tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5006145854650996821.post6013887403453665779..comments2023-09-21T03:23:53.524-07:00Comments on Allie the Clear Belt: Things I Learned Last Night at JitsA.D. McClishhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07019434821749308292noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5006145854650996821.post-18346135949815405732010-05-13T06:12:08.347-07:002010-05-13T06:12:08.347-07:00Thanks for the encouragement guys! I am having a p...Thanks for the encouragement guys! I am having a private lesson on either Friday or Monday and I am going to decide then whether or not I have the guts to go out there. And, as an aside note, I talked to my instructor and he said all of the same things you guys said. I find it annoying when you all gang up on me like that. Stop being so right, please. ;)A.D. McClishhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07019434821749308292noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5006145854650996821.post-65384191783347796872010-05-12T10:18:05.232-07:002010-05-12T10:18:05.232-07:00I won't add much to these comments, but the fa...I won't add much to these comments, but the fact that you have less time to panic/prepare might do you good. Go and have fun!NinjaEditorhttp://theclumsyninja.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5006145854650996821.post-15107913027797900232010-05-12T04:30:36.188-07:002010-05-12T04:30:36.188-07:00I disagree a little with the "blue is a blue&...I disagree a little with the "blue is a blue" comment Dev. People's style and capability will vary a lot within the belts and sometimes even across. I think I know where you're coming from but I just wanted to mention that.<br /><br />Having said that, I think it's the exact reason why you SHOULD compete. Not to just for fun, but to go really really hard against people in a competition where you have NOTHING to prove. You're a baby blue and they're more likely than not expereienced. <br /><br />Georgette recommeded picking something to work on for this comp. Great idea. Why not let that thing be Letting go of attacking inhibitions and really just going for the kill. It IS something you have mentioned in a few posts (like this one!).<br /><br />I say, pack your bag and go. Make it your goal and mission to face who you are on that mat and really leave your all in those 5 minutes. If you win one match, or even get an advantage and maybe lose on points, it will be the sweetest achievement ever, coz it changed YOU. Isn't that what the game is all about?<br /><br />That was beautiful. I'm going for lunch.Liam H Wandihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15592644859626736304noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5006145854650996821.post-68757126447926839802010-05-11T08:57:12.920-07:002010-05-11T08:57:12.920-07:00Damn it sucks reading a blog after Dev does, becau...Damn it sucks reading a blog after Dev does, because he says it all (and so much better) and I'm left doing something like this:<br /><br />"Ditto!"<br /><br />But I will add one thing... pick something you want to work on (takedowns? your guard? a sweep?) and make that the "theme" of your competition. Narrowing your focus might help you stress less and might make the tournament more productive for you, regardless of how well you perform over all. <br /><br />Just a thought! But you know I do exactly what you do, so I feel you :)Georgettehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08705282002904234217noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5006145854650996821.post-15358600329509182372010-05-11T08:42:50.314-07:002010-05-11T08:42:50.314-07:00You know what I'm going to say. :)
1. So wha...You know what I'm going to say. :) <br /><br />1. So what if you're a baby blue? Blue is blue. You earned that belt, and you know you can represent it.<br /><br />2. If you go into it thinking you're going to get killed, you will.<br /><br />3. My Coach told me that typically the people that compete and do well at one belt typically do well competing at all the belts. Big frigging deal if someone's got a blue belt so beat up it looks purple, or they have like 8 stripes. Whoop-de-doo. They never fought you. <br /><br />4. Just from my own experience, I fought at the US Open a week after getting my blue. I was scared shitless, and I went into it thinking that I had no pressure, because everyone there was better than me. You know what I learned? My Coach was right - he wouldn't have promoted me if I couldn't hang with them. And at the end of it, your coach is right - he wouldn't have promoted you if you couldn't hang with the blue belts.<br /><br />5. If you wait until you're "ready" to compete as a blue, all those other blues will have that much more experience too. So you're not really gaining anything. There's no better time than right now.<br /><br />And if you get creamed, so what? No one wins everything. You take it and learn from it. Play your game, and if it doesn't work, well, you just learned what you need to work on. And you wouldn't have learned it if you DIDN'T compete.<br /><br />Bottom line, you should do it. Just my $.02.Devhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06331257882063185349noreply@blogger.com