So, another week passes, and another set of knowledge is etched into my brain. Yes, I know, this post is a little late. But, I just started working at my new job and I wanted to just relax on Sunday.
On to the good stuff... or atleast the stuff, I'll leave it to you to decide if its good or not. I actually don't feel like writing too terribly much right now, so I may just do it in point form and then make it better later. Atleast people will stop bugging me to get it posted though
Monday- simple day; learned some new things to do to the arm from the wrist lock position. We then learned how to properly drop the knee on one's arm... GUESS WHAT! I was paired with Dylan (this is the guy that dropped me on my head for the hip toss) now he was doing fairly well with the knees, and if he hurts my arm... meh. We got to hitting the knee on the arm from the hammerlock position. Now unfortunately he stiffed me hard on one of the knees and injured my back. I've been ok for most days, but it flared up today, so I don't know...
Tuesday- we learned to do elbow drops and leg drops
Wednesday- few people were sitting down injured, so Lance decided to use it for one of the days that he just talks to us about stuff. IE business edict, drug use, steroids, pain pills, etc. After all that was done, we spent the last hour of class doing some chain wrestling.
Thursday- PROMO DAY!!! And damn did some of us suck! Like me! I sucked! I think the best thing I had going for me was my name, Iron Chef Mitch Wodz. I actually had one of my chef jackets with me aswell, so I had a prop too. I'm not going to say much more about my amazing amounts of suck. After the promos we went and did some simple spots (headlock, shoulder tackle, drop down, leapfrog, hip toss [aka international] arm drag) seems that I still hadn't learned from past experiences... I was paired up with dylan. First... he fails to do line up to the ropes properly so I don't know what direction to push him off. Then he hits the shoulder tackle, and we get all the way to the arm drag... I do one of my better arm drags, and Dylan decides to not tuck his head and get proper rotation and landed on his head. He then showed us what sesame street taught him, by then forming a C with his spine... I like karma sometimes... ANYWAY
Friday- learnt how to properly lift a boot in the corner. More selling and we worked on some heat spots, which were in turn taped so we could see the good and bad of our selling.
That's about it for last week. Maybe I'll put up my promo later.
Monday, January 26, 2009
Friday, January 16, 2009
Week 2: From Sparks to a Forest Fire
What a fun filled week this was. By the end of this week a few of us decided that we had the ability to put together a match with what we've learned. It would be a REALLY REALLY bad match... but we have all the tools to atleast make one. But, enough about vague things that could be done, why don't I get right into the meaty part of this.
Monday started off just like any other and we did our cardio workout, and our series of bumps. The one difference though, was that a new bump was added into the mix, the leaping back bump. Essentially, its exactly as it sounds; jump into the air, and fall on your back.
After discovering a new way to fall down, we moved onto something else that would make us fall down, the shoulder tackle. For the most part alot of us got use to doing them fairly quickly, but that doesn't mean that there wasn't a miscommunication with a few people, and either both stayed standing after the shoulder tackle, or, more commically, both people fell down.
As the week progressed we learnt a few more moves, rollups, backslides, small packages, school boys, and some that we could mix into our chain wrestling repertoire, the most noteable being the drop toe hold. Nothing is more fun than falling on your face!
The middle of the week kinda blends all into one mass right now, so I can't really remember exactly what day everything was done. But, in the middle of the week there were a few things that made me fairly happy. One of which being that taking all the bumps at the start of the class started to not hurt at all, and I even succeeded at doing a front flipping bump with no 'box' to help. A few others got to the point of not needing the 'box' on the same day. Then the next day we stop doing bumps at the start of class... coincidence? I think not.
