My first BJJ Tournament. 53 year old white belt.

Match number one of two at the Buckeye Grappling Championship.

[wadzilla]

I'm 51 and 7 weeks into BJJ and love it, this gives me hope. Didn't even know there was a AARP division. Lol.

[michelemalbano]

- How do you call the one who won?
- A fighter.
- How do you call the one who lost?
- A fighter.
- How do you call the ones watching?
- Public.

Congratulations to both of you!!!

[SuperJayme]

This was outstanding! As the tournament director of this particular tournament "BUCKEYE STATE GRAPPLING CHAMPIONSHIPS I want to say thank you for posting this. Great match!

[herberthenderson]

I'm a 62 yo white belt and I found your match with your competitor a true inspiration. I look forward to competing in a year or so. Keep up the good work and have fun.

[karilacrosse]

Great job! I'm a 53 year old white belt too, I recently had my first tournament and it was really fun. I just wish they had master classes for females, us old ladies ended up going against women half our age.

[dragosristici]

Ross and Rodney. That was phenomenal. Keep it up. Im a 46 years old white belt with a decade of love for the sport who just decided to start. While I thought I would be able to get some of the first moves, I was stunned of the sheer tendon force that bjj creates. I am 1 month in and STILL did not get over it. But its the best sport in the world. It truly is the human chess game. Hope I never stop.

[drivermxpedite]

Great job, guys. Congratulations for getting in there. I joined a bjj gym and have gone to my first two classes. I turn 57 this week.

[WConn]

Fifty three? YOU'RE a child. I am 73, just started and have been going to class for just short of 5 weeks, attended 29 classes. I need to drop 15 more lbs and gain some stamina. Back injury a couple of years ago has slowed me up but I'm working on it. BJJ is great. I have a boxing, wrestling, TKD, JUDO and Krav Maga background.

[GTCTraders]

Awesome going! Started when I was 52 as a White Belt, and still at it ... just pace yourself and STAY CONSISTENT

[jaime]

This is inspiring for me because I am 57 years old and have been doing BJJ for two months.

[lazi]

I love how much they smile and laugh and just have fun doing Jiu Jitsu :)

[chrisstephens]

I just started at 42 and my whole body hurts. So much respect for you🙏🏼❤️

[mrallen]

I feel so young! I'm only 52. lol Great match and an awesome submission.

[jfkesq]

I'm almost 60. I should only watch old guys fight. Young guys are so flexible.

[oMegaEddy]

I pray to be like you guys in the future

[theFormidable]

How many times a week do you train with hard sparring and how many days after does it take you to recover fully? I'm 48 and after a day of hard sparring it takes me about 5 to 7 days to fully recover, if I force it and try to train hard earlier then my performance suffers because of my injuries that I'm very wreak and feel over trained

[TheDentist]

got a free half guard on the reset. That always happens in tournaments.

[timothyv.]

Congratulations. I imagine that wanted to make you keep training. Aloha.🥋 Oss

[shaunwhite]

Well done one for us oldies I'm a 55 year old and a blue belt keep going

[daddyroostermotivate]

Hey Ross how long have you been training before this day?