It's been a while so I apologize however tonight's update is a good one. I'll put the technique in italics so those who aren't interested in the moves can still get a good story. You are welcome.
Monday began the new jiu-jitsu schedule at Gracie Fernandina. Monday (7:00) Tuesday (7:00) Wednesday (6:30) and Thursday (6:30). I'm totally looking forward to a minimum 4 days a week. We still have open mat on Sunday and perhaps I may be able to make it to Jacksonville on Fridays. Still, I'm not going to say I'll do 6 days a week but I will try.
Last night we reviewed a butterfly pass that a few of us saw on Friday. It starts with the bad guy in butterfly. When he gets his under-hook, for the basic butterfly sweep, you take your hand and grab the pant leg of his opposite leg. Sounds confusing, I know. I'll attempt to dummy it down a bit. Bad guy has under-hook, the arm that he has the under-hook on goes under both legs and grabs his pant leg on the side that doesn't have the under-hook. Anyway, as the bad guy falls to his side to sweep you smash his legs with your hips while pulling on his pant leg. Give it a try, trust me it works.
The other move we learned was sort of the same except you don't wait for the dude to grab under-hooks. From his butterfly guard, you take, in this case, your left hand go under his legs and grab his left pant leg. Same set-up. Put your head in his chest your free arm grips his back. Here's where it can get tricky so read closely. You post up on the leg on the same side of the arm that is gripping the pant leg (in our case here it's your left leg). All you do from here is pull your arms straight with a bit of a rotating motion and your opponent should spin to a side control position, proceed with elbows to the face.
Tonight we didn't really learn anything new. Mainly it was review of the exact sweep mentioned above except now you're the bad guy trying to sweep. I'm not going to explain that here because you can go to youtube, search butterfly sweep, and be up to you earlobes in content. No, tonight was about injuries. We started off all stretching when Donny comes behind me and puts on a good collar choke. I, like a complete moron, attempt to flip him over my head. Consequently he lands on my head still with the collar choke. He says something along the lines of "Is it tight yet?" I responded with some smart ass comment. There's a pretty good reason I can't tell you what that comment is. Was it bad words? No. Was is politically incorrect? Don't be retarded. It was because I cant remember. The next thing I know, I'm sitting up asking everyone if I passed out. No one seemed to be able to give me a straight answer however due to my lack of memory I think it's a safe bet I took a nap.
So things are going good after individual warm-ups we trained technique and started to roll after that. I got Mark. One of the newer guys. He's big but not generally a huge problem for me right now. Once he gets some technique under his belt he'll be a bigger threat. Anyway, I digress. Mark and I are rolling and out of nowhere I hear...(kids earmuffs!) "SHIT!" followed by a series of Oh my god's and...I CAN SEE THE BONE! Let that sink in, he could freaking see the bone. No, worse is WE could see the bone. Poor Jimmy attempting a pass on Peter "Bone Crusher" Dikun landed on the most perfect one-in-a-million spot to completely pop his BONE OUT OF HIS SKIN. Steve ran to look at it and probably still in amazement of how freakish the whole thing was said, "Yeah, it's a compound alright. Bone's poking out." We wrapped his foot up, debated over to call an ambulance, which would cost him more but save him having to fill out paperwork, or driving him ourselves, which would save him the cost of the ambulance ride but will invariably result in him having to fill out a mountain of paperwork. Jimmy told us to drive him so we helped him to the car and Mark drove him to the hospital.
Luckily we got word after about an hour that the bone was not broken but was dislocated and it was his knuckle that had ripped through the skin. This is good news since all the doctors had to do was pop it back into place (presumably with enough painkillers to choke an elephant) and sew him up. I'm so glad he doesn't have to have surgery and months of rehab. Good luck Jimmy.
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Tuesday, September 1, 2009
Monday, August 10, 2009
Where's the other sock?
Open mat on Sunday was unusually busy. We had about 7-8 guys we don't normally train with. This is in addition to Corey, Donny, Peter, Myself, and Ashley. We started off by lining up against the wall and giving the visitors the opportunity to call us out.
