Smokey McPot
Yellow Belt
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Med School. bjj career over
That's awesome, man. I would have loved to wrestle as a kid. I love the way you guys compete often and as a team. Are wrestling tournaments paid for, or do you have to pay a fee for it?
I have competed twice and didn't particularly enjoy it. How often do you compete and how many days a week do you train? You act like everyone that does bjj competes. I know some purple belts who have never competed in there lives!
i work saturdays when most competition are held... so i'm down about $100 plus another $300 of lost income for not working that day...$400 is a lot
*puts head down on computer desk and laughs, while pounding fist on desk.Too handsome.
No excuses. Ever.
Fighting(competing) is the best thing to have in your soul. I compete to crush my enemies, see them driven before me, and to hear the lamentations of their women!
1.5 months of experience is my excuse. I think that is sufficient until I get more experience.
My first tournament was at 3 months. Luckily my bracket had two other guys who were just as green. We just looked like we were just spazzing all over the place. I didn;t get much out of it. I recommend waiting until you can comfortably use the techniques that you learned in class. Only benefit of competing early is gettign comfortable on the mat and working out some of the nerves that come along with competing imo.
My issue is that by the time that I am fully comfortable with these guys within this next month... I will be heading back to college and be working with a different set of people at the school's BJJ club.
Get comfortable with the moves, then it doesn't matter who you train with or who you compete against.
Anytime I hear of a tourney I go. I just recently entered a grappling open (weight classes only, no belt division bullshit) and fought a two stripe blue belt, a purple belt, and another blue belt. I'm a two stripe white belt. I lost two and won one, but I gave a good fight and refused to tap against the purple and got choked out cold. I train in the Gi twice a week, but am mainly a no-gi grappler these days.
Bottom line, man up and fight. You'll learn a lot and the experience is great even if you lose.