Renzo Gracie will be holding a gi tournament in New York City. There will be no walk-in registration. Registration deadline is June 21.

The athlete will weigh in with his gi on before his first match.

Hunter College
68th Street & Lexington Avenue
New York, NY
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More information on the official site.

The entry deadline for the R.A.W. United 2010 Mike Witmer Memorial Open has been extended to Saturday, May 29th. The contest will be filmed by FOX Sports to air on Jay Adams' Xtreme Power Television. It will also be live-streamed right here on Powerlifting Watch. The roster will feature 2009 Raw Unity Meet middleweight Champion Ryan Celli (198), Master's Champions Bob Benedix (181) and James Jacobs (242), Eric Talmant (165), and a 2010 RAW Unity Meet rematch between Beau Moore (SHW) and Mike Tuchscherer (275). Entries can be obtained here or by contacting rawunitedinc@gmail.com.

USPF Nationals meet director, Rhode Island State Chairman, and USPF Executive Committee member Ted J. Isabella has extended the entry deadline for this year's USPF Nationals.

"Dear Lifters,

I just wanted to pass along some information regarding the 2010 USPF Nationals. I have received a number of requests to extent the deadline for the lifter entries into this years Nationals. People have asked for the extension to allow them a little more time to put their funds together due to the difficult financial times a number of them are having. For this reason, in these difficult economic times for all, I have no problem extending the deadline.

Gorilla Pit is happy to announce the hosting of seminars with Chad Aichs and Matt Wenning. These will both be full day events and limited to 15 bodies per seminar. Price is $150 per spot, refreshments (water-snacks) provided. Matt Wenning will be coming May 15th, 2010 and the registration deadline is April 25th. Chad Aichs will be coming June 26th and the registration deadline is June 5th.