Ontario Legalizes Amateur Grappling and Pankration Tournaments

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Ontario Legalizes Amateur Grappling and Pankration Tournaments | Combat Docket

Erik Magraken

contacted Ontario’s Ministry of Tourism, Culture and Sport for clarification about what rules the designated PSO is allowed to use when overseeing grappling and pankration contests. In a somewhat baffling reply, the Ministry is taking the position that BJJ is not ‘grappling’ and remains illegal in Ontario despite this recent development. Here is their reply:

The Ministry has recognized Ontario Grappling Association (OGA) for the sports of grappling and pankration. OGA must use the appropriate rules as outlined by their International Federation, United World Wrestling.

For more information related to this, please see below:
Pankration – Regulations - Pankration | United World Wrestling
Grappling – Regulations - Grappling | United World Wrestling

The Ministry views Brazilian Jui-Jitsu as a different sport and will remain illegal until an organization meets all the requirements in the Sport Recognition Policy.

 

[GSPTrainingInAPool]

Throwback to this one: Ontario Set to Criminalize Amateur BJJ and Grappling as of July 1, 2017 | TMMAC - The MMA Community Forum

Moving in the right direction in Ontario but common - we'll allow grappling but not BJJ?? da fuq!

 

[GSPTrainingInAPool]

Pretty sure the author is a member here but i cannot remember their SN for the life of me. combatlaw? MMAlawyer? idonno sorry!!

 

[Jesus X]

 

[jimmy boogaloo]

lol the explosion of grappling in martial arts in the 90s was caused by bjj. if that never happened, they wouldn't have to discuss this stuff. fucking idiots.

 

[WEWEREONABREAK]

I live in a SEVERELY stupid country full of people who have massive chips on their shoulders about the fact that they're not American, as if that imbues them with some sort of holy wisdom or something. Dinner table quarterbacking about how the US should be run is commonplace.

Please excuse us.