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Back for a Little Submission Action

Sun, 29 Sep 2013 23:16:25 +0000

When freestyle season ended, Noah took several weeks off and then thought he’d get back to a little grappling & mma practice until club and school started up again…. Not much changed for him.

With less than two weeks of practice he again entered the Arlington Submission Challenge (8/2013) for both the teen under 145# and Adult under 155#. Both divisions were “Advanced”. He came in at 141# with no dieting before hand, he was definitely smaller come match time.

15-20 pounds light in this match he was in a bad position 4 of the 5 minutes of this match. Coach Charlie said to “figure out something” and apparently he did.

The highlight was that he won both divisions!

The sad point is that the submission season was over within a month as his main focus is developing his wrestling skills and club team was starting up again.

Revolution Grappling Tournament 10-2012

Sun, 28 Oct 2012 20:19:36 +0000

Competing in the Revolution Jiu Jitsu and Submission Grappling Tournament 10-27-2012, Noah moved up to the adult intermediate division as there was a lack of participants in the teen division. He stepped up and took the first place medal against some good competition.

It was likely a bit more helpful to have his coach there to encourage and advise rather than just his dad. Thanks Charlie Pearson

Following are the three matches for his bracket. From last to the first.

Championship Match

2nd Match (against teammate Mike)

1st Match of Day

Sub League Oregon Open 2012

Sun, 30 Sep 2012 19:12:21 +0000

Noah takes 2nd in this No-Gi adult bracket. At 15 years old, bottom age of teen bracket, he had to move up as there was a lack of competitors to a lower level adult bracket. His JJ was solid, but the strength of a collegiate wrestler was not something he was going to overcome this weekend.

Great job overall Noah…

Qualifier Match

Championship Match

LockFlow 5 Champion

Wed, 19 Sep 2012 02:40:04 +0000

Noah did some awesome work at LockFlow 5 held in Seattle WA in August 2012. He had 4 5 minute matches and came out the winner of his bracket and then his championship match went nearly 28 minutes before he forced a submission. The majority of that championship match can be found below.

Marathon Grappling Match – The final 8 minutes… Championship
Under 135lb

I was going to toss in the first 16 minutes of this match and while there was some good grappling from both Noah and Adaues, but I’ll grandma’s and grandpas I’ll save you from the extended version. Maybe I’ll add an earlier match another time.

Arlington Submission Challenge Sept 2011

Sun, 25 Sep 2011 21:49:46 +0000

Taking 3rd straight tournament, Noah wins the teen 120# division at the ASC.

Revolution Grappling August 2011

Sun, 21 Aug 2011 05:18:44 +0000

Revolution August 2011

The revolution tournament was overall large in size, but the number in the youth brackets was limited. Not quite the same as the ASC grappling tournament where there were fewer competitors overall, but more teens. Hoping for more competition in the future or thinking further travel may be necessary.

None the less, Noah did well winning his first match by guillotine and second by howdy…. That’s all it took in a tiny bracket of teens just under 120lbs. Airik made it tough just like every time he and Noah meet up.

And now for the “championship” match

ASC in September, then what? Any ideas?

Next Grapple

Mon, 25 Jul 2011 06:04:04 +0000

All registered for the next grappling tournament. Anyone joining me?

REVOLUTION – www.leapllc.com

Arlington Submission Classic

Thu, 14 Jul 2011 22:23:57 +0000

Early Beginnings Flash Back

June 25th 2011 at the Arlington Submission Classic, sponsored by Arlington Kickboxing Academy, Noah won four straight matches (triangle, points, key lock, and arm bar) and the teen division title… Nice work.

Following are the combined videos of the matches:

A Gracie Breakdown

Tue, 21 Jun 2011 16:24:12 +0000

Next Tournament 6/25 at Arlington High School in Arlington, WA…

I learned of this from my favorite MMA site, http://lockflow.com. It’s worth sitting through the full 15 minute breakdown.