This past Saturday I competed at the Oregon Open in Hillsboro, OR. I won my first match by submission and then lost my second match by submission, a reverse triangle.
As the saying goes, you learn more from your loses than you do from your wins. I have gone over my lose over a hundred times in my head. The worst part is how I landed right into this triangle. I went into my second match feeling confidant, however, I made one huge mistake right before my match, a mental mistake. You see, one thing I notice was that everyone who was asked to put on this orange belt was losing their matches. The orange belt was for scoring purposes. In my second match the ref handed me the orange belt. In my head I said, “great! everyone who has worn this belt has lost so far”. Talk about mentally speaking something into existence. I basically lost the minute I said that. If you can see the video on my second match you would see how odd it was how my body just landed right into the triangle after escaping an attempted arm bar. I did not have a hold of a sleeve or leg or anything. It was weird. But, I learned how powerful my mind plays in this game that has a lot to do with mentally.
My match is the second one in this video.
