My 3rd Jiu-jitsu Competition At CCSF

The beginning of the match. Vincent and I starting on our knees.

This video is of my 3rd jiu-jitsu competition at CCSF on Friday Aug. 21, 2017. This one we started on our knees as some of the students didn’t have much training with falling.

There were a few divisions based on weight and then one division he called blue belt which is the one that I completed in. There were maybe 5 other people in that division that included white belts like myself with quite a bit of experience, 2 judo brown belts and one jiu-jitsu blue belt.

Me doing a collar choke on Vincent. I won with a collar choke like this, however I don't think this one was the one. It doesn't look quite deep enough. — Me doing a collar choke on Vincent. I won with a collar choke like this, however I don’t think this one was the one. It doesn’t look quite deep enough.

Matches were 3 minutes long. I had one match that finished with a tie and then we went like another 4 minutes until I got a submission.

This took place at CCSF city college in San Francisco.

I won three by submission: collar choke, armbar from guard and kimura. I lost 2 by points. Sensei said I lost my last match because I didn’t attack… I played defense.

Triangle choke from the side. I let go of his arm you can't see and did a kimura on his arm you can see. — Triangle choke from the side. I let go of his arm you can’t see and did a kimura on his arm you can see.

When I watched the video I look pretty half there. Friends said I looked pretty gased out.

I wasn’t sure if I was going to compete in this one as sensei asked on wednesday if I would ref. I also tweaked my back and thought it might be wise to rest, but then come Friday sensei said Robert would ref and I should compete.