Queensland BJJ Tournaments: What Are Your Options?

Author: Bryson Smith
TFC Member
BJJ Blue belt

In this article, we will discuss some of the Queensland BJJ tournaments beginners and advanced practitioners may join.

Truthfully, the hardest part of learning jiu jitsu is the first six months. During this period, success can be rare, and it is common to feel as if you’re often hanging on for dear life. Suppose you’ve developed athletic prowess from previous training or are naturally larger. In that case, you may find success through overpowering your fellow beginners. However, the size difference becomes less significant once you share the mats with an advanced player. It becomes harder to ignore the power of solid technique too.

Without a doubt, the early times of developing your new skillset is the most challenging. As such, your attitude toward competing in jiu jitsu may look like the following;

“I would consider competing if I felt more confident in my ability.”

“I’m not interested in competing. I just want to learn jiujitsu casually.”

“I might consider competing when I improve my general fitness.”

Of course, all the above attitudes are reasonable. However, the point stands that the best way to improve your grappling is to get loads of experience. That is to say, you must train hard, compete, reflect on what worked or didn’t work, and learn from your mistakes. Competition-level intensity is total resistance, and it’ll put your skills to the test. So, there’s one thing you have to do if you want to take decisive steps in improving your abilities. Relieve yourself of expectations (other than to learn) and sign up for a local tournament!

Prior to the pandemic, events run monthly all over the greater Brisbane and Gold Coast areas. Different events have different rulesets. Here are four types of BJJ Tournaments you can expect to see around the place once this whole debacle ends.