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Saturday October 1 2016 - More Ring Action :)

I'm really using now the ring as much as I can. I've learned from one of the owners that this ring existed only since July 2015. Now that it is easily accessible, I brought in two wrestlers to experience it in two separate matches: Sylvain (id 2636) and Lumber Jack G from MeetFighters.

Sylvain (id 2636) has actually been in a ring before. In fact, he is much of a veteran and wrestled almost everyone I know in Montreal. It was his birthday when we wrestled, so it was my treat to him and he was quite ecstatic about it.

He told me that finding a wrestling ring is rather difficult, because most of them belong to wrestling associations rather than being privately owned. While you can rent the ring out from commercial organizations, most of them will make your life difficult by asking you if you have your own private insurance for injuries just to protect themselves.

Anyway, Sylvain and I made the most out of it by tumbling a good 2 hours in the ring. Here is Sylvain's favorite hold:

You obviously can't go away without doing my bearhug clichés

Sylvain was nice enough to return the favor by giving me one of his own:

In the case of Lumber Jack G, it was his first time in the ring. You should see him.. he was so happy... he was like a kid who has just found a jar of candy or a new ice cream flavor.

We started with a pro match where he was the one leading (being the heel) and he was quite a natural. He quickly realized that hitting the ring floor with his foot was what makes any wrestling hit looks more realistic. At one point, he'd even tell me to hit the floor with my foot while he was landing his arm on me. We weren't able to wear any boots since he was size 10 and I only had boots of size 8 or 9. It does make us look a bit silly in the pictures because we ended up wearing socks...

After a good hour of pro, we then switched to sub, and to my surprise, he was extremely tough. At the end of the session, I had sore shoulders and a stiff neck, but it was still a great workout nonetheless. He made me work very hard and this one was one of the toughest submission match I had in a long while. I think he actually made me tap more often than I made him tap, although he did notice the smug on my face when I successfully got a submission out of my body scissors.

Ring time is fun, but is still a bit more expensive than renting a motel room for 4 hours. The ratio is actually 1 hour of ring time for every 4 hours of motel room wrestling. However, the experience and the fun you get out of a wrestling ring is really worth it.

I've also noticed that pro on a ring is actually a lot more exhausting than sub. In sub, I can put my opponent in a hold or being in a defensive stance/mode and get some rest out of it. In pro, you're constantly switching from one hold to another and even if you're going after a rest hold like the bearhug, you're still wearing yourself down. Well, I guess in this case it's because my opponent is a bit heavier than I am.

Come to think of it, in pro, you are standing, running around, lifting and groaning, while in sub, you're usually down on the mats in a somewhat comfortable position... if you have the upper hand.

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