[moemurda]

this is my first tourney 2, im excited as hell. im competing gi and no-gi novice. hopefully i can get down to 169, but if not, its 170-179, cuz right now im like 185, but well see how that goes. either way, imma kick ass. see yall there

[boboskitchen]

dude i just got rimgworm! they gotta burn it outta me so i can train agian!!

[boboskitchen]

Originally Posted by jewjitsu92

the only bad thing about naga is that if no one is in your expirience group you get moved up. That happened to me last year in this tournament and I had to do expert, but I won so it was aight!!

how long did you get in between matches?

[jewjitsu92]

Originally Posted by boboskitchen

oh man, but if you won expert why are you doin intermediate?

it was kids expert and now ima teen which is much much harder

[jewjitsu92]

Originally Posted by boboskitchen

how long did you get in between matches?

10 minutes. if you come in shape even just 1 minute is fine. in between gi and no-gi they give u like a half hour

[jewjitsu92]

Originally Posted by B-Z-M

How much training do you recommend for the teens novice division? I've probably had 20 or so lessons. Should I wing it or prepare more and wait for the next one?

you have to train MUCH MUCH more. At least 2 more solid months of training

[jewjitsu92]

Originally Posted by B-Z-M

How much training do you recommend for the teens novice division? I've probably had 20 or so lessons. Should I wing it or prepare more and wait for the next one?

you have to train MUCH MUCH more. At least 2 more solid months of training

[jewjitsu92]

Originally Posted by anaconda

You cant go back to intermediate if you have medaled in a higher division.

You shouldnt anyway, because thats a pussy move, but its also against the rules.

Once again. i medaled in KIDS which is much easier tthan teens. it actually makes sense to do it that way. I see the expert teens and i know my skill level. I would not do well. I am also 15. the teen experts are all 17. this makes a big difference for someone of my age

[O'SullivanSteve]

mn u can compete when ever, and also ur not sandbagging idc, oo btw mens 189 intermindiate

[Mikey Triangles]

Originally Posted by jewjitsu92

you have to train MUCH MUCH more. At least 2 more solid months of training

not to be rude, but that's a bunch of BS.


in my opinion the earlier you compete, and the more you compete the better you will be. win or lose you will definitely learn something and undoubtedly gain from the experience. even if they only thing you get out of it is feeling that nervous soaked adrenaline rush for the first time. next time you'll know how to channel it a bit better.


not to mention you're talking about novice. yes, there are always a couple guys that are borderline for the next division, or may even belong more than one division up because they're a phenom, or have more experience or whatever, but you will also be competing against many people with your amount of training or maybe even less.