Sandbaggers

[Mike Noronowicz]

but get this ... there was a sandbagger at Diamond State Games in june 2010 going up against a new 10th planet beginner with only just about a month of training and the sandbagger could not tap the guy .

[Carlos Rios]

I lost my first tournament, and first fight at that against a guy who had been doing jitsu for 2 and a half years... It was white level and i had been doing jitsu for 5 months at the time... MIND you, i like the fact that he could not tap me and only won by points... but obviously pissed me off a bit.

In regards to sandbagging, i truthfully dont get it. Even if my coach told me to compete at white level when im a blue i dont think i would. Im still competing at white because i AM a white, and the day i win my tenth match (im at 3 out of 4 so far) ill only compete at blue and It will be that much more motivating to train because winning at blue feels much better than winning at white, same with purple over blue etc.

Jitsu is a journey of my own development and my own challenges. fuck sandbagging. ill welcome a third place in blue over an unfair gold in white any day.

[Rufus Randolf]

Training for X amount of years really means nothing. The only thing that actually matters is time on the mat. I don't think I like the idea of this "experience" way of dividing things.