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I refereed my first judo tournament today. I worked with another referee, he was about 70 years old, has been doing Judo for 50 years. He is credentialed to referee all the way up to the Olympic level. I learned a ton. I think I will make a much better referee than a competitor lol.

I did get a laugh though. The tournament was in a town that's about 25 mi north of Ft Bragg. The guy at the scorers table had longish hair and beard, full tats, and was well chiseled. He made a couple comments and I'd asked him if he had been in the military. He looked at me and thought for a minute, and said "still am." We had a nice conversation.
 
I love that. There is a dude at my gym who is blind. Like, his friend has to walk him into the gym and give him verbal directions on what we are doing for warmup and drills. He choked my ass out the other day. Being a white belt is nothing if not an ego check, but that guy makes me want to show up just to keep up.
 
Just a follow up to my post above. The CJI event was off the hook! ... much more entertaining than ADCC IMHO.

The CJI fights were amazing. Love the alley with angled walls. The semi-final match between Routolo and Tackett was f'n brilliant.

Here it is for those that are interested:
 
I don't pimp out or endorse many stores but I will this one. It's local, actually physically attached to our gym, and is a great local resource and huge local supporter of all martial arts.

If y'all want to get combat /fighting sports merch, check out Toro BJJ. Prices are as good or better than most other vendors, they have great customer service, plus I know them and they are cool as hell.

Disclaimer, they don't know that I'm posting this, they get nothing from me but my money, and I get nothing from them but what I buy.

www.torobjj.com
 
Muppet said:
Ditto. It was cute. Small chic is smoking, I'd let her assault me.
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So, I have rolled with and had dinner with Holly- she's an ABQ staple and an awesome person.

For however good she looks on the internet- she's GORGEOUS in person. And one of the nicest people in the game.
 
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