The Survey Results are In!

After a a fair amount of discussion as to wether children 8 years old should be able to do Submissions at local tournaments we opened a survey to see what the public thinks.  I was interested in the results and they will affect how we manage tournaments in the New Year.  Keep in mind this will not change the rules for the Calgary Tournament this weekend.

1. Do you think children 8 years old should do Submissions?
	answered question		66
	skipped question		0
		Response Percent	Response Count
Yes		56.1%	37
No		28.8%	19
Yes if they have a yellow belt or higher		15.2%	10

2. Do you think children 8 years old should be able to start standing?
	answered question		64
	skipped question		2
		Response Percent	Response Count
Yes		64.1%	41
No		20.3%	13
Yes if they have a yellow belt or higher		15.6%	10

3. Do you think children 7 years old should be allowed submissions?
	answered question		66
	skipped question		0
		Response Percent	Response Count
Yes		51.5%	34
No		48.5%	32

4. Do you think ALL children should receive medals regardless of placement? Ie. 4th place and on all get competitor medals
	answered question		65
	skipped question		1
		Response Percent	Response Count
Yes		38.5%	25
No		61.5%	40

I was very impressed with the interest and thank you to all that took the time.  Like I have mentioned before, we want to take steps towards the official IBJJF rules every year and we will let you know which changes will be made over the Christmas break.

Good luck to all that are competing at this weekends tournament in Calgary held at MMA University!