Thursday ended up being a grueling day for cardio. Granted, we only did a single cycle of our normal cardio start, but there were a few new additions that ballooned not only I, but everyone else. What we ended up doing to start was races. The races consisted of running across the ring to touch the other rope, then run back and touch the first rope. Lance timed them and we discovered the Daniel (aka Gibraltier) was the fastest of all of us. Oddly enough he's the one that I usually 'compete' against during the cardio sessions. After everyone faced 2 other people in the races we moved on to shoulder tackle drop downs. Basically, you whip a person, take a shoulder tackle, then they run the ropes, you drop infront of their feet (they jump over you), you get up and take another shoulder tackle. This was continued 4 times. We then got to move onto something that needed the blue crash mat, Hip Tosses. Lance's reasoning for the mat was that people are less afraid to do it with it there. I found that once the mat was taken away I started to land the bump alot better.
Then came friday... Friday had a few things that happened... Some good, some bad.
We started the day like any other, except this time I finally broke one of my goals in the cardio portion. I managed to do 61 step ups in 45 seconds, unfortunately Daniel beat me again by gettin 64. It seems that every day he's able to get that slight edge on me and I just can't beat him at any of the exercises, but its usually only by 2 or 3. Even if I improve by 3 or 4 from the day before, which has been happening all this week, he still gets just above me. I have a feeling that he is going to be like a Lance Storm to my Chris Jericho. Those of you that have read Jericho's book should understand what I mean.
Anyway, after our cardio, and shoulder tackle drop downs we moved onto selling. This is one of, if not THE most important thing in the wrestling business, in my opinion atleast. I mean think about it, if it doesn't look like something is really hurting you the people aren't going to care about the match at all. So after a while of Lance beating all of us up we moved on to simple spots. What Lance had us do was a headlock, into a whip, shoulder tackle, drop down, hip toss, arm drag. Now this was a simple thing to do, unfortunately, things dont always go well, when you aren't paired up with someone that's been doing too well in class, or showing up on time. Our first run through (no arm drag) was slightly botched to start when my partner postured up on the wrong side for the hip toss. Luckily, I noticed and corrected myself to make it so it didn't end up in a heap. The second run through, I was not so lucky.
I did the aggression in the first round of the second run, everything went smothly and it looked decent, aside from my partner not selling anything like he was suppose to, but that matters not.
Second round of of the second run through... I headlock him, get thrown off into the ropes, do a shoulder tackle on him, run to the next rope, he positions for the hip toss... except he doesnt set up properly... he was on the right side, but I wasn't able to plant my right hand correctly and it slips off.
Now just to tell you, the right hand on a hip toss is your stabilizer, its what makes sure that you're able to get the hieght and rotation that you need to land on your back.
What happened next wasn't pretty... with my hand slid off and I already commited to the hip toss I go straight down. The back of my hand and wrist hit the mat first, then I land right on the top of my head, and I feel a few crunches. I hear the entire class just go "oooo...", I guess it didn't look too pretty either. Luckily I have a fairly strong neck from doing no hand back bridges. I was able to pop up after it, a little enraged, and a new fire for the business in me, but otherwise unscathed. We then did the spot again, and everything went well. The day finished with us learning how to the the top rope back bump (aka one of the Flair spots)
For all that are wondering, I am fine. No stiffness in my neck, no woosiness, nothing that may seem like a concussion.
So let's just all hope that next week doesn't have any of the exceitment that friday had.
Monday started off just like any other and we did our cardio workout, and our series of bumps. The one difference though, was that a new bump was added into the mix, the leaping back bump. Essentially, its exactly as it sounds; jump into the air, and fall on your back.
After discovering a new way to fall down, we moved onto something else that would make us fall down, the shoulder tackle. For the most part alot of us got use to doing them fairly quickly, but that doesn't mean that there wasn't a miscommunication with a few people, and either both stayed standing after the shoulder tackle, or, more commically, both people fell down.
As the week progressed we learnt a few more moves, rollups, backslides, small packages, school boys, and some that we could mix into our chain wrestling repertoire, the most noteable being the drop toe hold. Nothing is more fun than falling on your face!
