Overview
Para Jiu-Jitsu under AJP adapts professional jiu-jitsu competition for athletes with physical, visual, or cognitive disabilities, organized into five classification groups including wheelchair users and ambulatory amputees. AJP hosts the annual Para Jiu-Jitsu Championship and integrates Para divisions into many of its…
How to win
- Decision priority: submission > points > advantages > penalties > referee decision; Tournament: single-elimination brac…
- Win priority order — Submission beats points, then advantages, then penalties, then referee decision.
- Tournament format — Single-elimination bracket, split by classification and weight class.
- Medal by division — Gold, Silver, and Bronze awarded per classification, weight category, and belt.
The game
- Two competitors per match within the same classification; Classifications: VI (visually impaired), DEAF, II (intellectu…
- Match composition — Each match has two competitors from the same classification.
- Classifications: VI (visually impaired), DEAF, II (intellectually impaired, with sub-classifications), WC (wheelchair),…

