Saw this thread on the underground, and was wondering if there is going to be any regional qualifiers in Canada?
http://www.mixedmartialarts.com/?go=forum_framed.posts&forum=1&thread=1455630&page=1&pc=20
I thought No-Gi was invite only.
To the best of my (very limited) knowledge, there are qualifiers for some of the spots, and the others are reserved for invitees.
From my understanding, we (Canada) were supposed to be getting our own national ADCC NoGi qualifiers. Unfortunately this is not happening. So, I believe there are two US qualifiers that are actually North American qualifiers as well. There will be upcoming ADCC regional events throughout the U.S. and possibly Canada soon as well. Winners of these events will be ranked in the ADCC ranking system. But, it does not guarantee them a spot in the ADCC No-Gi worlds.
for more info on the ADCC USA (North American) qualifiers go to http://www.adccusa.com/
Yeah, it's just the east coast and west coast trials in the US. You have to be a US or Canadian citizen to compete, so them there's the North American trials for ya.
Holy cow I wish I knew what was going on with them. It's two weeks away and there's still no information on the site. I know quite a few people who are planning to compete though.