My middle daughter at jiu jitsu tournament

BlunderWoman

BlunderWoman

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This is my middle daughter ( the one with her hair pulled straight back into a ponytail braid). Notice my daughter quietly panic after she sees her opponent is unconscious . She has her hands over her face because she's freaking the heck out .

 

Glad the other girl was okay, and it's good that your daughter is learning to defend herself. I took a martial art class a long time ago, you never know when you'll need some tricks up your sleeve if some creep tries to hurt you, etc. Don't go down without a fight! :D
 

SeaBreeze said:
Glad the other girl was okay, and it's good that your daughter is learning to defend herself. I took a martial art class a long time ago, you never know when you'll need some tricks up your sleeve if some creep tries to hurt you, etc. Don't go down without a fight! :D
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She was so afraid that she had hurt the girl. We were very glad the girl was okay. The girl never tapped out.
 
Good for your daughter, a good skill to have, I sure wish I had followed through on kung fu lessons I started taking back in the day. :) Me two lessons and I was done. Smart daughter, I'm sure it will serve her well, not talking about physical aspects, that's a bonus if she should need it.
 
Cookie said:
That was very impressive -- seems very effective in bringing down an adversary. Glad the girl was OK.
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Her brother hadn't seen her in a couple of years. He had been working as a oil rig roughneck, so he was pretty built up. I swear it wasn't 30 minutes into the reunion until she was trying to take him down. He was giggling and he said " Omg it's like some human spider is crawling around me." She still can't take her brother down..YET :p
 
AprilT said:
Good for your daughter, a good skill to have, I sure wish I had followed through on kung fu lessons I started taking back in the day. :) Me two lessons and I was done. Smart daughter, I'm sure it will serve her well, not talking about physical aspects, that's a bonus if she should need it.
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She and her husband both do the tournaments & he is into it to. I think it's more of a fun sport thing for them. They hike, they parasail, they run, they bike...I get tired thinking about what they do :p
 
SifuPhil said:
Couldn't quite make it out, but that looked like a choke hold she applied - they shouldn't be allowing that in competitions like this.
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they do it A LOT in the adult jiu jitsu competitions. The person is supposed to tap out when they've had enough. The referee was right there watching it , so I think if she had done an illegal move he would have caught it or the other girl would have reported it to him.

Here's a link to the rules
http://www.usabjjtournaments.com/rules.aspx

 
I know gi chokes are very effective and they're an integral part of JJ. I just thought your daughter was much younger (I missed the "husband" reference LOL) - like around 15 or so. :eek:
 
SifuPhil said:
I know gi chokes are very effective and they're an integral part of JJ. I just thought your daughter was much younger (I missed the "husband" reference LOL) - like around 15 or so. :eek:
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" oh okay. Well I'm clueless about all of it. I'm Mom. I just go and yell " Go Sabrina" I don't go much since they moved all the way across country. Yeah she's 24 years old & married.
 
I wish they'd encourage some sort of martial arts for all young ladies. It could save their life sometime. I thought she was about 15 too. Whatever her age, I think it's great. Yes, the other girl should have tapped out. My 48 year old son does Brazilian jujitsu (I think that's what it's called) so I am learning a little bit about it.
 

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