My son is 7 and will be at the 15th Grapplers Quest in Las Vegas. He's pretty familiar with tournaments from his other MA (TKD) tourneys but never one for BJJ and from what I hear, Grapplers Quest is pretty big with some big names.
Does anyone have any advice for him in preparation for the tourney? He rolls in his BJJ class 3 days a week and wrestles every Saturday then does TKD two days a week so I think he gets plenty of mat time (his choice) and he can hold his own from what I've seen. As far as nerves, either he's too young to realize it or it just doesn't phase him. I took him to a fairly large TKD tournament last year where he didn't know a soul other than me and he did just fine and even got 2nd place in his division of 7 kids. I was more nervous than he was. Anyway, any advice (training or otherwise) would be appreciated.
Does anyone have any advice for him in preparation for the tourney? He rolls in his BJJ class 3 days a week and wrestles every Saturday then does TKD two days a week so I think he gets plenty of mat time (his choice) and he can hold his own from what I've seen. As far as nerves, either he's too young to realize it or it just doesn't phase him. I took him to a fairly large TKD tournament last year where he didn't know a soul other than me and he did just fine and even got 2nd place in his division of 7 kids. I was more nervous than he was. Anyway, any advice (training or otherwise) would be appreciated.