A couple weekends ago, my teammates and I competed at the first ever Toronto Grappling Grand Prix. I was pretty sick leading up to it, so couldn't really train, but really pushed to make it to the tourney because it had a round robin format and I would be guaranteed a number of matches which would be a great experience. I've only been training for just about a year (less if you factor in time taken off for illness, injuries, etc), and had competed twice before, losing in the first round of single elimination tourneys. My teammates Tim, Joe and Jay all put on incredible performances and took silver in their respective nogi divisions. I didn't medal, but finally got on the winning track competing in both gi and no gi for a total of 8 matches in the day. Went 2-2 in my first ever gi competition (we dont even train wif da gi, I just figured any experience is good for you...plus I'm distant cousins with Renato), and 3-1 in no gi. I had a tough weight cut for day before weigh ins and everything was cramping horribly by the time we did no gi, resulting in some sloppiness, and lack of rubber gizzle, but was pretty happy to get on the winning track. If you get the chance to read this and watch the videos my teammate Kurzy recorded, lemme know what you think!
Favourite nogi match (won 10-0, im in the green and black rashie):
Favourite nogi match (won 10-0, im in the green and black rashie):
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Originally Posted by Josh Bodmon
