Recommendations

Very tallented and knowledgeable fighter. Despite saying he is a jobber he knows his staff. He sure like the sleeper and I was happy to oblige. Don't pass him over when in Tel Aviv - just make him pass out.

It was a real pleasure to meet this fit muscular guy. Time and space were limited but this didn't stop us having a really great match. Despite his clear size advantage he made it an enjoyable experience for me and I even got some holds on him. Great company and a pleasure to talk to. I am certainly looking forward to a longer re-match. Highly recommended!

Only managed an all too short bout in limited space with this guy but well worth it. He's a lean, strong guy who knows his moves and has some preferred holds. I had a bit of weight advantage though so he got to experience some of my favourites too. Enjoyable, flowing bout - and he looks good in his gear too.

Interesting guy to chat to between rounds and I look forward to an longer session next time.

Well recommended.

Having missed this guy at previous meets it was good to finally hit the mats. He says he doesn't really do submission but we managed a well moving bout of some style with subs each way. He's a big, strong guy and shifts around the mats well so it was a good, challenging session.

Friendly guy between bouts and I'm looking forward to another session.

Recommended.

10/10/2015: I'm not quite sure given all the meets that we've been to in common why it's taken so long for me to have a proper grapple with matworker---probably because he's usually busy being the host with the most I suppose---but at the OWG meet, freed from his admin duties, we fixed that. He'd let me into the secret of his one weakness earlier in the day, but it did me no good and I was on the receiving end of matworker's excellent heeling skills, a wide variety of submission holds and pro moves. All very safely done though---this is a very considerate and careful wrestler and he's therefore highly recommended. There'll be much less time before the rematch.
01/04/2017: Just a bit of an update to let y'all know that that wasn't a one-off, and that Dave has subsequently taken another break or two from his superb hosting of meets to educate me in how to wrestle, and shown me who's boss again. He is an inventive but safe heel and enjoys taking charge, which makes for a good match. Here's to many more meets!

I'd read this guy's profile before catching him at yesterday's meet at Pippas. 'Just starting and wanting to learn some moves' it said so when we got a chance we got together to see if I could show him anything. Being in a rather tight, sinew straining hold quite quickly (which he also knew a name for!) I sought clarification on his experience to date!! Seems he's done a lot of classes in various forms of grappling so it turned into more of a lesson for me.

Good guy to roll with and knows his stuff - can explain it well too.

Also social guy off the mats.

Recommended.

Joe was injured when we wrestled so I got to play tackling dummy. Had a lot of fun meeting, chatting, and sanely rolling around; very much looking forward to our next match!

01/04/2017: It was great to get an April Fool's Day grapple in with wrestlelock at the Grapevine Group meet at Pippa's. His BJJ training was clearly evident (and he was kind enough to show me a few things, even if most of them did go over my head!) and we had a good sweaty tussle. Thankfully a bit of extra height and quite a lot of extra bulk (ahem) kept me out of trouble, but he's a competitive wrestle and I'm looking forward to another go at him soon. Safe, sane, friendly and polite, wrestlelock is highly recommended.

Great guy to wrestle with. Good strength, good skill set, great attitude. Also, just a whole lot of fun to hang with. Very much looking forward to our next match..

had a great time with this guy- taught me some and was an amazing jobber- we gotta do this again -