
Originally Posted by
Jon Helton
Cool. I did a lot of these type tourneys when I first started Jiu Jitsu after coming from a TKD background. Gave me a lot of experience.
sounds like a similar path to mine. we are a tang soo do school. have been for 40+ years. jamie started incorporating grappling into his program about 15 years ago because he wanted his students to be well rounded. he has a 3rd degree in JJJ. technically he has never ranked in BJJ, but i'd put him against most anyone. he wipes the mat with me, for sure.
i have fought in a TON of these kind of tournaments. it's still all we have in alabama, really. we are going to host an open tourney this year at our place. i would love to grow that event into a large tourney.