Recommendations

Great guy on and off the mat. Very knowledgeable and a lot off fun.

Was fun meeting with him., An experienced wrestler, a good teacher with lots of knowledge. Beating him will be like climbing Mount Everest. Would definitely, meet him again.

Round One

So I finally got to meet this guy and it was all kinds of fun. Very easy to talk to and will keep conversation for hours if you want to.

As far as the wrestling goes, he had me beat about 10-1 until he asked me what I'd do about it...

...so I evened things out a bit.

Lots of jokes passed around the entire time and I think I have a bit of carpet-burn, but I don't mind.

HIs BJJ experience definitely shows through and in terms of stamina, he runs marathons on a regular, so you're not winning that contest.

If you are in the area and not wrestling him, you're missing out. Then again, that's more matches for me :D

I also think this is a stalemate which needs to be settled with a round 2.

PS: Next time, we're going to dinner. :D

Round Two

After far too long, it was go time. I was promised a beatdown, but we matched up pretty evenly.

Favorite quote of the night: "You're like a bull!" I didn't mind it.

We wrestled hard, got dinner, and had a riveting talk about mobile devices. I was ready for round three before round two ended.

I think I might rename this great wrestler, HugeFUN, because I have never laughed or giggled so much during a match! Not that he is odd looking (well, partly), no, he has one great sense of humour and a warm personality.
We'd been chatting on and off for 2 years but never got around to pinning down a suitable date. I feel now like that was valuable time lost.
It all started off so well, the room was cleared and the mats put down and we went to work on each other in speedos and boots. It was quite competitive with much heaving and straining and strong submission holds being exchanged until disaster struck (for me at least). Hugefan found a weakness I didn't know I had and went in for the attack. As much as I would try to shield myself, he kept coming back for more...reducing me to a giggling wreck. This move of his is highly effective in rendering an opponent defenceless...but in me it induced a mixture of pleasure and pain that I hadn't experienced before.
We exchanged a few pro holds...and then chatted, laughed, and chatted some more through the remainder of the match.
I can't think of a better way to have spent the afternoon. Thoroughly recommended...we won't leave it so long next time!

I had a great match with this small but very strong guy.
His power/strength relative to his size is within the top 3 on my past opponents list. Especially those biceps are ripped and hard like steel.
Changing between competitive and casual rounds made us sweat for nearly two hours. Hope we can have our next match soon.

This guy was my introduction to my first ever group meet. He's super nice with plenty of space and made me feel comfortable in no time. Very hospitable and friendly.

As far as the wrestling goes, stay on your toes. He's dangerous if he gets your back and I had to be on the lookout for that. If you have the chance, meet up with this friendly guy.

We wrestled off and on for almost 4 hours. Throw is really strong and he has good technique. He is will to wrestle at the level your at. Very respectful on and off the mats. I had a great time wrestling with him and can not wait when we can meet up again. I highly recommend him to everyone to have a match with. You won't be disappointed. Great guy to talk to as well

06/11/2016: After never seeming to manage to be at the same meet at the same time, it was brilliant to finally get a chance to wrestle readyforit at a little group meet that ShockR kindly arranged for us at the High Barnet matroom. And wow, I knew this guy would be good, but wrestling him really was a great demonstration of the importance of developing your skills as despite outweighing him by approximately the national debt he had me in all sorts of trouble and took loads of submissions off me, whereas I needed to lazily lie on top of him and knock all the air out of him for a few minutes before even attempting any of my clumsy subs. And his skills match his physique, which would disabuse anyone of the notion that perfectly flat abs are something that only those in their 20s and 30s can have: seriously impressive all round. On top of that, readyforit's a warm, funny, friendly and interesting guy who's a real pleasure to spend time with. So it was disappointing that my rude lack of punctuality limited our grappling time, but hopefully this great wrestler will give me another go on the mats. Highly recommended.

Das Treffen hat viel Spaß gemacht. Außerdem hatten wir eine nette Unterhaltung. Gern wieder.

Very nice guy , lots of fun to tie into hot holds! Fun!