
Filips take
Don't really agree with his argument here that a strong person will beat everyone at the tournaments. Sure if you're strong where it matters and you're a natural like Filip himself is. But other strong people (including Brian) who aren't exceptionally talented in armwrestling would definitely find equal and stronger opponents at tournaments. Especially in the US where they have a huge scene and high local level.
Also competition start is always different. Different from sparring or mock up matches too. If you go to a tournament every few months you can easily get 30-80 ready gos in a year in a competition setting. Compare that to doing two supermatches a year when you get 6-10 ready gos.