I'll be competing in my first tournament this weekend! I've heard a variety of advice like pushing body to the limit until a few days prior and intense cardio. I'm dropping 4 lbs to make weight.
How do you guys prepare personally?
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I'll be competing in my first tournament this weekend! I've heard a variety of advice like pushing body to the limit until a few days prior and intense cardio. I'm dropping 4 lbs to make weight.
How do you guys prepare personally?
Roll according to your game plan (can be boring but reps is key), don't take rounds off. cant go too intense as comp day gets nearer to avoid getting injured.
Get your diet on track, as that will help you to keep your energy levels high, whilst keeping your mind and body ready to go. Basics win fights, so focus on foundation positions, and how to escape basic moves. Position before submission is key, as rolling at comp is much different to rolling with your training partners.
Keep calm and relaxed, like the saying "go with the flow". However, remember that you need to control that flow and dictate how the match plays out.
Basically, keep calm, enjoy it, learn from it, grow from it.
Good luck :)
A week in advance is a little late to push to the limit, you can do some moderate cardio, but you don't want to be to sore to move the day of the tournament. At this point I would recommend polishing up your game plan (if you have one), drilling repeated to accommodate your game plan.. If you don't have one, I would start working on one with the little time you have left.Quote:
Originally Posted by itsJaime
NABJJF looks to follow the IBJJF rules and code of conduct. Make sure you know the rules and scoring. Plenty of stupid ways to get DQ'd or give up a bunch of points under IBJJF rules. Also, confirm that your shorts and rash guard and/or gi are 100% on-point. I've seen guys get patches ripped off and even barred from competing for relatively minor issues with their gear.
Best of luck!
This is very true. My ankle is really vulnerable from a recent heelhook and just yesterday I misplaced a step on the sidewalk and had a huge scare that I messed up my ankle. Repping, and repping and training with flow in mind, not intensity, seems like the best choice yeah. Thanks!
Oh dude as funny as it might seem, obvious things like that just slipped right by me! I have a tendency to use leg lock positions for sweeps and control (oshi/xguard) I wouldn't want to get disqualified from a habit.Quote:
Originally Posted by Matt Prentice
Thanks!
You're right. And I haven't yet really cultivated any sort of "game" but I will definitely try to have something in mind rather than just winging it.Quote:
Originally Posted by Keith D
Ah man this got me real excited. Foundation definitely IS key. I won't be trying any fancy maneuvers but my high percentage go to positions/moves. I sometimes forget that the point is to learn and grow from these experiences. No need to put pressure on my mind. I'll do my best to stay calm and fight intelligently, thanks bro!Quote:
Originally Posted by Steffan Chyzak
Keep us posted on how you get on. :)Quote:
Originally Posted by itsJaime
A lot of people will diet really hard and eat clean to make weight and then eat like shit after weigh ins and the day of the tournament. Avoid this mistake if you can. It will kill your energy levels.
I suppose I'm fortunate enough to actually enjoy & prefer eating clean (vegan) haha. But I see what you're saying and see it quite often.
Thanks man!
Stick with the Ashi stuff and only go for straight ankle attacks. All others are illegal until Brown. Reaping is not allowed so always keep the knee you're attacking pointing out or away.
Seems like a weird idea but for your first tournament... I really recommend almost not preparing for it. Yeah, you can read over the rules, but I'd recommend not thinking about it much and not cutting weight AT ALL. Thats one more thing to think about your first event. You train every day with guys slightly heavier then you but you don't train malnourished or dehydrated (hopefully) so I'd say stick to what your used to. Then you can look for a mild cut your second one if you like..
I almost feel like I have only so many weight cuts in a career and for a first tournament where you may do that and they might combine you up a weight anyway?
That's just what I tell my guys that ask me. I don't pressure hard at all for a first tournament... and oddly enough, we end up with a HUGELY winning record, first events included. Imagine that. Don't stress it man, eliminate as many variables as you can and go out there and do what you do in class.
Ah yes, my coach got DQ'd for exactly this!Quote:
Originally Posted by kevinculp
So I did almost exactly this. A few days prior I made a point to rest and I kept in the mindset to not put too much pressure on myself.Quote:
Originally Posted by Brian Debes
I did cut 5 pounds however because the day I registered I was training pretty intense and the few days really did a number I suppose.
Either way I placed 2nd!
First two matches I submitted with omoplata and backtake + rear naked from kimura grip.
I lost to a state wrestler by points however. I did absolutes as well and would have won but I didn't know that if the opponent disengaged I don't have to stand up, so I did. And the dude (at least 40 pounds above me) kept taking me down and breaking away from my submission attempts from guard.
Thanks for the advice man!
Well done! :)Quote:
Originally Posted by itsJaime