My first fight was against a guy who's name escapes me (actually I'd pretty much forgotten their names immediately after they told me, sorry.) This guy was wearing gi pants and a tank top. I figured this guy might have some experience and though I couldn't be sure, I though I had rolled with him before. Anyway, so we set up I'm on my knees and he comes walking over. I notice he only has one sock on. I quickly think of some funny joke to account for his missing sock until I realized, he's not missing a sock, he's only wearing one sock! Now let this simmer a minute, what I'm getting at is that he intentionally is only wearing one sock for a reason. His lack of foot coverings is not due to some wacky series of events that would hilariously unfold over a cold beer, but due to a jock itch, athlete's foot, ringworm causing fungus. The first and only reason I can fathom at this point is that he has a case of athlete's foot and feels "It's okay...I put on a sock." Now perhaps he didn't have any problem like that. However, even if he pulled off his sock to expose a golden foot with diamond toenails and carried on to explain that he didn't want to have to polish it again I couldn't believe it. As far as the match goes, nothing eventful happened. He couldn't gain position on me and I submitted him with a choke.
The next match I was paired up with "Bear." I remember thinking this guy may not have any experience but due to his size he probably has done some wrestling in his day. Well, we started and immediately he passes to side. I thought to myself, "This dude is going to hurt me if I lay her and play possum." I seemed to be able to turn it on with him. He tried to hold side but ended up getting swept. He couldn't hold me in his guard and I spent most of my time in side control. I couldn't submit him but that wasn't my focus at the time. I was more worried that him not being my normal training partner that he would attempt to beat me at all costs. After that match Corey and I spoke and he said I was a different person rolling with him. He went on to say he wished he could be like me and that I was extremely good looking (I am paraphrasing a bit).
I rolled a couple more times once with a guy who had some experience but after getting swept three times with the same move I think he got pissed. There was another guy who was about Ashley's size who after his first roll seemed to gas out really bad. I rolled with him for about 45 seconds until he gave up.
We ended the night with the shark tank. I was paired up with the "Bear" again. We started on the knees. They called start and this dude rushed me elbowed the holy hell out of my head and went on to spend most of the two minutes in my half guard. I was pretty dizzy after the elbow and if I would have had the extra three minutes that I'm used to I could have done something (I was working an armbar when they called time) instead of losing by points.
All in all a good day. I hope a few of the guys who said they were going to start actually show up. Though once they end up with Ashley mounted on them they may not want to come back, but that's a whole other can of worms.
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My first fight was against a guy who's name escapes me (actually I'd pretty much forgotten their names immediately after they told me, sorry.) This guy was wearing gi pants and a tank top. I figured this guy might have some experience and though I couldn't be sure, I though I had rolled with him before. Anyway, so we set up I'm on my knees and he comes walking over. I notice he only has one sock on. I quickly think of some funny joke to account for his missing sock until I realized, he's not missing a sock, he's only wearing one sock! Now let this simmer a minute, what I'm getting at is that he intentionally is only wearing one sock for a reason. His lack of foot coverings is not due to some wacky series of events that would hilariously unfold over a cold beer, but due to a jock itch, athlete's foot, ringworm causing fungus. The first and only reason I can fathom at this point is that he has a case of athlete's foot and feels "It's okay...I put on a sock." Now perhaps he didn't have any problem like that. However, even if he pulled off his sock to expose a golden foot with diamond toenails and carried on to explain that he didn't want to have to polish it again I couldn't believe it. As far as the match goes, nothing eventful happened. He couldn't gain position on me and I submitted him with a choke.
The next match I was paired up with "Bear." I remember thinking this guy may not have any experience but due to his size he probably has done some wrestling in his day. Well, we started and immediately he passes to side. I thought to myself, "This dude is going to hurt me if I lay her and play possum." I seemed to be able to turn it on with him. He tried to hold side but ended up getting swept. He couldn't hold me in his guard and I spent most of my time in side control. I couldn't submit him but that wasn't my focus at the time. I was more worried that him not being my normal training partner that he would attempt to beat me at all costs. After that match Corey and I spoke and he said I was a different person rolling with him. He went on to say he wished he could be like me and that I was extremely good looking (I am paraphrasing a bit).
I rolled a couple more times once with a guy who had some experience but after getting swept three times with the same move I think he got pissed. There was another guy who was about Ashley's size who after his first roll seemed to gas out really bad. I rolled with him for about 45 seconds until he gave up.
We ended the night with the shark tank. I was paired up with the "Bear" again. We started on the knees. They called start and this dude rushed me elbowed the holy hell out of my head and went on to spend most of the two minutes in my half guard. I was pretty dizzy after the elbow and if I would have had the extra three minutes that I'm used to I could have done something (I was working an armbar when they called time) instead of losing by points.
