David "anti-Goliath" Thomas showed
everyone what Brazilian jiujitsu is all about. Reminiscent of Royce Gracie versus
Dan Severn, David had already swept his purple belt division en route to a Gold
medal. David who over the last six months has entirely changed his game to
better finishing, sweeping, leglocking, guard defense and offense and overall
bjj, was not satisfied with his gold and entered the Open Class. Despite being
the smallest in the Open class, David breezed to the final. Despite being
outweighed by approximately 90 lbs., David showed fantastic poise, guard, and
wolverine like(or pit bull like) mental dominance where fear or surrender was
out of the question.... David almost got a kneebar and despite losing by points
in a close match, he was what the epitome of bjj is really about when he
displayed the poise of a smaller, lighter, technical man in BJJ is about...
technique. Congrats David, your instructor is very proud of you, and even Carlos
complimented you on your attacks and game.
To everyone, winning is sometimes fighting the demons within, whether we fight
in a tournament to win a medal, or to overcome what we most fear, it is our
conquering of our mental fences that show us how we learn and how we strive to
get better. David showed how to conquer obstacles.
William Vandry
Very proud Instructor of my awesome students!!
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