I feel really dissapointed because everything for me today felt so right, i had a pretty good sleep, i weighed in quickly, rehydrated and refueked really well. I had a good warm up and was feeling really confidfent and then i fought i didnt do anything i should've done. He threw me with a left uchimata in under a minute, im very dissapointed.
It was actually a bit annoying because i got a bye first round and although yeah this meansd you get through to the next round (1 closer top gold) it means first off that the bloke your going to fight is good enough to win a fight atg the worlds. And 2 the most important thing is he is coming off a win and has been out on the mat before so he already has his bearings at where you go for marshalling and Gi control etc.
To put the level of competition here at the worlds in perspective in 60kgs the gold silver and bronze medallist in Beijing Olympics all lost first round. Thats almost unheard of to think that the people who are at the top of the world dont even place.
My division was won by the Ukrainien Korotya he fought fantastic all day, second was Japan followed by Armenia and Italy third.
It was a great stadium and the atmosphere was electric attached is a bit of footage of the lights and action of the comp.
In reflection i didnt go out to the this fight in the exact right mindset that i should have. I went out there a bit over excited to get in there and have a bash but then after the first exchange i became a bit hesiatant and didnt even bother to bust his sleeve grip and thats when he threw me a left uchimata.
I just feel sad because i stuffed up a good opportunity to win a fight at the worlds against a good opponent that has had alot of good wins but an opponent i believe i can beat, even if im not fighting at my 100%.
Its a long time to the next worlds but i have still learnt alot regarding tapering for comp, (you always learn somehting about making weight) and i have also learnt i need to have in the back of my miund to never ever ever make a mistake ever. No mistakes is the number 1 thing to do. In Australia and Oceania you can make 2 or 3 per fight and still win but over here half a mistake and your changing lightbulbs in the roof.
Anyway back to the drawing board and i guess i will enjoy the rest of the 4 days compeition cheering on the rest of the aussies before we come on home back to our families.
Josh Cook had a good fight but ended up losing to the korean by being thrown by a waza ari and then being held down. The Korean went on to come third place, but once josh started getting settled and moved he stared looking very dangerous.
I will post the disgusting footage up later on
Have an awesome day guys
Matt
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