First Jiu Jitsu Tournament Advice

[StephenG]

Good luck man! Keep us updated!

[Loki Jones]

So yeah... thanks again to everyone that threw some advice up in here, and/or wished me well. I'm still trying to figure out how to get the videos of both of my matches online, but in the mean time I lost both matches because of points. With that being said though I'm cool with my performance given that I was never in any real danger of getting submitted and had both of my opponents in pretty deep chokes right as time expired. I also feel like I got some really valuable experience out of it despite the loses in knowing that even with my only having trained for a couple of days after about a 2-3 month break that I can not only hang with the people on my experience level but come really close to finishing them. Feel like I learned alot as far as how I'm going to have to adjust my style a tad bit in going for both points and submissions instead of exclusively looking for the tap, which is to say that I need to start training some wrestling.

The only real disappointment I guess was that I didn't get to really play with any of Eddie's system. I went for a couple of rubber guards as well as one lockdown, whip up to (if I'm remembering correctly) old skool sweep combo, but having 0 reps on them in practice I know that there were a lot of things I wasn't doing properly for them to be effective. All to be expected though as well as all the more reason to link up with ronins here in CO.

Anyway... soon as I figure out how to get the vids online I'll throw them up in here for you all to check out.

LL&P!

[StephenG]

Good job man...getting out there on the mats is what it's all about.
You put your neck on the line and went for it in competition.

Keep training and working hard.
Take what you learned and make it better.

[Loki Jones]

Alrighty lol I know that this isn't anything special compared to what some of you killers have put up online, but yeah...

[StephenG]

Not bad man, the points were close and you had a chance to score
a few more, but you know that. What's your weight/height?

[Loki Jones]

Yeah... the points thing is something that I'm definitely going to have to adapt my style towards. From the time I started learning jiu jitsu all the way up to that tournament all I've ever given thought to is getting the tap. Having to pay attention to points along the way to getting the sub is one of the ways I need to expand my consciousness as far as jiu jitsu is concerned. My height/weight is 6'1"/160ish.