Hey supporters that I am so thankful for!
I just thought I would give you an update on what I've been up to since my last posting back in
November. We are officially 45 days out till the Opening Ceremony (November 15th) of the
Deaflympics 2025! I am super pumped and have been going hard at training and competing since
my last update. Typically, I train two days a week at Judo over in south Ft Worth at the Chandler Judo
Academy and then two days a week in Keller at the Evolucao Thai & MMA school gym at BJJ. Since I
was selected for the team, I have ranked up from a green belt to a brown belt in Judo and added a
Second degree to my black belt in BJJ. I will be competing individually for the USA on November
17th in the 81kg division and then again on November 18th in the Mens’ USA Team Judo
competition’s -90 kg. I will arrive in Japan on the 11th and we will do training and getting used to the
time difference over there vs here prior to the Opening Ceremony. Here is a list of events that I have
competed in since the November 2024 listing and how I did:
TOURNAMENT EVENT PLACE
2024 Becerra Judo Challenge Judo Gold
2024 N. Tx Summer
Slam Judo Gold & Bronze
Fuji BJJ Fort Worth
Open BJJ Gold & Silver
Chandler Challenge Judo Gold
ABU Dhabi Gland Slam
Jiu Jitsu World Tour. Dallas BJJ Silver
American Grappling Fed. BJJ 2 Silver, 2 Bronze
Jiu Jitsu World League
Texas VI BJJ Gold
Jiu Jitsu World League
Dallas IX BJJ Silver
Dallas Xii Nogi Gold
2025 N. Tx Summer Slam Judo Gold & Silver
2025 Becerra Judo Challenge Judo 2x Silver & bronze
We’ve got a team training in October over in California that I’m going to and that will be the last of
our joint training events prior to the Deaflympics. Our team has been working very hard to stay in
shape and enhance our skills. I will compete in Judo tournaments up till about a week or so out
from my flight to Tokyo, Japan. I am now focusing my tournament competition totally on Judo, but
still training on BJJ as that is an important part of the ground game of Judo.
With entry fees required for all of these tournaments and the mileage for getting to them and the
two gym fees--I'm still needing some financial help if you have any desire to help me out that way.
I'm working hard and hoping to do a great job of representing the USA in mid November.