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- May 16, 2008
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A quick summary of my experience with Fuji BJJ:
Event page says early weigh ins at 6:00pm on Friday. I can make that work. Confirmation email says they start at 5:30. Even better. I run a little water loading protocol over the week and stay dry on Friday to drop about 4 pounds, putting me at 170. Super easy cut. I zip down there after work and show up at 5:00 to make sure I'm first in line. I come to find out that the weigh ins don't start until 6:30. Annoying, but whatever. I hang around for an hour and a half and make some friends while I wait. Make weight and rehydrate.
Day of the tournament. Event page says my bracket starts at 3:30pm. I leave the house with enough time to make sure I make it there at 2:15 to have time to warm up and be ready for any scheduling fuckery. On the way there, I get a text saying "CONGRATULATIONS, you have won bronze in your division, flyweight purple." What the hell... already this is a shit show. I arrive and attempt to check in. Upon hearing my name, the event coordinator says, "Oh man, sorry. We were shouting your name but you weren't here so I pulled you from you brackets." Yeah no fucking shit I wasn't here, you guys told me that my brackets were at 3:30. Apparently they moved everything up 3 hours, and somehow mixed my competitor profile up with somebody else's so I wasn't notified.
At this point I'm visibly frustrated but the event coordinator says he will see what he can do and tries to get me a match. He goes and talks to a few people and comes back, tells me I've got a no gi match against a guy, whom he points out to me. Says I'm up any minute so I'd better get changed and get warm.
Game on, at least I have something to do here. I run my usual warmup protocol and get in the zone with my favorite music. I'm pacing outside the bullpen, feeling on point. 10 minutes go by. 20 minutes. I watch a few matches of other guys. Still nothing, my name hasn't been called or displayed on the monitors. I look over and see the guy I was supposed to face standing on the podium. Jesus Christ this is ridiculous. I find the event guy and ask him wtf is going on. He looks at his software and says, "looks like you just had your match?" No dude, I already told you you guys fucked up my profile and I haven't done a damn thing. His screen shows me having just competed like 10 minutes ago. At this point he's pretty embarrassed and just offers me a voucher. I demand a full refund instead as I have no intention of doing another Fuji. I have to get in touch with corporate to do that as his software won't allow it.
Super frustrating. Worst part is my coach made the trip down for me too and his time was wasted as well.
Fuji BJJ tournaments score: 0/10 would not recommend.
Event page says early weigh ins at 6:00pm on Friday. I can make that work. Confirmation email says they start at 5:30. Even better. I run a little water loading protocol over the week and stay dry on Friday to drop about 4 pounds, putting me at 170. Super easy cut. I zip down there after work and show up at 5:00 to make sure I'm first in line. I come to find out that the weigh ins don't start until 6:30. Annoying, but whatever. I hang around for an hour and a half and make some friends while I wait. Make weight and rehydrate.
Day of the tournament. Event page says my bracket starts at 3:30pm. I leave the house with enough time to make sure I make it there at 2:15 to have time to warm up and be ready for any scheduling fuckery. On the way there, I get a text saying "CONGRATULATIONS, you have won bronze in your division, flyweight purple." What the hell... already this is a shit show. I arrive and attempt to check in. Upon hearing my name, the event coordinator says, "Oh man, sorry. We were shouting your name but you weren't here so I pulled you from you brackets." Yeah no fucking shit I wasn't here, you guys told me that my brackets were at 3:30. Apparently they moved everything up 3 hours, and somehow mixed my competitor profile up with somebody else's so I wasn't notified.
At this point I'm visibly frustrated but the event coordinator says he will see what he can do and tries to get me a match. He goes and talks to a few people and comes back, tells me I've got a no gi match against a guy, whom he points out to me. Says I'm up any minute so I'd better get changed and get warm.
Game on, at least I have something to do here. I run my usual warmup protocol and get in the zone with my favorite music. I'm pacing outside the bullpen, feeling on point. 10 minutes go by. 20 minutes. I watch a few matches of other guys. Still nothing, my name hasn't been called or displayed on the monitors. I look over and see the guy I was supposed to face standing on the podium. Jesus Christ this is ridiculous. I find the event guy and ask him wtf is going on. He looks at his software and says, "looks like you just had your match?" No dude, I already told you you guys fucked up my profile and I haven't done a damn thing. His screen shows me having just competed like 10 minutes ago. At this point he's pretty embarrassed and just offers me a voucher. I demand a full refund instead as I have no intention of doing another Fuji. I have to get in touch with corporate to do that as his software won't allow it.
Super frustrating. Worst part is my coach made the trip down for me too and his time was wasted as well.
Fuji BJJ tournaments score: 0/10 would not recommend.
