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The Eternal Cup Series, often referred to as The Series Tour, is the first and only professional Brazilian Jiu Jitsu tournament circuit in the United State. Held in 45 cities across the United State, The Eternal Cup Series is administered by The Eternal Cup Series Board of Director and Board of Trustees. The Series Tour current season goes from January through the end of September with The Tour final being held in the first part of October.

History
The Series Tour was first conceived by Michael Hunter, the owner of Pure Land Jiu Jitsu Academy, as an answer to his competitors not being able to train and compete consistently do to the lack of funding and Sponorships. The hours that were needed in order for his athletes to be competitive at major events was a full time job in and of itself, and many of Pure Land Jiu Jitsu’s Competitors couldn’t take the time off work. On September 20, 2017, Michael Hunter along with private investors start The Eternal Cup Series to professionalise Brazilian Jiu Jitsu competitions.

Mission
The Eternal Cup Series main mission is to professionalise Jiu Jitsu, through competition, to better grow sport as a whole. The other mission of The Eternal Cup Series is to guarantee that male and female athlete be equally paid for equal placement at all Series Tour events. The Eternal Cup Series has also set out to insure that kid and teen (7yo-17yo) be given an opportunity to earn scholarship money that would go towards training expenses or be put away for future events, like college.

Format
The Series Tour tournament format is an open bracket system with a repechage for athlete making the quarter-finals. The brackets are divided into pools in which the athlete weight will determine which pool the athlete will be fighting in at the tournament. There are 7 pools A-G with the heaviest athlete in pool A and so on. This system for similar athletes to continuously in pool play, and that the finals will always have a lighter athletes facing off with a heavier athletes.

Trophies and medals
The Eternal Cup Series’ Iano Cup is given to the number one ranked athlete in a given division. The Trophy also has the engraving of the past winner of the Iano Cup. Medals are given out at each Series Tour Event as according to the placement that is received at each event.

Scholarship/Prize money
For kids and teens 17 years old or under scholarship money is given out at each event. All athlete on the Series Tour are automatically registered for both gi and no gi competition. Athletes will earn prize money in both events separately. Example: Athletes who is a purple belt places 1st in gi and 2nd in no gi in his pool, that athlete receives $1000 plus $750 for a total of $1750 for both events.

Tour status
All athletes must have a Tour Card that allows the athlete to compete all season long. The athlete are also not allow to compete more than two seasons at the same colour belt level. This rule was put in place to stop athlete from “stacking rank” in order to have a greater chance of winning prize money. The Series Tour will be partnering with the Gi company Enso Eternal as a lifetime sponsor of the Series Tour.

Events
The eventsg that take place on the Series Tour will take place in these cities under these event names:

New York Grand Prix/ New York Scholastic Grand Prix

Los Angeles Grand Prix/ Los Angeles Scholastic Grand Prix

Chicago Grand Prix/ Chicago Scholastic Grand Prix

Houston Grand Prix/ Houston Scholastic Grand Prix

Phoenix Open/ Phoenix Scholastic Open

Philadelphia Open/ Philadelphia Scholastic Open

San Antonio Open/ San Antonio Scholastic Open

San Diego Open/ San Diego Scholastic Open

Dallas Grand Prix/ Dallas Scholastic Grand Prix

San Jose Open/ San Jose Scholastic Open

Austin Open/ Austin Scholastic Open

Jacksonville Open/ Jacksonville Scholastic Open

San Francisco Grand Prix/ San Francisco Scholastic Grand Prix

Columbus Open/ Columbus Scholastic Open

Indianapolis Open/ Indianapolis Scholastic Open

Charlotte Open/ Charlotte Scholastic Open

Seattle Grand Prix/ Seattle Scholastic Grand Prix

Denver Open/ Denver Scholastic Open

Boston Open/ Boston Scholastic Open

Detroit Open/ Detroit Scholastic Open

Memphis Open/ Memphis Scholastic Open

Portland Open/ Portland Scholastic Open

Oklahoma City Open/ Oklahoma City Scholastic Open

Las Vegas Grand Prix/ Las Vegas Scholastic Grand Prix

Louisville Open/ Louisville Scholastic Open

Baltimore Open/ Baltimore Scholastic Open

Milwaukee Open/ Milwaukee Scholastic Open

Albuquerque Open/ Albuquerque Scholastic Open

Atlanta Open/ Atlanta Scholastic Open

Colorado Springs Open/ Colorado Springs Scholastic Open

Miami Open/ Miami Scholastic Open

Virginia Beach Open/ Virginia Beach Scholastic Open

Raleigh Open/ Raleigh Scholastic Open

Minneapolis Open/ Minneapolis Scholastic Open

Cleveland Open/ Cleveland Scholastic Open

New Orleans Open/ New Orleans Scholastic Open

Honolulu Grand Prix/ Honolulu Scholastic Grand Prix

St. Louis Open/ St. Louis Scholastic Open

Cincinnati Open/ Cincinnati Scholastic Open

Orlando Open/ Orlando Scholastic Open

Reno Open/ Reno Scholastic Open

Little Rock Open/ Little Rock Scholastic Open

Omaha Open/ Omaha Scholastic Open

Tampa Open/ Tampa Scholastic Open

Nashville Open/ Nashville Scholastic Open