As you may already know, Coach Jackson and I (Coach Alex) traveled to Las Vegas this weekend where I was competing at the World Masters. This is the biggest tournament for a bjj practitioner over 30…
After waiting about 7 hours, with a two hour delay, I worked my way through the lightweight division. Along the way I had 4 matches/ 4 wins (3 by submission – the most subs in my division) to make it to the finals match.
The final was against a very tough opponent, Robert Stines, who out-scored me and took gold. Even though this isn’t outcome I was hoping for, I’m pretty proud of my performance altogether. I don’t really play a points game, always trying to go for subs – which I did in this match as well. I went for several subs during our match, never landing any of them. Robert, although tough, never mounted plan for a submission attempt on me, opting to play a points game instead.
What I learned from this match is that I need to work on my takedown defense, and probably need put myself in more tight spots during training. All-in-all, I have faith in my game and would like to keep on my path of going for submissions. As they say… ABC! (always be choking) =)
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