Yesterday I competed for the 1st time in a year,my second time as a Purple Belt. I was excited to try out my skills with some women mysize and belt level. I walked away with Gold in my division, Bronze in the Open Weight, a huge gi burn across my face and some great memories of what was an amazing ALL female event! Competing in AZ as a female typically has me going up against women who have become my friends. There are only a few female purple belts who consistently compete and after 4 1/2 years, I have become good friends with most of them. Yesterday was one of those days where we have to leave our friendships on the sidelines as we give it our all and go to battle. Jiu jitsu is one of those sports that allows this. It's easy to "fight" your friend and still keep the upmost respect for them! Thank you Lisa, Seta and Kayla for the great matches yesterday and for having such heart as competitors, women and ladies that I am honored to be on the mats with!
*Photo Credit to KP Photography
*Photo Credit to KP Photography
On a side note, a funny moment that happened yesterday....as Lisa Pages and I stood on the sidelines waiting for our match, the referee looked at us and said "is this Masters?" Ouch!! I think we were a little insulted (even though we both are masters hehe) we did compete in the adult division.
I want to give a HUGE CONGRATS to my amazing little training partner Destiny, she moved up from juvenile to adult blue belt and killed it, taking Double Gold!!! I also want to give a big thank you to Logan, Lexi and Claudio who came out strictly for support! I really appreciate that, it means a lot.... To Sean and Logan for staying after the kids cup was over to support and help coach us girls. And...as always to my husband, who pushes me every day to be my best, keep going when I'm tired and help build my confidence to step out on to the tournament scene!
 | Soooo proud of my son Seth bringing home a Silver and my student Dylan Bebee bringing home Bronze in the Kids Cup! Great job boys! *Photo Credit to KP Photography |
