anyone here did a grappling tournament ?

Yea, I did two when I started out. Can't wait till Im in shape i actually like for another. Basically if you want strength you wanna do it now for a week. Conditioning should be now until competition. Don't eat diary products the week of the competitions. If you're far away from your target weight zone then u definitely want to shed some fat weight which is done NOW. Load up on some complex carbs about 2-3 days before competition. Fiber in the evening not to get constipated .

 

When it comes to competition time. Since this is your first time, it's guaranteed you'll be psyching your self out. Bring a game, cards or w/e to keep your mind off of the match. If it's NAGA or something like that they are terrible at their time management and you'll have too much time to psyche urself out. During warm up listen to some music while warming up and sing along. When you're called up you won't have weak "knees".
When the match starts have fun and don't you lose to the other mofo, you trained harder than him.

 

Gi or no gi?

 

If it's gi, you definitely want read what Mr. Collar Choke here has to say.

 

I've always trained with a gi because of the belief that it makes your technique tighter. For example - in MMA - fighters have nothing to grab on to but those shorts and when you're sweaty and slippery, it's easier to slip out of holds. When you're doing gi grappling - there is always something to hold on to making it much more difficult to escape a hold without performing a proper escape. I'm sure someone could make an argument in the other direction - but I'm talking about my personal beliefs here.

I've always thought gi grappling better prepared one for self defense situations in the street. Generally, everyone you meet is wearing clothing unless you're at the beach or at the pool. Clothing always gives so many ways to manipulate an opponent - especially with regards to choke holds - which I love. I tried to make choke holds my specialty as being a generally smaller man (started training at 165 lbs) I found it difficult to do limb submissions against larger fighters - but no one can power out of a choke. Chokes are the great equalizer.

My preference towards self defense training explains my interest in Jeet Kune Do - and also explains why I always sucked at tournament competition. I never really trained seriously for tournaments because I was more concerned with how I would handle a situation without rules.

So, I don't really have any advice for you. Listen to your instructors. Don't train anything other than submission wrestling techniques until your tournament gets here. Time to lay off all the other ranges - such as punching, kicking, etc. Focus. Get in shape. You'll do fine.

 

**** all this grabastic bull****.

you want a real sport try boxing.

 

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atsch

 

in my first tournament i blew my grip after the gi portion of the tournament, luckily i have long strong legs and i was able to win the no gi with all triangles and armlocks (7 fights mind you), with that being said, first match dont spend all ur gas, cause its easy to do, the thing with turnaments is you could be there all day and have, if you win, up to 6 or 7 fights in your bracket,, not to mention if you're doing both gi and no gi you could have upwards of 10+ fights if you're good, its more a game of nurtition and rest (taking naps and snacking during the tournament) if you're on the lower levels i.e. white belt, blue belt, cause the divisions are so large

 

there will be a couple sub brackets, and thats all random cause it not a league where you could have a seed system, trust me itll be fun, but you gotta eat all day and relax otehrwise yo'll get tired, dont focus on your teammates matches, focus on your own