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.