My first jiu jitsu tournament ever 2023 White Belt

[@tylermccoy398]

Hey brother, I was your opponent in this match! Great battle. Hopefully we can compete again in the future!

[@joshlovsbball]

Thanks for a great match! Congrats on the win and ya let’s run it back!

[@GiftWrapGabe]

Nice job for posting this !

[@shepherdmitchell5627]

How long will it take to move onto the blue belt and then purple belt?

[@NeverWokeX]

You did good bro

[@sunishotra9958]

@@shepherdmitchell5627 6 months to a year for blue belt and anywhere between 3-5 years for purple so, all depending on how fast you learn.

[@JohnnyJiuJitsu]

I’m out of breath after watching this. You guys are barely breathing. Great match. I competed at Pan ams as white and blue belt 10 years ago… damn I’m old now. Time flies boys. Enjoy the journey.

[@secretmuse420]

Excellent match! Thanks for posting 🔥🔥🔥🔥🤙🏽

[@slithery_snakeTwitch]

AWESOME matches, i love the way TCO aranges everything it was my first ever tournament, that being said I saw your discription about not knowing why you didn't get 2 points at the 3:50 the reason for that is because all you were doing at that point was sprawling. guard passes only count for sliding through to mount but other than that AWESOME work! Keep training and looking up! NAO PARA! (Nao para means dont stop in portugese)

[@fullarmourtracksuit4023]

Good effort. I started this year, 7 lessons in now. I hope I can match your effort when I compete down the track.

[@benbush7838]

Love it! Much more technique than my first ever comp. Well done lads

[@alexperes1598]

I started BJJ about 5 months ago, gotta say it’s really challenging and humbling

[@riazzaman20]

Solid effort from both guys.

[@Greybeardfit]

Awesome match. Great effort from both opponents.

[@kylacolom7380]

watching this makes me wanna go back to competing but i'm scared now because i'm a blue belt lol and throughout my white belt i always had to move up in weight classes. still managed to place! in total of my white belt competitions I gotten three golds two silvers and two bronze i believe!

[@Брат2-э1э]

Its pretty common thing that people are less willing to compete after they get higher belts. As a white belt you feel there is nothing to lose

[@kaylacopass96]

Great match. Planning on competing in December. Looking for any tips.

[@joshlovsbball]

Make sure your cardio is on point because the adrenaline dump is insane. Focus on one or two takedowns you want to hit and make sure your guard passing is up to par!

[@kaylacopass96]

@@joshlovsbball thank you! I also take Krav Maga and boxing at my gym, so I’m feeling good about cardio. Guard passing can be hit and miss. I know a few takedowns but I think pulling guard might be my best Option.

[@edkrest]

Good job guys. That was a very close fight.

[@Bjjmatches]

Great match!

[@laoshark]

Great job to both!

[@shannonjackson3139]

Just entered my first tournament and i’m super nervous. Only been training A little over a month once or twice a week. Mostly doing it to see where i stand and get a better feel for it. Any tips or suggestions?

[@zibbia100]

How did your first tournament go? Do you have any combat experience prior to doing BJJ?

[@shannonjackson3139]

@@zibbia100 Not to well lost my first match by guillotine and second by an americana. Definitely not how i wanted but you live and learn. I trained a little in high school bjj but that was a long time ago.

[@zibbia100]

@@shannonjackson3139 hey sorry to hear. Hopefully you are still working and training though! I have a very strong wrestling background from my childhood and high school and been wanting to train BJJ now that I’m in my mid twenties and need a new hobby. Wondering how I’d compare to other people in the white belt category with my background

[@marcusmay5461]

train for at least 3-4x a week for 6 months.

[@shannonjackson3139]

@@marcusmay5461 Yeah i plan too. I’m deployed with the military and am lucky enough to have a jiujitsu club where i’m at. Just can’t go as much as i’d like due to scheduling and going to other areas we operate n and such

[@Evanmander]

Nice back and forth!

[@FingerJam12]

Very good job to both of you!

[@NeverWokeX]

This was awesome

[@gene_leonard]

Great job for your first tournament. 3:50 wasn't a take down because he was on his knee. If he was standing when you took him down you would have been correct and been scored 2 points. OSS

[@bjjwhitebelt5777]

Awesome match

[@BoHarry71]

How was the overall experience? Thinking about taking a stab at the next grappling industries tournament coming up.

[@joshlovsbball]

It was awesome man. You’ll never regret putting it all on the line and competing

[@johnwardle9667]

Nice work fellas

[@logiebearsb]

Thanks for sharing

[@pookelaq]

not bad for your first tournament! you had a few opportunities to easily get the guard open when standing by just putting you knee into his butt, putting pressure and pushing down on one of his legs. not sure how he won the match, but good battle.

[@Proudlymale]

What kind of camera? Super crisp!!

[@joshlovsbball]

Canon R6!

[@Ironbound27]

Nice Single Leg X attempt, good match!

[@Nalo-w5i]

Which one were u?

[@Humza-l1w]

Currently do wrestling But would love to try bjj 1 day What is average age pple usually start?

[@joshlovsbball]

Most people I would say try it in their 20s. Don’t worry about it just try it!

