Championships for non U.S. citizens

[SeungMin Bae]

I have two or three S.Korea armwrestling champions who would like to participate in armwrestling tournaments in the U.S. before long.
They are asking me if they can participate in championships such as AAA tournaments, or Arnolds...
Is it possible? I really appreciate your comments/advice in advance. Thank you

[Steve Pettis]

They can pull at the almost any tournament in the U.S. AAA nationals is one of the ones that they can not pull at. AAA state championships and under will let them pull. Just not at AAA nationals. Most tournaments want to have as many pullers as possible and enjoy having other countries come pull.


Regards,
Steve Pettis
MI State Director.

[Elaine Blik]

Nov 13, 2008 11:39:23 GMT -5 SeungMin Bae said:

I have two or three S.Korea armwrestling champions who would like to participate in armwrestling tournaments in the U.S. before long.
They are asking me if they can participate in championships such as AAA tournaments, or Arnolds...
Is it possible? I really appreciate your comments/advice in advance. Thank you

Everyone is welcome to participate in the USAA Nationals in Lake Tahoe, NV which is a qualifer for the Arnold (2010). If you want something closer to NC, in April is the Show of Champions in Orlando which offers some cash awards. Non-U.S. Citizens may compete in any event except for the USAF Nationals in Little Rock and AAA nationals in SC in 2009.

Do your friends plan on traveling throughout the U.S. or just on the East Coast? If they have travel plans, it's possible there are other events which are not listed on the events page which they could be informed about and organize quite a competitive tour.

[CHRISTIAN BINNIE]

As Elaine stated, there are the USAA Nationals in Lake Tahoe, NV, usually the 2nd weekend in May of every year.If you or your friends win, you can ACTUALLY become National Champions of the U.S.A....LOL