NAGA Sandbagging Question?
Please only answer if you have experience in this issue:
I competed at Grappler’s Quest and I won gold in my beginner division (no-gi). I am now going to do NAGA and I am wondering if I need to go up a level. NAGA is up to 2 years experience and GQ was up to a year. I have been training for just over six months now.
My instructor said don’t worry, stay at the beginner level because that is where he thinks I should be. Does this mean I am sandbagging? I really do think I belong in the beginner division.
I’ve been to 2 GQ’s and 1 NAGA. Sandbagging in NAGA was absolutely ridiculous….especially in the 130-155lb range….EVERYONE was doing it. NAGA is usually good about moving people up when they notice but what sucks is that to get noticed, a sandbagger has to beat someone and that true beginner lost his entrance fee and got screwed, which I think is BS.
I’m saying if you’ve been training 6 months and you fit in the beginner time range, stick there, you’re a beginner. You can enter more than 2 divisions to challenge yourself if you’d like…moving up isn’t bad, it’s staying lower than your skill level that’s crap.
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