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Hey everyone, I'm excited to be competing in my first grappling tournament on Sunday. I will be competing at novice level (less than 1 year experience), and i have only 2 months grappling experience. I'm only really concerned with getting the experience, rather than winning (but I will try my hardest to win). I let everyone know how it went.
scott
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Good luck. Looking forward to the report.
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Sweet, I competed in my first submission tournament this summer. I lost, but I didn't get tapped and I didn't gas out, so I was happy about that. Live and learn!Originally Posted by bodhitree
He most honors my style who learns under it to destroy the teacher. -- Walt Whitman
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Lucky dog. In my first grappling tournament last year, we did it by weight, not experience. Geez...
I grappled two instructors. Hah! The first match lasted a grand total of 7 seconds. He tapped me out with a key lock.
The second was much better. I still lost though. The round was about 8 minutes. He finally tapped me with a key lock as well. But from a different angle. He was an instructor from my school, so it was more of a sparring lesson to me.
Good luck. Are you wearing gi? If so watch out for the judo guys...they are rough.
Last edited by JamesC; 12-01-2005 at 10:48 AM.
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It also goes by weight, I will be in the welterweight class
155-169.5
I'm normally between 167 and 170, I'll be at the top of the weight class!
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okay guys,
I lost, but I don't look at it as that big of a deal. I didn't tap and fought to the end. I also realize some of the key mistakes i made, When he scored the takedown i didn't get my knees up high to get a butterfly guard, It kept going from him mounting me to me getting half guard and trying to trip him, i kept trying to go one direction and then the other and not change midway. I tripped him halfway off on many occasions. I avoided his attempt at an americana, and got him in a sloppy guillotene choke, but couldn't get him in my guard and he easily got out. It was overall a good experience.
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Nice work. Sounds like a great experience. Kudos to you for getting in there and testing your skills.
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You'd be surprised at the stuff some people can learn from losing.
We had a guy that was in our class for nearly a year before he went to the tournament and, to be honest, he just sucked. He wasn't getting it at all. He went to the tournament, lost twice, and within a month, he was so much more relaxed that his skill grew in leaps and bounds.
I don't know how it happened, but he just got so much better afterwards.
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Thanks for all the replies and interest!
MasterK
have you had any more tournaments since your first?
I cant wait, it was a lot of fun.
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Starchaser107
Congrats on your experience.
You'll be wiser next time.
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