# PGS 01

> Competition in MIAMI, United States | March 14, 2026 – March 15, 2026

## Overview

**Event Type:** Competition

**Description:** Most jiu jitsu rulesets fail in predictable ways. They reward stalling, tolerate confusion, and crown champions who cannot impose their will from standing. Worse, many rules lack internal logic. Falling bodyweight is one of the leading causes of injury in contact sports, yet dangerous jumping techniques are routinely allowed, even for beginners. At the same time, comparatively safer submissions like kneebars are restricted until the highest ranks. This contradiction makes no sense.

Rules shape behavior. Coaches design practices around them. Athletes optimize for them. When the rules are flawed, the grappling becomes flawed too.

PGS prioritizes aggression, dominance, and forward progress. Passivity is discouraged. Stalling is penalized. The result is matches that are clearer for athletes and far more compelling for spectators.

Established grappling sports like wrestling and judo benefit from standardized, easy-to-follow rules. Jiu jitsu does not. PGS aims to change that by introducing a coherent, safety-conscious submission grappling ruleset grounded in how people actually get injured and how high-level grappling actually works.

**First, rule gaming**. This includes stalling to force overtime, artificial point exchanges, and actions like kicking the legs after a guard pull to manufacture a takedown. PGS referees are trained to issue immediate stalling warnings and penalties. The push-out rule also helps here as athletes cannot run away from action without giving up a point. They must fight for the middle. If they are not trying to win, they are losing.

**Second, preventable catastrophic injuries.**All jumping attacks are banned. This includes jumping guard, kani basami, flying armbars, and similar techniques. These moves rely on uncontrolled falling bodyweight and create injuries that cannot be defended against. The risk is real, the consequences are severe, and the upside is minimal. The juice is not worth the squeeze. Other dangerous takedowns such as arm-trapped mat returns are also illegal for the same reasons.

**Third, uncontestable referee error.**Referees are human. Mistakes happen. Each team will be allotted a limited number of referee challenges per event to correct clear errors and increase accountability. It is impossible to remove subjectivity entirely, but PGS minimizes it through clear scoring criteria and a last-to-score tiebreaker that eliminates most referee decisions.

PGS is not trying to reinvent grappling. It is trying to make it make sense.

**Status:** Scheduled

## Dates

**Start:** March 14, 2026
**End:** March 15, 2026
## Location

**Venue:** Lummask Park

**Location:** MIAMI, United States


## Links

- Registration: https://smoothcomp.com/en/event/31080
- Source: https://smoothcomp.com/en/event/31080
## Tags

Multi-Day

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**Last Updated:** March 22, 2026

**Data Source:** BJJ.Space (https://bjj.space/events/pgs-01)