The middle of the week kinda blends all into one mass right now, so I can't really remember exactly what day everything was done. But, in the middle of the week there were a few things that made me fairly happy. One of which being that taking all the bumps at the start of the class started to not hurt at all, and I even succeeded at doing a front flipping bump with no 'box' to help. A few others got to the point of not needing the 'box' on the same day. Then the next day we stop doing bumps at the start of class... coincidence? I think not.
Thursday ended up being a grueling day for cardio. Granted, we only did a single cycle of our normal cardio start, but there were a few new additions that ballooned not only I, but everyone else. What we ended up doing to start was races. The races consisted of running across the ring to touch the other rope, then run back and touch the first rope. Lance timed them and we discovered the Daniel (aka Gibraltier) was the fastest of all of us. Oddly enough he's the one that I usually 'compete' against during the cardio sessions. After everyone faced 2 other people in the races we moved on to shoulder tackle drop downs. Basically, you whip a person, take a shoulder tackle, then they run the ropes, you drop infront of their feet (they jump over you), you get up and take another shoulder tackle. This was continued 4 times. We then got to move onto something that needed the blue crash mat, Hip Tosses. Lance's reasoning for the mat was that people are less afraid to do it with it there. I found that once the mat was taken away I started to land the bump alot better.
Then came friday... Friday had a few things that happened... Some good, some bad.
We started the day like any other, except this time I finally broke one of my goals in the cardio portion. I managed to do 61 step ups in 45 seconds, unfortunately Daniel beat me again by gettin 64. It seems that every day he's able to get that slight edge on me and I just can't beat him at any of the exercises, but its usually only by 2 or 3. Even if I improve by 3 or 4 from the day before, which has been happening all this week, he still gets just above me. I have a feeling that he is going to be like a Lance Storm to my Chris Jericho. Those of you that have read Jericho's book should understand what I mean.
Anyway, after our cardio, and shoulder tackle drop downs we moved onto selling. This is one of, if not THE most important thing in the wrestling business, in my opinion atleast. I mean think about it, if it doesn't look like something is really hurting you the people aren't going to care about the match at all. So after a while of Lance beating all of us up we moved on to simple spots. What Lance had us do was a headlock, into a whip, shoulder tackle, drop down, hip toss, arm drag. Now this was a simple thing to do, unfortunately, things dont always go well, when you aren't paired up with someone that's been doing too well in class, or showing up on time. Our first run through (no arm drag) was slightly botched to start when my partner postured up on the wrong side for the hip toss. Luckily, I noticed and corrected myself to make it so it didn't end up in a heap. The second run through, I was not so lucky.
I did the aggression in the first round of the second run, everything went smothly and it looked decent, aside from my partner not selling anything like he was suppose to, but that matters not.
Second round of of the second run through... I headlock him, get thrown off into the ropes, do a shoulder tackle on him, run to the next rope, he positions for the hip toss... except he doesnt set up properly... he was on the right side, but I wasn't able to plant my right hand correctly and it slips off.
Now just to tell you, the right hand on a hip toss is your stabilizer, its what makes sure that you're able to get the hieght and rotation that you need to land on your back.
What happened next wasn't pretty... with my hand slid off and I already commited to the hip toss I go straight down. The back of my hand and wrist hit the mat first, then I land right on the top of my head, and I feel a few crunches. I hear the entire class just go "oooo...", I guess it didn't look too pretty either. Luckily I have a fairly strong neck from doing no hand back bridges. I was able to pop up after it, a little enraged, and a new fire for the business in me, but otherwise unscathed. We then did the spot again, and everything went well. The day finished with us learning how to the the top rope back bump (aka one of the Flair spots)
For all that are wondering, I am fine. No stiffness in my neck, no woosiness, nothing that may seem like a concussion.
So let's just all hope that next week doesn't have any of the exceitment that friday had.
Monday, January 12, 2009
The Eye of the Storm: week 1
Greetings fellow members and readers of the blogosphere.