All in all a good day. I hope a few of the guys who said they were going to start actually show up. Though once they end up with Ashley mounted on them they may not want to come back, but that's a whole other can of worms.
Graciefernandina.com
Thursday, July 23, 2009
OOWW!
We began class last night with a good warm up that consisted of the normal jogging, push ups, and crunches. We learned three knee on belly(KOB) attacks, an armbar, kimura, and a choke.
The kimura was one I had not seen before. It looks like it could be good since it's something you don't expect. You start off KOB, the unlucky dude (or dudette) tries to push your knee off with his left hand (in this case I am on his right side). As he places his hand on your knee you quickly cup his wrist. When he hips out you come around his head and trap it. It's important to note that your right leg should end up in the bottom guy's armpit area. This is important for the next step, you slide your available hand to grab your other hand for the kimura. As you do that you slide your right leg back, this puts the guy on bottom in a really bad spot. From here you can finish your kimura like normal.
The next was the classic armbar from KOB. I know this one well. I know it so well in fact that it's one of the very rare times I actually keep my elbows in. Anyway, it goes a little something like this:
Start KOB as the person attempts to push your knee away but this time leaves their elbow up as they do it. You then reach with your right hand through the space they made, grab the back of their arm, and as a nice option put your elbow in their ribs (As a side note I don't suggest doing this to someone you don't want to piss off). You finish by swinging around their head, grab their pants and armbar.
That brought us to our final KOB attack. Again the dude on the bottom tries to push your knee off however, this time your left hand is deep under their neck. You simply baseball grip your hands together, get your left forearm under their chin and come down from KOB. In a perfect world you want your legs to spread out like a clock choke. I found it doesn't require all that if you have it right.
So after drilling these techniques it was time to roll. I started off with Ashley. She's been improving a lot lately. I do know, all innuendo aside, I don't want her on top. She's amazingly heavy.
After that I rolled with Patrick. We started and somehow he ended up in turtle (presumably from my sheer awesomeness but I wont dwell on it). I started slowly making my way to his back. He then grabbed my leg nearest to his head. I trapped his arm with my legs and then, are you ready for it? Bam! A crucifix. Holy Moly! A freaking crucifix. Unfortunately for me I got a bit too excited and forgot about the arm I had trapped with my legs. He ended up getting his arm free but I had a deep collar grab on him. We stayed in that position for a while until time was called.
I rolled with Christian and I can see he is improving a lot.
So that brings us to the end of the night. Corey Vs. Donny. So they roll for a while all the time Donny is talking in his goofy Brazilian accent. At one point near the end, after Peter had taken all but four of the mats, it happened. We all saw it. Cory had Donny in a straight armbar. Yes folks you read that right COREY had DONNY in the armbar. Donny then (still in his goofy Brazilian accent) says OOWW! That hurts. Now call me crazy, I'll wait...when someone says OOWW! that means tap. Of course Donny went on to say it hurt but it wasn't a tap. Please allow me to present exhibit A; From article 5 of the International Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Federation Rules:
7-) When an athlete is under a submission position and he screams or say "Aï" , will be the same as if he taps
Corey, my friend, it seems you were robbed of yet another submission victory.
To avoid being too long winded, I will say I have seriously been neglecting the blog and for that, fellow internet people, I apologize. I'll try to keep up with it from now on. No, seriously.
The kimura was one I had not seen before. It looks like it could be good since it's something you don't expect. You start off KOB, the unlucky dude (or dudette) tries to push your knee off with his left hand (in this case I am on his right side). As he places his hand on your knee you quickly cup his wrist. When he hips out you come around his head and trap it. It's important to note that your right leg should end up in the bottom guy's armpit area. This is important for the next step, you slide your available hand to grab your other hand for the kimura. As you do that you slide your right leg back, this puts the guy on bottom in a really bad spot. From here you can finish your kimura like normal.
The next was the classic armbar from KOB. I know this one well. I know it so well in fact that it's one of the very rare times I actually keep my elbows in. Anyway, it goes a little something like this:
Start KOB as the person attempts to push your knee away but this time leaves their elbow up as they do it. You then reach with your right hand through the space they made, grab the back of their arm, and as a nice option put your elbow in their ribs (As a side note I don't suggest doing this to someone you don't want to piss off). You finish by swinging around their head, grab their pants and armbar.
