Competed in 1st tournament on sat...bummer.

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So saturday I competed in my first submission grappling tournament and I am fairly dissapointed in my performance. I have been training in BJJ for 5 1/2 months, and already have a solid amateur wrestling background. My conditioning was excellent and I felt like I could walk through a brick wall on the day of the competition.
In my first match I pulled guard on my opponent and eventually hip bump swept him with ease and wound up with a full mount. Then, the weirdest thing happened...I don't know if I was shocked at how easily I pulled off the sweep or what happened, but my mind went totally blank and I just froze. My opponent was a lot taller than I am, and he took advantage of that hesitation to triangle me with his long ass legs and I had to tap.
I was so extremely dissapointed in my sloppy performance. I feel like I embarassed myself and my gym. I refuse to give up though. I have fallen in love with the sport and it has given me a lot in a very short time. I will be back in the gym tonight drilling triangle escapes.

Has anyone else ever had a lackluster performance at their first tournament? I'd like to think that I'm not totally hopeless.
 
You had him mounted and he triangled you? Huh?

Don't worry about it. Just try again next time. I didn't win one single match until my 4th tournament. After the 2nd tourney, I kept count and I went 0-9 in my matches. Finally, I won a match in my 4th tourney and won 6 of 8 in that event.

Just keep training hard and focusing on weaker aspects of your game (holding mount? sub defense when in full guard? breaking closed guard?).
 
Im lost, how did you get triangled while in full mount?
 
yea how the fuck fif you get triangled from mount???
 
Inverted triangle up his back?

Dude if you got triangled out of full mount then you are in the wrong sport.
 
im guessing his opponent got guard back before the triangle cause if not then....I dont know.
 
Guy must have had some really long ass legs to pull that off.
 
oh come on guys, be honest, how many times have you been RNC'd from full guard?
 
I don't know how you can be triangled from mount...but I once got RNC'd from like 3 feet away...
 
I competed in gi and nogi had about the same amount of training time as you minus the wrestling never wrestled in school I lost in gi and was very upset with myself got RNC which I very rarely get caught with a RNC normally have a very tight turtle that was the first time I rolled in a tourney got tired lifted my head to breathe got caught.In no-gi I lost to a kimura but rolled very good just lost to a way more exp. opponent from my own gym I lost but was happy with my performance now trying to get past injuries to hit it hard
 
Sucks but don't give up, you learn a lot from tournaments even if you lose.
 
if it makes you feel better i havnt won any BJJ tournements ether.

Although i dont do BJJ at all...


glad to help
 
jlegend138 said:
So saturday I competed in my first submission grappling tournament and I am fairly dissapointed in my performance. I have been training in BJJ for 5 1/2 months, and already have a solid amateur wrestling background. My conditioning was excellent and I felt like I could walk through a brick wall on the day of the competition.
In my first match I pulled guard on my opponent and eventually hip bump swept him with ease and wound up with a full mount. Then, the weirdest thing happened...I don't know if I was shocked at how easily I pulled off the sweep or what happened, but my mind went totally blank and I just froze. My opponent was a lot taller than I am, and he took advantage of that hesitation to triangle me with his long ass legs and I had to tap.
I was so extremely dissapointed in my sloppy performance. I feel like I embarassed myself and my gym. I refuse to give up though. I have fallen in love with the sport and it has given me a lot in a very short time. I will be back in the gym tonight drilling triangle escapes.

Has anyone else ever had a lackluster performance at their first tournament? I'd like to think that I'm not totally hopeless.
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Sorry Guys...I meant to say I wound up in his guard, not mount....that's what I get for trying to work, AND type on message boards on the clock hahaha. Sorry for all the confusion.
 
I have won a tournament and I've been dominated in a tournament this weekend actually. but in the end thats the point. If it were so easy to win in this sport, it wouldn't be worth it, rewards come from work and not wants.
 
LemonHerbWRX said:
Sucks but don't give up, you learn a lot from tournaments even if you lose.
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Exactly... especially early tournaments the emphasis shouldn't be on winning and losing matches, but rather what you can learn and how that helps your journey...

Jiu-jitsu is a long, long road. W's and L's shouldn't be your big markers, I mean only one person can win. Instead learn from it and grow as a fighter! 5.5 months is a short time, especially if you consider the entire journey, and not just a few destinations along the way.
 
tiger.shark said:
Exactly... especially early tournaments the emphasis shouldn't be on winning and losing matches, but rather what you can learn and how that helps your journey...

Jiu-jitsu is a long, long road. W's and L's shouldn't be your big markers, I mean only one person can win. Instead learn from it and grow as a fighter! 5.5 months is a short time, especially if you consider the entire journey, and not just a few destinations along the way.
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this. i think its ridiculous that some people try to track their wins/losses in grappling tournaments. grow up :p

if you want a W/L record fight MMA. you learn way too much from losing in tournaments to take it that seriously. just showing up means theres a 90% chance someone, maybe only one person, is going to tool you in front of everybody.
 
Scruff Dog said:
this. i think its ridiculous that some people try to track their wins/losses in grappling tournaments. grow up :p

if you want a W/L record fight MMA. you learn way too much from losing in tournaments to take it that seriously. just showing up means theres a 90% chance someone, maybe only one person, is going to tool you in front of everybody.
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exactly.

i mean, i know a cupple of members here have their scores in their signatures and all... but come on. it's ridiculous.
 
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