On May 12 and 13th 2012 the NAGA Dallas Grappling Championship was held. CHARLIE CLARK NISSAN sponsored me for this tournamet. I want to think them for sponsoring me. Without their sponsorship, I would not have been able to go to this tournament. The adults and teens competed on Saturday May 12 and the kids competed on Sunday May 13. My weigh-in weight was 129.8 lbs. I competed in the kids expert skill level which was for kids with 2 years or more experience. I had about 1 1/2 years experience but I wanted to compete against the best kids so I registered for the expert skill level. Before the tournament started, I had the chance to talk to some of the kids in my bracket and one who weighed in at 145 lbs so was in the bracket above mine. I won the bronze medal in the gi division.
There were 5 kids in my bracket. This was my first gi fight. The score was zero to zero at the end of the match. The ref said the other kid was more aggressive and gave the win to him instead of us having an overtime round.
This was my second gi fight and was for the bronze medal. I had the chance to talk to this kid a lot while waiting for our bracket to start. He is a real nice guy. He told me he turns 14 years old this month and has been training in Jiu-Jitsu for 5 to 6 years.
As soon as my dad and I landed in Dallas and got our rented car, we went to a gym so I could go to the sauna to drop some weight.
When we got to the gym my weight was 133 lbs.
From the sauna we went straight to the event center and I weighed in at 129.8 lbs. This put me in the 115 - 129.9 lb weight bracket.
The adults and teens were competing on Saturday 5/12/12 when I went to weigh-in.
After weighing in we went to Olive Garden to eat. I was pretty hungry by then. I ate spaghetti.
After eating we went to the hotel to check in. We stayed at the Courtyard Marriott.
My dad and I got to the event center at about 9 am on Sunday 5/13/12 for the kids part of the tounament.