Organized by NAGA
NAGA ruleset grappling and Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu tournament in Centralia on August 29, 2026. The event runs gi, no-gi, and kids divisions for all belt levels, with absolute brackets for adult competitors. Championship belts awarded to adult winners.
NAGA brings its August stop in the Washington grappling circuit to Centralia, part of a tournament series now in its 29th-plus year as one of the largest mixed grappling circuits in the country. Unlike strict belt-based promotions, NAGA sorts adult competitors into skill divisions — Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced, and Expert — so wrestlers, judoka, and BJJ practitioners from any background can find a fair bracket. Gi divisions follow standard BJJ rules, while no-gi divisions use NAGA's own more permissive ruleset, including leg locks not typically allowed in traditional BJJ competition. This Centralia event runs August 29, 2026 and welcomes competitors ages 3 to 63 and up, with dedicated Kids, Gi, and No-Gi brackets. Entry uses NAGA's tiered pricing, cheaper the earlier you register, through the NAGA Smoothcomp portal (linked from nagafighter.com). Adult division champions take home a NAGA championship belt.
NAGA (North American Grappling Association) is a submission grappling and BJJ tournament promotion founded in 1995 by Kipp Kollar. One of the oldest and highest-volume tournament circuits in the sport, it runs gi and no-gi events across the US nearly every weekend, with divisions from age 4 through adult, using its own Beginner/Intermediate/Advanced/Expert skill-level system for no-gi divisions.
NAGA (North American Grappling Association) runs one of the largest grappling tournament circuits in the world, with gi and no-gi divisions for kids, teens, adults, and masters at every event. Divisions are grouped by age, weight, and experience level rather than strictly by belt in no-gi, and novice kids divisions do not allow submissions — the legal-technique list expands as competitors age up and move to more advanced divisions.
The no-gi divisions use NAGA's own ruleset, which differs from IBJJF scoring in a few important ways: takedowns and sweeps score 2 points (with extra points when a sweep finishes in a dominant position), and submission attempts themselves can score 1–2 points depending on how close they come to finishing. There are no advantages — if a match is tied, the referee decides it on aggression and initiation, rewarding whoever pushed the action hardest.
Gi divisions run under a more traditional points structure closely based on standard IBJJF-style scoring, so gi competitors will find the positional point values familiar. Because the gi and no-gi rules genuinely differ, competitors entering both should read both sections of the NAGA rulebook.
Always confirm the official rulebook before you compete — organizations update rules between seasons. See the official event page for current rules.
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