[@Community_Guideline_Violator]

Congrats 🤙🏻

[@brianwhite6519]

Technically that was not a take down, if anything it looked like a reversal. I could see how you should've gotten an advantage point there though. It was a good match, especially since he wouldn't engage in the beginning. You stuffed his shot and came back with a nice takedown in the beginning there!

[@joshlovsbball]

Thanks for the insight!

[@brianwhite6519]

@@joshlovsbball TCO goes by IBJJF rule set if you're curious on scoring.

[@PotentialEn3rgy]

good match!!!

[@jamesn3122]

Everyone doing tournies at fancy places, mine are always on an indoor soccer field

[@muhammadjunaid9088]

How is the winner white belt with no stripe here? Doesn’t look fair

[@marcusmay5461]

it's an even skillset between them.

[@okamitsu1212]

Good wrestling

[@jw1001]

Hey im looking to do jit jutsu Do i go to a martial arts gym. how long do I have to train to become part of tournaments?

[@joshlovsbball]

Hey man! Look up Brazilian jiu jitsu gyms in your area. Try out a couple of classes and see if you like it. You can sign up for a tournament whenever but I’d recommend at least 6 months of training if you have zero grappling experience.

[@jw1001]

@@joshlovsbball I got 2 years worth of high school wrestling experience will that help me with jiu jitsu techniques?

[@ac7127]

Wrestling background definitely is an advantage if your going to start training bjj w/ no experience

[@troygrindley3793]

How long had you been training for before you went to this tournament? I wanna compete in October but haven’t really started yet (I’ve done a 6 wk course but haven’t been able to train for 2 wks)?

[@joshlovsbball]

I had been training consistently for about 5 months before that match.

[@Guenonymous]

Hell yeah

[@asottilare4233]

I just put my son in this and I have to ask, why did they stop you mid-match, then go back into the position you guys were in?

[@joshlovsbball]

@@asottilare4233 we were close to being out of bounds so they just reset us.

[@DMVRockz]

Nice work

[@RobertGonzalez-m2u]

Kiehn Station

[@austincolborne4832]

4:43 bro in the back just hit a clip

[@maclectic]

good job

[@AnthonyMillard-q4k]

Fay Walks

[@najeepadgett9052]

seems like he was initiating a guard pull from his sprawl as you were countering and coming up on top. not sure and deff dont like advantages

[@WhitRobin-y1y]

Olson Curve

[@HelinaWalton-u4v]

Mathilde Gateway

[@IamDude2]

Thought the guy in the black gi won this tbh

[@GallupTab-i4y]

Lavern Lodge

[@cloonancpa232]

Awesome match. For a 5 minute match, I feel like you wasted too much time and energy in his closed guard trying to work lapel chokes. Sure, it is a quick submission that may catch someone at white belt so I see why you were going after it.

[@real_mrmime9617]

100% should have been 2 pts for the sweep

[@saulmota2202]

What weight division were you in ?

[@joshlovsbball]

194.5 lbs

[@StephenBritt-m3c]

Roberto Hollow

[@wcrx2000]

Both of you are better than me

[@joshlovsbball]

@@wcrx2000 I haven’t trained in over a year. It’s not about who’s better it’s about who lasts. Keep it up!

[@LinnieMao-j1d]

Carol Cove

[@ClaraGwendolyn-k1t]

Kerluke Stravenue

[@JimmyNumbers-q2g]

Chaz Stravenue

[@AlbaLively-h3l]

Morissette Curve

[@TimothyPage-l6q]

Erin Brooks

[@GeorgeBrien-q5t]

Nolan Ridges

[@TinaPhillips-b1h]

Wisoky Motorway

[@JK-nh6jp]

Sorry brother which competitor are you? The tall guy in white gi is very tentative. I had a similar appearance in my first jitsu match. Don't be afraid to engage, get close. Spend time grappling at slow-medium-faster pace in the gym for your tournaments. If you get unlucky and meet a wrestler who takes you down right away, so be it you will just have to get up from under him by using your guard. But jabbing the fakes from the outside is not jiu jitsu, it won't get you any positional advantage. Spend more time learning your distance which needs to be closer This is said from a completely non-judgmental perspective as this was my experience in my first tournament 5 months ago as well. As ive done more tournaments nerves have become slightly better over time. Competing is great for learning these lessons.

[@joshlovsbball]

I’m in the black gi. I think the main thing I needed to work on was opening and passing the guard. Plus everything else because I’m a white belt haha

[@JK-nh6jp]

@@joshlovsbball I’m right there with you dude. Yeah he had a surprisingly nice guard game after that initial stalling phase. You looked really solid for a white belt in first competition, keep it goin brother

[@GuillermoMartinez-e4u]

Streich Isle

[@AnnElton-d3q]

Hand Centers

[@JackAldrich-s6p]

Schmidt Trail

[@alirashada2006]

I dont see the art being used it looks more like a wrestling match.

[@MarrySchange-k2u]

Lydia Cliff

[@LarryKimmel-j6p]

Haag Square

[@MasrioresAzuores-i1o]

Lilliana Stream

[@CarleeNelsen-e3y]

Yundt Port