That brought us to our final KOB attack. Again the dude on the bottom tries to push your knee off however, this time your left hand is deep under their neck. You simply baseball grip your hands together, get your left forearm under their chin and come down from KOB. In a perfect world you want your legs to spread out like a clock choke. I found it doesn't require all that if you have it right.
So after drilling these techniques it was time to roll. I started off with Ashley. She's been improving a lot lately. I do know, all innuendo aside, I don't want her on top. She's amazingly heavy.
After that I rolled with Patrick. We started and somehow he ended up in turtle (presumably from my sheer awesomeness but I wont dwell on it). I started slowly making my way to his back. He then grabbed my leg nearest to his head. I trapped his arm with my legs and then, are you ready for it? Bam! A crucifix. Holy Moly! A freaking crucifix. Unfortunately for me I got a bit too excited and forgot about the arm I had trapped with my legs. He ended up getting his arm free but I had a deep collar grab on him. We stayed in that position for a while until time was called.
I rolled with Christian and I can see he is improving a lot.
So that brings us to the end of the night. Corey Vs. Donny. So they roll for a while all the time Donny is talking in his goofy Brazilian accent. At one point near the end, after Peter had taken all but four of the mats, it happened. We all saw it. Cory had Donny in a straight armbar. Yes folks you read that right COREY had DONNY in the armbar. Donny then (still in his goofy Brazilian accent) says OOWW! That hurts. Now call me crazy, I'll wait...when someone says OOWW! that means tap. Of course Donny went on to say it hurt but it wasn't a tap. Please allow me to present exhibit A; From article 5 of the International Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Federation Rules:
7-) When an athlete is under a submission position and he screams or say "Aï" , will be the same as if he taps
Corey, my friend, it seems you were robbed of yet another submission victory.
To avoid being too long winded, I will say I have seriously been neglecting the blog and for that, fellow internet people, I apologize. I'll try to keep up with it from now on. No, seriously.
Thursday, June 18, 2009
Give me a sec...
So last night we started off class with a circuit style warm up. We had about 5 stations including jump rope, push-ups, abs, stretching, etc. We did one circuit of that and continued to warm up. We, again, had several different stations including: In the guard, passing the guard, and stand up. My focus here today is the stand up part.
We had a guy who I've seen want to come to class but never has. He's a big, strong guy. We started out with the stand up. I had no problem taking him down with trips and the such. Then we both went to the next "station." For this one person gives the other person a leg (in this case it was me giving up my leg) and tries to fight out of it while the other person tries to take him down.
Unfortunately for me this guy wasn't wearing a gi so the defense i knew to the single wouldn't work. We started out and first thing this guy goes for is my other leg (remember he already has one of them). He lifts me high in the air and I prepare for what I think will be a fairly soft landing. I came to this conclusion because we're all training partners and there's no sense in slamming the crap out of someone. Anyway, here I am high in the air and I start going down. It feels like he's controlling my descent. The next thing I know I land with all my weight and his. I turned to my side and attempted to take the fall properly but the mats might as well been concrete. I laid there as my instructor took awe of the awesomeness of my failure. "Give me a sec..." I got back up and started again. This cycle repeated itself three more times until I just started guillotining him.
Needless to say my whole side hurts. I really enjoy doing take down work but unfortunately I got stuck with the new person who doesn't yet know to not kill training partners. I suppose it's ultimately my fault, after all, I did give him my leg.
We had a guy who I've seen want to come to class but never has. He's a big, strong guy. We started out with the stand up. I had no problem taking him down with trips and the such. Then we both went to the next "station." For this one person gives the other person a leg (in this case it was me giving up my leg) and tries to fight out of it while the other person tries to take him down.
Unfortunately for me this guy wasn't wearing a gi so the defense i knew to the single wouldn't work. We started out and first thing this guy goes for is my other leg (remember he already has one of them). He lifts me high in the air and I prepare for what I think will be a fairly soft landing. I came to this conclusion because we're all training partners and there's no sense in slamming the crap out of someone. Anyway, here I am high in the air and I start going down. It feels like he's controlling my descent. The next thing I know I land with all my weight and his. I turned to my side and attempted to take the fall properly but the mats might as well been concrete. I laid there as my instructor took awe of the awesomeness of my failure. "Give me a sec..." I got back up and started again. This cycle repeated itself three more times until I just started guillotining him.
