Intercultural tensions may be flaring up elsewhere but not in my corner of MeetFighters. In a longer vlog on this subject which may appear shortly on WatchFighters, i treat my own experience of dating and wrestling Muslims guys from across the Middle East and the Subcontinent. Here, i want to focus on how on bridging cultures. I am occasionally squeezed for being too 'vanille' about submission wrestling, let alone MMA, but i remind you all that conventional judo, with its chokes and submission holds, gets me half way there. Dangerously there, as some of you may discover. But with Muslim wrestlers, sometimes heirs of the superb wrestling traditions of Turkey, Armenia and Iran, these fighters enrich the combat mix among us. But the blend of fighting and sex, or has been famously observed in these pages, 'wrestling is a form of BDSM', poses challenges for many men and women about identity and fighting practice. You may do certain things as long as it does not challenge your identity or your identity may bite you in the bottom even after you done them. Like many straight fighters, Muslim wrestlers sometimes prefer the pure fight for domination. No chat, no cuddles, just winning. But not always. Hence the fun. Hence the contribution to the mix. Sweaty diversity is apparently what we are all about. If you fight, you are one of us. Do Berlin wrestlers agree?
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4 days agoIntercultural tensions may be flaring up elsewhere but not in my corner of MeetFighters. In a longer vlog on this subject which may appear shortly on WatchFighters, i treat my own experience of dating and wrestling Muslims guys from across the Middle East and the Subcontinent. Here, i want to focus on how on bridging cultures. I am occasionally squeezed for being too 'vanille' about submission wrestling, let alone MMA, but i remind you all that conventional judo, with its chokes and submission holds, gets me half way there. Dangerously there, as some of you may discover. But with Muslim wrestlers, sometimes heirs of the superb wrestling traditions of Turkey, Armenia and Iran, these fighters enrich the combat mix among us. But the blend of fighting and sex, or has been famously observed in these pages, 'wrestling is a form of BDSM', poses challenges for many men and women about identity and fighting practice. You may do certain things as long as it does not challenge your identity or your identity may bite you in the bottom even after you done them. Like many straight fighters, Muslim wrestlers sometimes prefer the pure fight for domination. No chat, no cuddles, just winning. But not always. Hence the fun. Hence the contribution to the mix. Sweaty diversity is apparently what we are all about. If you fight, you are one of us. Do Berlin wrestlers agree?