{"id":9165,"date":"2016-02-28T09:55:15","date_gmt":"2016-02-28T15:55:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.brickhouseracing.com\/?p=9165"},"modified":"2016-02-28T09:55:15","modified_gmt":"2016-02-28T15:55:15","slug":"tournament-of-champions-18","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.brickhouseracing.com\/?p=9165","title":{"rendered":"Tournament of Champions 18"},"content":{"rendered":"

I’m currently in a spot where I’ve got way less time for the internet because of general life goings-on. When I’ve got free time, it’s mostly not being used to tell all 100 or so of you who still visit here on occasion what I’ve been up to. However, I’ve got a rare 3 days off, and I’m killing a small amount of time before I go out on the road bike and enjoy the awesome weather.<\/p>\n

Last weekend was the first time I’ve ever competed in a Jiu Jitsu tournament. It’s also the most nervous I’ve been about a competition since racing in Masters Worlds CX a few years ago. I think my heart rate was over 100 for a large part of the morning beforehand.<\/p>\n

The competition started with the No Gi category. When I was signing up, the options were 0-2 Years experience, 2-4 years experience, and 4+, with a note of “NO SANDBAGGING!” So, naturally, I signed up for the 2-4 category because I’ve probably had a few days more than 2 years of consistent training (I found out later that 2-4 is considered the “blue belt” division for No Gi).<\/p>\n

When the first match started, I was immediately caught a little off guard by how fast and aggressive the fighting was. Matches are 5 minutes long, and it took me the first few minutes to fight my way out of non-dominant positions. I think this was about the point that I started to turn it around when I shimmied my way out of her guard…<\/p>\n

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…and eventually took her back<\/p>\n

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And (no picture of it), got a submission with a short choke.<\/p>\n

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Then, in the winner’s bracket, I proceeded to lose my next two matches… one on points, and one to a last-minute armbar. The armbar chick fought a tiny bit dirty. The 3rd time she sawed her forearm across my face, the ref warned her to stop. It didn’t bother me. Even though I was losing the match, I kinda took pride in blatantly ignoring her elbows to the eye and forearms to the face in the process.<\/p>\n

Then, it was time for the Gi division. That entry was a little more straightforward… white belt. I got off to a rocky start, losing my first match on points.<\/p>\n

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(it only went downhill from that pic)<\/p>\n

However, I won my next two matches- including a 20 second guillotine choke. As for that one- when the ref said “fight,” the woman immediately stuck her head out. I immediately started looking for my opportunity to wrap it up.<\/p>\n

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The other win was by armbar. I was stoked. Then, I lost my last match on points. I was disappointed.<\/p>\n

No medals, though not a bad day overall. I’m really excited that there are so many excellent competitors who want to go all out and kick ass. I’m excited to go back and improve.<\/p>\n

I’ve got way more to blog about with huge changes at my workplace, but now I’ve got to eat some breakfast and tinker on\u00a0my road bike. Maybe tomorrow.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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