To old for the club i mean tournament.

Over here in Florida being a steady competitor in the masters4 or senior division is never consistent. Did a tournament last week and we were the last to go. 6 people signed up for the masters advance nogi but when it was finally called I was the only old goat still there. I ended up going against a score keeper just so I could get a fight. Has any other XX club members had this happen before? Another common occurrence is being lumped in with much higher weight classes or lower belts. I may start doing the adult bracket just so I can get some consistency.

Men's masters is like everyday women's bracket. Take what you can get. I am almost always combined. I competed today and had NO women. I had to roll men's blue in gi (first time competing in the gi) and men's advanced in no gi. WTF!! :) But it's just one of those things... I would rather get my ass whopped than not compete at all.

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Originally Posted by Rachael Kaulig

Men's masters is like everyday women's bracket. Take what you can get. I am almost always combined. I competed today and had NO women. I had to roll men's blue in gi (first time competing in the gi) and men's advanced in no gi. WTF!! :) But it's just one of those things... I would rather get my ass whopped than not compete at all.

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that sucks but how did you go?

and just adding an even worse scenario in. at least you have regular competitions over there. we have two a year. so called national tournaments....

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Originally Posted by Isaac Atley

that sucks but how did you go?

and just adding an even worse scenario in. at least you have regular competitions over there. we have two a year. so called national tournaments....

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I took a whoppin!! but I would rather be on the mats than sitting on the couch. :)

And as for tournaments here, I drive an average of a 8-12 hour round trip to compete, and hope to get a few matches but places like California are different, there have tournaments all the time. Yesterday's tournament was a local one hence no females at all in my bracket. I am driving 12 hours next weekend to compete. :(

Same thing happens to me. I'm old and small, so I almost always end up fighting the open with a 19-20 year old. Guess it really doesn't matter, just like to roll. It would be nice to see how I stack up to someone my own size and weight though.

Yup, last comp I got moved from the 174-190 to the 224+ weight-wise and from Intermediate to Advanced experience. Normally this would not have bothered me as I just would have walked, but when I asked if there would be enough guys to have divisions before paying my money to pre-reg the promoter told me "it would be no problem" and that "they had over 100 people pre-registered". I get there and it turned out there were less than 40 competitors.

At 43 years of age and fighting at 64 kg BROWN belt division, there are no competitors that are willing to show up and roll. They'll roll in the gi but not no gi, its ridonkulous!!

So what do you do? I competed last December in the 190+ brown belt division and came out with more injuries in one day than I did in the entire 2013!

Up to you. I love competing but to get a fair fight these days is a thing of the past.

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Originally Posted by Rachael Kaulig

Men's masters is like everyday women's bracket. Take what you can get. I am almost always combined. I competed today and had NO women. I had to roll men's blue in gi (first time competing in the gi) and men's advanced in no gi. WTF!! :) But it's just one of those things... I would rather get my ass whopped than not compete at all.

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So true. It's like a box of chocolates competing in the women's division. Everyone likes it but you really have no idea what you'll get stuck with. I say jump in the Adult's division Kevin!! If you feel comfortable that is. I don't think I have ever competed against someone that was exactly my size, I still scrap and manage to do ok. Get reps in on your game plan, go compete and execute. I think you could dominate if you put your mind to it. Even in Adult's division. :-)

I feel your pain as well... I competed in a tournament just recently and had 2 people in the masters beginners division, none in the intermediate and 2 in the advanced. There was quite a few there for the GI but after it was finished they were gone!

:) add Super Heavy Weight to the mix and it gets even more rare. Not too many Mens, No Gi, Masters/Directors, Intermediate, Super Heavy's.

I compete against anyone that will roll with me. Last tourney I went with the regular intermed men's 189 and above bracket got 5 matches in but my wins didn't count towards a medal because of my weight advantage (which was fine with me, just glad I was able to compete).

Lol, the next closest person to my weight at that tourney was a female 230lber :) Feel bad for the women around here, they rarely have more than 5 total women at any given tourney.

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Originally Posted by Rachael Kaulig

Men's masters is like everyday women's bracket. Take what you can get. I am almost always combined. I competed today and had NO women. I had to roll men's blue in gi (first time competing in the gi) and men's advanced in no gi. WTF!! :) But it's just one of those things... I would rather get my ass whopped than not compete at all.

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Rachel is right. It is typically a women's absolute for blue belts and I am even in a bigger market like Chicago. Some tournaments are starting to do day of bracketing so they do not have weight classes but rather put at least three women closest in size together for a braket. That guarantees at least two matches in a round robin style. I haven't had to go with the men yet but would, especially for a same day weigh in. Otherwise I'd be with some huge guys if they had time to rehydrate!

Yeah, that happens to all of us old farts and the ladies as well. At 46, there aren't as many opponents as you mentioned. I still compete in MMA as well so I'm not concerned with going against younger opponents. If it's a tourney I've never competed in before I will look for previous results and if they don't have a top three finishers posted in our age category that usually means there weren't a lot to sign up. Some tournaments will let you sign up for two categories for free or a little extra, which will give you the opportunity to sign up for the adult division which should give you the chance to get quite a few rolls in. The smaller tournaments will usually work with you best they can.

And us older chicks will never see a Women's masters! Not gonna happen!