Needless to say my whole side hurts. I really enjoy doing take down work but unfortunately I got stuck with the new person who doesn't yet know to not kill training partners. I suppose it's ultimately my fault, after all, I did give him my leg.
Tuesday, May 26, 2009
Been So Long
It's been a really long time since I've posted. I've been rolling however I've been really apathetic about the blog. Last Monday, or Wednesday, I cant remember either way last week we had Daniel and his brother Diego and Rhelan Gracie (Relson's Son) come in to teach. That was a freaking awesome class. These guys are the best in the world and are really cool. There's no ego, they know they're good and they dont have to take it out on a whitebelt. I learned the Relson Gracie side mount and it is as follows:
Your hand near his head goes as if your elbow is touching his far ear. Go under his arm all the way to his belt. Your other hand grips his closest knee. I really like this because it's easy to obtain, because people dont expect it, and it's easy to keep. There was a sweet armbar off of it that goes a little something like this;
If their arm goes up to your head your take your hand that is gripping the knee and trap their hand by grabbing your collar. Simple. You then take your free hand put it on their head Swing your foot over their head and walk your foot towards their back. At this point you will probably be rotating your hips around their arm. Grab their knee with your free hand and fall back for the armbar. Awesome. Thanks Rhalen.
Tonight we went over a few chokes from guard. There was one cool one if the other guy is turtling up. So lets pretend the bad guy is turtling up and you are on his left side. Take your left hand and feed it under his left arm to grab his opposite lapel. This is a tight freaking hold. There's no where good for this guy to go once you have this. Donny showed a clock choke from here but it's super difficult to get your hand in. Corey and I, however, discovered that by taking your free hand, in this case your right, and grabbing their hand nearest to your body and clamping down you have a quick and tight choke.
Well that's it for the blog tonight. Stay tuned for more updates.
Your hand near his head goes as if your elbow is touching his far ear. Go under his arm all the way to his belt. Your other hand grips his closest knee. I really like this because it's easy to obtain, because people dont expect it, and it's easy to keep. There was a sweet armbar off of it that goes a little something like this;
If their arm goes up to your head your take your hand that is gripping the knee and trap their hand by grabbing your collar. Simple. You then take your free hand put it on their head Swing your foot over their head and walk your foot towards their back. At this point you will probably be rotating your hips around their arm. Grab their knee with your free hand and fall back for the armbar. Awesome. Thanks Rhalen.
Tonight we went over a few chokes from guard. There was one cool one if the other guy is turtling up. So lets pretend the bad guy is turtling up and you are on his left side. Take your left hand and feed it under his left arm to grab his opposite lapel. This is a tight freaking hold. There's no where good for this guy to go once you have this. Donny showed a clock choke from here but it's super difficult to get your hand in. Corey and I, however, discovered that by taking your free hand, in this case your right, and grabbing their hand nearest to your body and clamping down you have a quick and tight choke.
Well that's it for the blog tonight. Stay tuned for more updates.
Tuesday, May 5, 2009
Sitting out.
Since the tournament my arm has been bothering me. I can't sleep well because I keep waking up from the pain. The weird thing is that it doesn't really hurt throughout the day. it only hurts at night and when I roll. With this is mind I decided to sit out of class on monday.
Well to start off, it really sucked sitting out. Not because everyone made fun of me but because I really wanted to roll. Donny taught two armbars.
The first one was a cross collar choke to an armbar. Basically it went like this, while going for the cross collar choke from guard as your opponent pushes away you armbar. Pretty simple.
The second was from a failed siscor sweep. If you attempt to sweep and the person defends by shifting their weight you can use their momentum to swing an armbar. Since I wasn't actually doing it it's hard to explain.
There was a new guy in class today. This guy went 200 MPH. Typical of someone new to jiu-jitsu, trying to prove something. He seemed a little fast for my liking but I'm really looking forward to "Helping" him slow down.
Well to start off, it really sucked sitting out. Not because everyone made fun of me but because I really wanted to roll. Donny taught two armbars.
The first one was a cross collar choke to an armbar. Basically it went like this, while going for the cross collar choke from guard as your opponent pushes away you armbar. Pretty simple.
