TOURNAMENT IS PRE-REGISTRATION ONLY!

AWARDS: Gold, silver, and bronze medals will be awarded to all podium finishers. After your bracket has completed you may pick up your medal at the medals table. Team awards will be awarded to the highest scoring teams, in accordance with Smoothcomp records in the results tab.

FORMAT and PROTOCOL: This tournament is single elimination (brackets of 2 or 3 will follow different structures in the interest of getting more matches for competitors) and will follow the IBJJF ruleset.

RULES and GUIDELINES: See the Rules tab.

DIVISIONS: See the Divisions tab.

Early Bird Registration – (Register before Dec 31) $45 per division

Normal Registration – (Register before Feb 28) $65 per division

Late Registration  – (Register before Apr 29 at 11:59pm) $85 per division

- will be merged with the corresponding gi/no-gi black belt or expert division after registration.

COMPETITOR LISTS: Competitor Lists can be viewed by checking out the divisions tab.

CHANGING DIVISIONS: All competitors (or coaches) have until the end of the registrations period to make any changes to their registrations. You can make these changes by emailing sunshineandsubmissions@gmail.com. After this change deadline, there will no further changes allowed. Competitors who are alone in their division should choose to either self-move themselves up a division or cancel their registration for a full credit. If you have trouble changing your division, please check out:  https://support.smoothcomp.com/article/89-how-to-change-weightclass-or-cancel

REFUND POLICY: We issue full refunds for registration until April 29. Refunds can be obtained by logging in and cancelling registration to the event. Competitors who do not have a bracket or their opponent no shows day of event will receive a full refund. No show refund only applies if you have no matches for the day. If you need a refund for no show, be sure to inform the staff at the sign in desk of your name and email.

BRACKETS and SCHEDULE: On April 30, the event brackets and schedule will be released in the evening. You will be able to locate both on the event page brackets and schedule tab. Please be at the mat on time for your matches. We ask that you make sure to be present in the venue at least 60 minutes prior your division start time as well in case we are able to get head starts on certain division. You can also tell when your matches are coming up by checking the tab on your mobile device during the competition: https://support.smoothcomp.com/article/90-find-out-your-dynamic-starting-time

WEIGH-INS: Takes place on the day of the event. You do not have to weigh in with your gi on. You only need to weigh in once if competing in several divisions. You must weigh in anytime from the event opening until 60 minutes before your scheduled division start time. You must have officially weighed in by this hour before your division time and have made the weight, or else you will be disqualified and removed from the bracket.

DIVISION RESULTS: Division brackets along with their final placements will be available on the results tab of the event page live during the event.

WORK AT THE EVENT:  If you are interested in reffing, working the tables, or set-up/break down shoot us a message! We trade free registration to compete in exchange for light work during the set-up and break-down phases of the tournament. To apply, please email us with your name and previous experience, at sunshineandsubmissions@gmail.com.