tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2456765418480247631.post5467471413863260904..comments2008-04-29T10:55:51.484-07:00LUKEnoreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2456765418480247631.post-90249050025546989972008-04-29T10:55:00.000-07:002008-04-29T10:55:00.000-07:002008-04-29T10:55:00.000-07:00Refreshing honesty about the stresses we all feel at tournaments. I call it the shit effect. At the Pan Ams and No Gi Worlds (and every other tournament) the bathrooms get rank pretty fast as everyone is super nervous and everything seems to be emptying out of everyone.<BR/><BR/>It's a wonder after all that, that anyone ever has trouble making weight.<BR/><BR/>Anyway you don't have the luxury of the option I sometimes take in Cali, which is to attend as well as compete at tournaments. It helps to get used to the atmosphere. I don't think the butterflies will ever go away, but managing them is a much a part of competing as the match itself.<BR/><BR/>People who never compete don't know what they are missing, right? It's not just the actual matches, which you can experience at the home academy, it's the stress and head trips that competitors have to go through as well.<BR/><BR/>Heck, I get stressed enough just traveling from one city or country to another, never mind the fight at the end of the tunnel. :-)2Oldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10043684016249165144noreply@blogger.com