U.S. Grappling will hold our fourth Submission-Only event on Saturday, July 18th and Sunday, July 19th. Our venue will once again be Patrick Henry High School, just north of Richmond (and convenient to Interstate 95).
This event will feature both gi and no-gi divisions for adult men, women, and men 30 and up.
US Grappling puts on very organized and well run tournaments. They are smooth running with top notch refs. That whole group works hard to make sure they put on an awesome tournament. Every time they do their submission only tournaments they get the same questions about time and match lengths and every time they get more repeat competitors. You should train to finish not ride out points.
I did this tourney last march in Winchester, VA. Can be some rough stuff, not only train to finish but please come with cardio, we had a few matches go 45+ minutes. Some were entertaining, some were guys just laying in half guard for 10 minutes at a time.
SpartanCurry - I did this tourney last march in Winchester, VA. Can be some rough stuff, not only train to finish but please come with cardio, we had a few matches go 45+ minutes. Some were entertaining, some were guys just laying in half guard for 10 minutes at a time.
Bring your cardio = good advice! Luckily, most matches are pretty active, which means you'll need it.
This is a great tourney, if you can do it, do it. It really makes you use your BJJ and kind of evens the playing field. In the other tournaments good wrestlers could grind out a point win in BJJ with takedowns and control. This tourney takes that out of the equation.(I used to be one of those wrestlers so I feel I can say that)
