Worlds 2009: Day 4

Jorge finishes his first fight in 26 seconds by armbar. Unfortunately he lost the second fight... Dammit. If he had won that fight, he would have been in the semifinals and gotten a bronze medal at least.

I talked to Saulo after about Jorge's last match and he said that Jorge was a little bit late on a lot of what he was doing. And he said the reason was that he trains with us. He said that there is no one to challenge Jorge at our academy. (We have no other black belts, 2 brown belts, and only a hand full of purple belts). He said that Jorge is suffering because of this, in terms of his jiu jitsu. He said Jorge is sacrificing himself for us. And it's great for us, it's working for us (4 blue belts compete, 4 medals). It's just not working for him, in terms of keeping his jiu jitsu game sharp.

So Jorge said he will try again next year. And we who are here on this mundial trip have decided that next year we're going to make sure he goes to San Diego to train with Saulo, Xande and crew before worlds for a month... or at least a few weeks before worlds.