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Post by PJM on May 8, 2012 13:58:06 GMT -5
Hey guys. Any of you guys in the UK currently wrestle or training to be pro wrestlers? I'm having my first training session on Saturday. Just thought would get peoples feedbacks from training they have had/shows they have done around the UK. How it compares watching on TV to taking bumps youself
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Post by charabro on May 8, 2012 14:02:58 GMT -5
Hey guys. Any of you guys in the UK currently wrestle or training to be pro wrestlers? I'm having my first training session on Saturday. Just thought would get peoples feedbacks from training they have had/shows they have done around the UK. How it compares watching on TV to taking bumps youself a few years ago, i went to IWF's training in Newcastle. It was alright, try and watch out when you take bumps and definitely pay attention because when i was there this little kid (about 12 or something) just ing fell straight back without bending his knees and hit his head pretty hard.
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Post by laythvandam on May 8, 2012 14:30:49 GMT -5
I used to do it from mid 2003 til New year 2006.
It was fun but it's harder than it looks, there are a lot of people who look to put you down and haze you so watch out for them, I packed in after Eddie Guerrero passed on as he was a true inspiration and once he passed on I just didn't have the heart for it anymore, just simply couldn't continue and I put my education and studies first as I was struggling with my GCSE courses at the time so decided to focus on them and be more realistic with myself over the higher prospect possibilities. It feels good to live a normal life again and I haven't looked back since.
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Post by PJM on May 9, 2012 8:17:44 GMT -5
It's quite possibly the worst thing I've ever done in my entire life, wrestling training. It's quite hard as it is, but after an hour or so of taking bumps, you really start to feel crap. Then there's that God awful feeling that you get when you've finished training, and you're hot, but you've got to get in a car and drive off home from the facility, because the walk is too far. Then there's the pain afterwards. After your first session, you won't be doing much moving on Sunday. Your muscles will cease up and if you hurt yourself (i.e. banged your elbows when bumping on your head) you'll really feel it then. You'll want to do nothing but rest and sleep. Expect nothing from the first session. Think of it like taking a bath. The first session is like dipping your toe in to see how hot it is. Don't go in with an attitude. Don't go in saying you want to just fly. Go in, listen to everything they say and don't try and impress anyone with your knowledge of wrestling history. You will know at the end of your first session if it's for you, or not. If you enjoy it and can cope with the pain, go next week. If you're not sure, go next week. It gets easier, the more you do it. If you make it through basic training, you'll end up having exhibition matches, practice matches if you will, for your fellow trainees. That alone, is enough of a rush to keep the dream alive. Also, fitness wise, make sure you do cardio every single day (training day is an exceptional day off) and when you go to the gym, hit the weights. Don't fanny around with isolation exercises like barbell curls and machines such as the shoulder press/bench press. Focus on barbell moves such as the squat, deadlift, press, bench press, bent over rows. Cheers for the advice! Fitness wise I should be alright. I've worked in a gym for over 4 years and working with the trainer who is training the olympic british Judo team. I'm hoping my fitness will give me a big head start in that aspect. The bumps and pain that goes along with it might be my only set back but i'm hoping this is for me. I'll let you guys know!
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Post by Salvador on May 9, 2012 9:12:50 GMT -5
Ive applied to take part in a seminar in a few weeks, Quite looking forward to it!
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Post by Beck on May 10, 2012 15:37:28 GMT -5
Yeah it hurts alot, my brother did it for a bit and the mess his back got in just running the ropes was insane!
Not something to be entered into lightly.
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Post by Goon. on May 11, 2012 15:00:56 GMT -5
I applied for one In Kent, Should be fun as im 6ft 5.
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Post by RBW on May 19, 2012 8:35:07 GMT -5
there's a Davey Richards weeklong seminar on August, I reckon it'll be pretty tough with the pre-training warmups and fitness, but the moves and technical skills he'll teach will be second to none. You can check it out here if interested www.starpowertraining.com/
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Post by Rog on May 20, 2012 8:08:08 GMT -5
I remember getting in the ring and taking my first back bump and thinking "that wasn't so bad"
Couple of hours later i had my head buried in the toilet, throwing up.
Training sucks but as APS said, getting to do those little exhibition matches; stringing together everything you been learning, is worth it.
Your body adjusts but it's just the time it takes for it to get there.
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Post by Zeke on May 21, 2012 4:14:20 GMT -5
I started my training two Saturday's ago, I work in a night club glass collecting, three busy floors, so I do the glass collecting two nights in a row with the wrestling training inbetween, this past Saturday I actually competed in a dark match for Runcorn Wrestling Acadamy, so I'm pretty pleased with myself. My first training session, I was in pain until the Tuesday after, however I'm pleased with what I'm doing, and I completely think it's worth it. (:
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Post by Stoker Ichikawa on May 21, 2012 12:21:09 GMT -5
It pays to do your research before you go to in order to make sure you find a good school. There are plenty of "Wrestling Schools" out there run by people who have had 6 months of training and decide that they can open their own schools. Their teaching is sloppy, dangerous and they have no right to be taking people's money from them.
I remember going to a school where kids who didn't know how to bump were doing finishers on each other (that they hadn't been shown how to give/take correctly) on a crash mat unsupervised for the last hour of training, as the trainer had to "pop out" for a bit. That being said there are some great schools around
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Post by Beck on May 22, 2012 14:41:19 GMT -5
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Post by danthecollector on May 23, 2012 6:59:45 GMT -5
I Started two years ago, and I was completely took off guard! Some of the moves that look so easy, are so hard to do. I'd say being in pain was the best part about it, the next morning I was in so much pain, I could barely get out of my bed, but feeling that pain is good, It lets me know that I've done something Sadly where I train, there isn't a ring, so we have to bump on crash mats or just mats you'd see in a P.E lesson, I've been in a ring before and it KILLS! taking a bump took the wind out of me, running the ropes hurts a lot more than it looks! Good luck with your training mate.
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