Went down to South Central (Florence-Firestone, specifically) for a fighting tournament today.

Got third in my division, should’ve got second. Guy I lost to I really should’ve stomped, but at one point he got a weak armbar and the judges called for him while I was getting out of it, that kind of ticked me off.

That said, our dojo did really well. Some of the other guys really looked the part of MMA fighters more, and they came out hard out of the gate, but after a minute or so they ran out of power. Two or three guys forfeited or got DQed for being unable to defend themselves mid-round. The matches were only single 2-minute rounds, and we’ve been doing multiple 4- and 5-minute rounds every day in practice, so woo practice.

Yeah it’s cool that U.S. Army photos are public domain. Still, when it comes to grappling diagrams where I’m trying to figure out where to put my limbs, black and white photos of two entangled shaved white guys wearing the same camouflage are so unhelpful!