Saturday, May 19, 2007

Tournament winnings

So today came and went, and much to my surprise I did quite well.

We had a field of 6 age 17+ competitors. It was open weight classes.

First match of the whole tournament was mine.
I won via rear naked choke. I think I reversed his takedown attempt but I can't remember got a little foggy until I realized I had his back and I could choke him.

Next match I won via Ippon. I don't remember what throw it was, it was a reversal off one of his attempts, and what I remember is the hit basically and then I saw the hand go up I love the sound of an Ippon.

Final match for first place, I lost. The guy was very skilled and I resisted for a little while, but was eventually Ipponed. It was a very good throw, I don't know the name, but I do remember telling him once I hit just how nice it was.

Overall it was ran well, and for a local tournament, I would say the quality of participants was high.

My instructors helped me immensely get ready for this, and without that I would of been thrown all day long.

Overall a great experience, and I can't wait for the next tournament. Hopefully the next one is a Jiu jitsu tournament as that is where I am more confident.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Congrats D...sounds like you did very well for your first tournament!
G'ma C

Susan said...

Proud of you...and Happy Birthday (though I'm posting this a week later).

Love,

Mom