The second was from a failed siscor sweep. If you attempt to sweep and the person defends by shifting their weight you can use their momentum to swing an armbar. Since I wasn't actually doing it it's hard to explain.
There was a new guy in class today. This guy went 200 MPH. Typical of someone new to jiu-jitsu, trying to prove something. He seemed a little fast for my liking but I'm really looking forward to "Helping" him slow down.
Tuesday, April 28, 2009
The Tournament
So finally Saturday arrived. All of us have been waiting and preparing for this day. For most of us it was our first tournament and we were excited and scared. It pretty much went like this:
We arrived and there were tons of people there, not like the weigh in where there were 7. It took an hour to get the rules started. After that all white belts conjugated to one corner while blue belts to another etc. It took another 30 min to sort out all the brackets. Finally the first fight of the day, Ashley.
Her's was the first and only fight going on. She was fighting a bigger girl who was much stronger. The other girl tried some horrible attempts at a take down. Finally Ashley gave it to her. When they went down the girl landed in mount and attempted an americana. It was horrible. Like she had never done one before. Ashley wasn't tapping from it because it wasnt on right. Unfortunately Ashley didn't bump the right way to get this girl off of her. She kept bumping toward her not trapped hand which allowed the girl to post out. Ashley went almost all the way but got caught with a choke at the end.
My fight was right after her's. The guy wasn't really bigger or stronger but he was faster. We locked up and he tried to take me down a couple times. After I realized he couldnt take me down I tried a hip toss. It was, in retrospect, a horrible attempt. I landed in the bottom half guard. I was working from there and I attempted a sweep but he took mount. I attempted a sweep from there and he grabbed an arm. He went for the armbar but my thumb was facing down and to the side. The ref stopped the fight and asked if i had tapped. I told him "no i didnt tap, he doesn't have it" he said okay and let the guy sinch it deeper. Since he didn't have it I rolled over into his guard. I waited a little to long and eventually pu my hand on his stomach inched it over and caught me in a deep armbar that popped the elbow three times. I just had my ass whooped.
The rest of the morning wasn't looking so good either. Tonja got caught in a flying armbar not 15 seconds into the match and nate was beat on points. The tide started to turn with Corey. He won all his matches. Nate stepped up against another opponent and won all those. Scott dominated a blue belt and won second. Peter was without a doubt the most impressive. He owned everyone. His last match he was up 8-0 and let the guy tap him with a weak guillotine. He ended up with silver. Over all a good experience and I will come back stronger.
We arrived and there were tons of people there, not like the weigh in where there were 7. It took an hour to get the rules started. After that all white belts conjugated to one corner while blue belts to another etc. It took another 30 min to sort out all the brackets. Finally the first fight of the day, Ashley.
Her's was the first and only fight going on. She was fighting a bigger girl who was much stronger. The other girl tried some horrible attempts at a take down. Finally Ashley gave it to her. When they went down the girl landed in mount and attempted an americana. It was horrible. Like she had never done one before. Ashley wasn't tapping from it because it wasnt on right. Unfortunately Ashley didn't bump the right way to get this girl off of her. She kept bumping toward her not trapped hand which allowed the girl to post out. Ashley went almost all the way but got caught with a choke at the end.
My fight was right after her's. The guy wasn't really bigger or stronger but he was faster. We locked up and he tried to take me down a couple times. After I realized he couldnt take me down I tried a hip toss. It was, in retrospect, a horrible attempt. I landed in the bottom half guard. I was working from there and I attempted a sweep but he took mount. I attempted a sweep from there and he grabbed an arm. He went for the armbar but my thumb was facing down and to the side. The ref stopped the fight and asked if i had tapped. I told him "no i didnt tap, he doesn't have it" he said okay and let the guy sinch it deeper. Since he didn't have it I rolled over into his guard. I waited a little to long and eventually pu my hand on his stomach inched it over and caught me in a deep armbar that popped the elbow three times. I just had my ass whooped.
The rest of the morning wasn't looking so good either. Tonja got caught in a flying armbar not 15 seconds into the match and nate was beat on points. The tide started to turn with Corey. He won all his matches. Nate stepped up against another opponent and won all those. Scott dominated a blue belt and won second. Peter was without a doubt the most impressive. He owned everyone. His last match he was up 8-0 and let the guy tap him with a weak guillotine. He ended up with silver. Over all a good experience and I will come back stronger.
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