As some of you may or may not know, I, Silent Mitch, have departed from the confines of my home in Winnipeg to pursue a career in the wrestling business. Over the next 12 weeks I will post the progress and exactly what's been done in the class. This will be both to keep people up to date with my progress, as well as a way to look back and see exactly what I went through in the ring.
Week 1:
The first day had an interesting moment as soon as the waiver was handed out... The waiver basically stated that if I die in the camp its not Lance's fault and he can't be sued. Note, die was in the waiver, that's not just an exageration on my part. He later went through all the injuries that have been taken in his ring. The worst being a hairline fracture on someone's arm.
The following days were much more painful and interesting.
On the second day we started to learn how to fall. This is a very important lesson in the world of wrestling, cause if you fall wrong you have a risk of not only injuring yourself, but also the people around you. The mat was actually alot softer than I expected, as I was expecting something closer to the lines of when I was doing amature wrestling back in high school.
After learning how to fall on our back from both a vertical standing position, and a front flip. The front flip was first done with a person on all fours acting as a box to use as a pivot point and prevent under rotation. Doing bumps has been part of everyday this far, usually after our starting cardio workout.
After teaching our bodies to enjoy falling down we got into more traditional stuff. In the first week we learned a number of moves (collar and elblow lockup, side head lock, arm wringer, waist lock, hammer lock, headlock takedown, snap mare, waist lock take down, and a few more that I can't remember off hand) and reversals and counters to each of the moves. Needless to say, the first week showed that you need to practice and have a good memory to remember alot of the things that are going on in the ring.
As the week came to a close we got to do something great. We all got a chance to chain wrestle with Lance Storm on thursday. It was VERY educational. We finished off friday with two of us locking up and Lance giving instructions as what to do (IE person X go for a head lock, Person Y reverse to a hammer lock, X reverse to a firemans carry, Y get to your feet etc etc)
Week one was awesome, and I can't wait till we start moving along and getting into the more complex stuff.
As some of you may or may not know, I, Silent Mitch, have departed from the confines of my home in Winnipeg to pursue a career in the wrestling business. Over the next 12 weeks I will post the progress and exactly what's been done in the class. This will be both to keep people up to date with my progress, as well as a way to look back and see exactly what I went through in the ring.
Week 1:
The first day had an interesting moment as soon as the waiver was handed out... The waiver basically stated that if I die in the camp its not Lance's fault and he can't be sued. Note, die was in the waiver, that's not just an exageration on my part. He later went through all the injuries that have been taken in his ring. The worst being a hairline fracture on someone's arm.
The following days were much more painful and interesting.
On the second day we started to learn how to fall. This is a very important lesson in the world of wrestling, cause if you fall wrong you have a risk of not only injuring yourself, but also the people around you. The mat was actually alot softer than I expected, as I was expecting something closer to the lines of when I was doing amature wrestling back in high school.
After learning how to fall on our back from both a vertical standing position, and a front flip. The front flip was first done with a person on all fours acting as a box to use as a pivot point and prevent under rotation. Doing bumps has been part of everyday this far, usually after our starting cardio workout.
After teaching our bodies to enjoy falling down we got into more traditional stuff. In the first week we learned a number of moves (collar and elblow lockup, side head lock, arm wringer, waist lock, hammer lock, headlock takedown, snap mare, waist lock take down, and a few more that I can't remember off hand) and reversals and counters to each of the moves. Needless to say, the first week showed that you need to practice and have a good memory to remember alot of the things that are going on in the ring.
As the week came to a close we got to do something great. We all got a chance to chain wrestle with Lance Storm on thursday. It was VERY educational. We finished off friday with two of us locking up and Lance giving instructions as what to do (IE person X go for a head lock, Person Y reverse to a hammer lock, X reverse to a firemans carry, Y get to your feet etc etc)
Week one was awesome, and I can't wait till we start moving along and getting into the more complex stuff.
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