How did I miss this?
I am really not the best tournament fighter. I do have a string of medals and a few gold ones but I have not competed in a few months.
My advice for training for a tourney is mostly the same for training in general. Consistency in schedule, always roll first with the toughest guys in class, and roll using the techniques you are the worse at.
As I got closer to competition, I would try and figure out that worked the best and craft that into a rough strategy of where I wanted to be and work on conditioning. Also, any takedown you have in your tool belt will help you with guard pulling if they are wondering what you will do.
Can't wait to hear the stories of your upcoming competitions!
Solid. I find that when I go in on days that I especially don't fell like going usually turn out the best. There's no shortage of killers to train with at my gym and most everybody outweighs me by at least 20lbs as it is.
I'm trying to mix more arm attacks into my game, since I mostly got by with collar chokes as a white belt. They're pretty weak right now but I've been making progress.
My biggest concern is just being a fresh blue belt. It feel likes starting all over again. Thanks for the advice!
Oh I can relate! I spent a good deal of time at white belt (because of work/travel/moving interruptions) and was promoted from 2 stripes on my white to Blue. Talk about a surprise and feeling like chum being thrown into the waters of the 4-stripe killers.
I simply started all over again with my goals and began with "don't get submitted. Didn't feel good to miss the medal round on my first tourney but I achieved that goal. Small steps and enjoy the grind.
I find Kimura to be the best one to start with personally because of the variety of positions you can catch it from, the dominance of 2 arms attacking 1, and the control you have while trying to adjust and finish.
Go gettem killer!