Well I am back to finally having time to get some thoughts out there for all of you. First off I want to say that I apologize for not being able to have that many posts over the past several months. I am, however, getting back into the swing of things as the 2012 tournament season is just around the corner. The International Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Federation (IBJJF) has posted the first of several tournaments that are run during the first several months of the year. The list schedule so far for is as follows:
January 26th – 29th: European Open Championship – Lisbon, Portugal
February 11th – 12th: Houston International Open – Houston, Texas
February 19th: Pan Kids Jiu-Jitsu Championship – TBA, California
February (TBA): San Francisco International Open – San Francisco, California
March 3rd: Chicago Winter International Open – Chicago, Illinois
March 29th – April 1st: Pan Jiu-Jitsu Championship – Irvine, California
April 21st: New York International Open – New York, New York
June (TBA): World Jiu-Jitsu Championship – Long Beach, California
The tournament season kicks off in Lisbon, Portugal with the European Championship. This tournament always brings out the heavy hitters and will most undoubtedly be one of the best tournaments of the season. Expect to see a great display of jiu-jitsu come the end of January to kick off the tournament season. Next up will be the first International Open of the season and it just so happens it will be in my current city of residence – Houston, Texas. This will be the third installment of the Houston Open and I can guarantee you there will be plenty of talent showing up . With participants such as Ryan Hall, Bruno Bastos, Justin Raider, and Steven “Psedelo” Hall showing up last year, I think we can expect fireworks to kick off the stateside tournament scene. You can guarantee that I will be out there checking out the action as well as hitting the mat in my respective division.
I have already begun my preparation of dieting and training to get myself ready for the start of the tournament season. It is my experience that the earlier you start, the better prepared you will be come tournament time, especially for the earlier tournaments. I would recommend starting to ease into your competition diet as well as starting to schedule and get in more training. This includes but is not limited to more mat time consisting of drilling and sparing as well as conditioning. I have started up a new Twitter account just to keep people updated and so that all of you can follow my training. I get questions all the time about how I prepare for competition and now I will put it out there for everyone who wishes to know. You can simply look over onto the sidebar to the right of this post or you can click on the follow box here:
