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Sunday August 3 2025 - Gures and Sammy	Recent matches
My partner refers to this late summer as wrestling season. For some reason, I get a lot of my matches in a same cluster, which often doesn't let me enough time to recover... And indeed, I had this week-end a match with both Gures and SammyNoviceWrestler (id 7721), both of whom I haven't wrestled since 2016 (!). It's amazing how almost 10 years fly by so fast. Sammy is local, but Gures is a traveller. He's stationed and transferred to so many places that I lost track. Sammy came first to my place and we wrestle a bit of pro, but as soon as Gures showed up, everyone started to be quite a bit more competitive... that's always the case when there's a group setting. Sammy is now a black belt in Karate and he is much more easy to handle and he's way more careful with his holds and moves. Gures was into gut punching and delivered quite some strong shots (some of which I had to instruct him to go lower). He could receive them as well, but he had enough cushion to protect him from any shots we can deliver him. The party was partly interrupted when I tried to put a leg scissors with my knee and my knee popped. A bone probably cracked or flipped or something... Both my opponents heard it and panicked. I had to stop, put some ice and today, I'm limping a bit. 😅 This is technically proof that I need to slow down and start trashing away some of the moves that are too dangerous for me to perform. This actually happened once in the past. The discomfort lasted about a week and yet, I'm still not learning. Gures refused to tell me his weight and I told him that I can't rack it without knowing it because that would injure me. I need to be mentally ready and know what weight to expect. Anyhow, after our brief break, Gures had in mind a couple of double-team scenario. Despite his strong frame and tough looks, Gures is actually a teddy bear jobber at heart. He wanted me to put him in a camel clutch while Sammy kicks him in the chest and face. Then I would put him in a full nelson and a rear naked choke while Sammy does the same.... and finally, I held Gures in a standing boston crab while Sammy continues to deliver the same punishment as above. Unfortunately, all recordings that are taken are for personal consumption, so I won't be sharing any thing. I initially thought from my last blog entry with Gures that he was Croatian. I was completely wrong. He told me again yesterday his origin and I thought I understood Tasmanian and England mix, but I can't remember it correctly. He does however have some Indian descent/ancestry. Sammy is Haitian. There's a large and great community of Haitian in Montreal. I had to cut it short at 9 pm because I needed to head back to my partner's to take care of a brand new needy puppy. 😂 We will probably have a Round 2 some time later this month... I do however need a minimum of 2 weeks to recover my knee. 😉
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