Yesterday Brandon competed in his first BJJ competition, it was just an in house tournament from his gym and a few other friendly gyms and boy was he nervous.  He kept saying he’s fine but you could see it in his face so I told him that it doesn’t matter if he wins or loses as long as he works hard that’s all that matters.  There were 5 kids in his group and he was tied for smallest but he came out on top!  He went 3-1, he was tied with a girl at that record but because he scored more points overall, he won gold. 🙂

The boy in the video is about the same size as Brandon but the grey/black belt is 2 belts higher than what B is at.  The only submission allowed was armbar from mount which he has a hard time executing, none of the kids bothered to go for the sub and rather worked on positioning.  I was surprised how well he did, his aggressiveness and control was very impressive and he got what he deserved. 🙂  A benefit that the other kids had over Brandon was they were being coached from the sidelines so for his last match (with the big boy), I asked Kevin if he’d coach Brandon and it worked out pretty well.

The provincials are in a couple of weeks, it’ll be much tougher so let’s see if he’s up for it or not.  In any case, I’ve started calling him champ at home and you can see he likes it. 😉