Tournament Information & Details
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Video: Video Tutorial: How To Prepare Your Students & Parents for a TCO Tournament
This video will walk you through how to get prepped for a TCO tournament, what you can do as a coach and the best way to prepare your students.
Video: Video Tutorial: Tournament Day - What to Expect

This video will walk through everything you need to know when you arrive at your local Tap Cancer Out BJJ Open. From check-in, to weigh-in to the mats and podium, we cover everything you need to know!
Video: Video Tutorial: Scorekeeping at a Tournament

This video walks you through how to keep score at a Tap Cancer Out tournament via SmoothComp. If you are a volunteer, this is a helpful video to watch prior...
Video: Video Tutorial: Accepting SmoothComp Permissions

Make sure you do this on a desktop / laptop!! Prior to each tournament, we upload all TCO registrants into Smoothcomp. Due to privacy laws, Smoothcomp will NOT automatically connect your TCO registration information to your Smoothcomp account. YOU...
How do I update/cancel my registration or change my weight class?
Unfortunately changes to registrations (like weight class, belt, or division) can NOT be done online. We manually make these changes on our end. Please message us through the chat box...
Video: Navigating a TCO Tournament Website
This video will walk you through all of the information you can find on our tournament website/landing pages and hopefully answer any questions you have!
Video: Attending A Tournament As a Coach
Curious what it’s like to coach at a Tap Cancer Out tournament? Our Academy Relationship Manager, Sarah, walks you through the full experience so you’re prepared for event day.
Video: What does "Create a Team" mean?
Experience the Tap Cancer Out BJJ Open as part of an Ambassador Team! This video walks you through that experience and what it takes to become an Ambassador Team.
Where can I find the your event schedule?
All our upcoming tournaments are listed here: https://www.tapcancerout.org/tournaments/ We typically publish our yearlong schedule by February of that year. Our January/February events open for registration in early November.
Is the tournament Gi? No-Gi? Both?
ALL our Tap Cancer Out BJJ Open tournaments are GI-ONLY. We do not offer the opportunity to compete in multiple weight/belt/age classes as many divisions overlap and run concurrently. We...
When is the schedule released?
We release the schedule no later than the Thursday before the tournament (usually earlier). It's emailed to all competitors, posted in the Facebook Event page, and added to the tournament...
All Your Smoothcomp Questions Answered Here
📛 A QUICK NOTE ABOUT SMOOTHCOMP AND HOW WE RUN OUR TOURNAMENT 📛 We send the following content as an email to all competitors of every tournament. For a number...