At the end of April Jeremy competed in a submission Wrestling Tournament in Seattle, he did Great!! He was in the largest bracket with over 20 competitors and he got 5th place. I was extremely proud, anyone that is familiar with wrestling, understands that in regular wrestling you have a match and if you don't pin the person in said time you would go to the score cards and win by points, this IS NOT how submission wrestling is, it is exactly what the name says. You have a 4 minute round to submit you opponent and submitting is the only way to earn points to advance. Jeremy had 6 matches with in 3 hours. By getting 5th over all he earned a spot in the Submission Wrestling Championships in Portland, OR at the End of May. I didn't take many pictures from the championships because they had professional photographers taking far better pictures than I would have, but I do have video to follow soon. Anyways, my husband ROCKED the championships in May. He had another fantastic talent pool and did awesome. 4th overall, he had 8 matches in 1 1/2 hours, and he was exhausted but no one could tell but me. Sometimes, I think that he is part machine because he just keeps pushing on, when a normal person would be done. One of the amazing qualities I love about him.
Back to the first tournament, we had my mom watch Trevor and Audrey so that Braiden could have a special date day with us and as you could see in he pictures he had a lot of fun. I have to admit that kid is a great travel companion, he always has something great to say. I think his favorite part was me letting him have the camera, I got so many pictures of shoes, floor, torsos and actually some really good ones.
***On a side note I included the top picture to show part of the "family" that Jeremy and our whole family has in Jiu Jitsu. Just one more shout out for Jiu Jitsu!!! When our school in Ellensburg closed Rodrigo from Gracie Barra Seattle opened his arms and let everyone train with our professors but "fight" under his banner.
In this sport I have seen the "family" slip money into people shoes that are down and out, I have seen helping even when it isn't convenient, I have seen a camaraderie between people that don't have anything in common except the love for this sport, and I have seen strangers cheering for my husband just because he wore the Gracie Barra Gi.
Who would have thought!***
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