Vacation Time!

It always surprises me how people do not appreciate how much we as session wrestlers give and put on the line to do what we love, and to share that with you. We meet and fight complete strangers and just hope that they love wrestling too, not just "fighting".

As those of you experienced with Martial Arts know, it's not about harming your opponent. There is a reason why we learn how to properly apply wrestling holds, how we might grab one person one way but ADJUST to put it on properly so we aren't just, say, digging our elbows into someone's spine because that's just where our arm went first.. especially when those kinds of "moves" have been vetoed.. it's interesting when someone does it- was it an accident or are they just testing you? And why? I also am surprised at the amount of disrespect from clients in the sense of how often they ask us to break and bend our rules, and how often they break and bend the rules because we wouldn't see it coming.

I LOVE wrestling. 99% of the time I have an amazing time and I have met some of the most wonderful people.. but every now and then I meet- and forget that there are- people who think that the world owes them something, people with chips on their shoulders, people who are so selfish that they have to be first, they have to invade your space and time to get you when they want you. These people are takers- super negative- will never be happy because they come with expectations beyond any one's ability. Thankfully, usually only one or two SW's will have to face the same.. "ruiner", before the word spreads out through all of the Blacklists.

Directly related to that I will be taking a break from sessions. I've had more than one this year that were not enjoyable. I will be using this time to edit videos for the upcoming store and get that online as I have been meaning to over the last while, as well as working on several other projects that I have been looking forward to diving into. My wrestling travel plans will be delayed for an undetermined length of time. I will be making changes to the way that I run semi-competitive sessions if not all sessions re: space, deposits, rate, privacy and availability.

Have a great spring!

Aiden