Recommendations

Si les bonnes raisons de visiter le Sud Est de la France etaient deja tres nombreuses, aujourd'hui elles le sont encore plus. Et cette nouvelle raison a un nom bien precis: Ferrero. C'est ce que je viens d'apprendre apres mon sejour eclair en Region Rhone-Alpes. Je l'ai rencontre dans un apres-midi de chaleur etouffante. Dans des conditions climatiques reellement prohibitives et malgre une temperature depassant largement les 40 degres (record historique de canicule en France metropolitaine!🥵), on a reussi le miracle de creer un match parfait!💪👍. Ferrero est un lutter fantastique avec tous les atouts. Il est fort, expert, sur de lui, doue d'un grand physique et de tous les moyens pour faire d'une lutte contre lui une experience inoubliable. Pendant notre match, qui s'est developpe au long d'un seul long round je ne suis jamais arrive a m'en sortir de sa puissante garde fermee. J'y ai essaye a plusieurs reprises, mais je suis toujours retombe dans la piege de ses jambes. Si sur le tapis il est un adversaire formidable, en dehors il est une personne exquise et supersympa avec laquelle je me suis tout de suite senti a l'aise, comme si on se connaissait depuis longtemps. Merci encore pour la conversation si enrichissante et pour avoir supporte une telle chaleur...., je l'ai vraiment apprecie. Recommande a l'enieme infinie puissance !!!👍👍👍👍👍

After a few weeks chatting we finally met for a natch. We had a good back and forth grapple testing our strength against the other. Chelt bristol looks great in gear and has a solid build which I enjoyed overpowering. Nice guy to chat with too. I'm sure we'll meet again soon..

I was happy to oblige Max's need for a first time jobber/heel match. He can absorb gut punches like a champ! Super nice guy and I hope he has and enjoys more matches.

So MKell is a beast! We've tried to get a match across continents, but glad (I think) we both landed in SF to meet up. MKell packs on muscle in his chest, back , legs, and is strong as an ox with good skill. That being said, a great guy off the mat and actually quite chill. Quality and quantity, and some bruised ego. Next time, I'll raise my arm in victory!
Ready for round 2!

It took a long while to meet up with this Greek gentleman, but it was well worth the wait.
Greekwrestler is strong, certainly knows what he's doing and will seemingly always try to coach you through choking him, even when he's already in a disadvantageous position. Sweating a lot and 35° certainly did help with being slippery, but that was just a further challenge for both of us.
Off the mats, he's a courteous man, humble and caring that values good hospitality - He even had to steal my tap water!
I would regret not meeting him, and so would you. - Don't pass him up if you happen to travel to Athens!

09/06/2019: The ever excellent Ringen Einsteiger Berlin 19th International Wrestling Camp in Lindow (Mark) gave me the opportunity to meet and wrestle some great guys and wrestlers, none less so than Wresbear75. He was in the beginnersʼ group, but that may have been just an attempt to lure potential opponents into a false sense of security! He certainly made me work hard during our great little bout during open mat, and what he might currently lack in technique he very nearly made up for with his startling strength, effective positioning, good balance and determination and real desire to win. He was, in other words, brilliant to wrestle! And Iʼd love to do so again soon. Off the mats heʼs a pleasant, outgoing and engaging guy, interesting to chat to and easy to get along with. I appreciated his willingness to engage me in English, me being too lazy to have learnt anything more than schoolboy French. The training camp was definitely an even better place for him being part of it—highly recommended.

Depois de muitas vezes marcadas e desmarcadas, conseguimos nos encontrar. Nos encontramos no metro e fomos para o local para começar o combate. Temos praticamente o mesmo tamanho e força parecida, o que deixou tudo mais disputado e prazeroso... não se engane com o tamanho dele pois ele é muito forte e se te pega com as pernas, vai te fazer bater. No geral, consegui dominar ele, mas quero lutar com ele sempre que possível. Quem tiver oportunidade de lutar com ele, não perca.

8–9 June 2019: It was great to meet Marcofighter at the Ringen Einsteiger Berlin 19th International Wrestling Camp in Lindow (Mark), and even better to get a couple of quick bouts in with him during open mat. Heʼs new to Olympic freestyle, and it is very different to grappling, so he was fairly easy to control, but when we switched to doing a little bit of grappling so that he could show me what he can do it was a very different story, and we were much more evenly matched. His very impressive physique is not just for show and when he locks on a hold you certainly know about it. When not wrestling heʼs interesting and easy to chat to and is a friendly and outgoing guy who added to the great welcoming atmosphere of the training camp. I very much hope that I get to wrestle him again soon, ideally in a longer bout. Safe, sane and highly recommended.

16/06/2017: I'm never sure whether wrestling guys when I could quite literally be their father is a good idea. I mean 22? I can't even remember 22. If you beat them, I feel like a bully, and if they beat you, well it just feels like time to retire. In this case with young quadi1 I somehow managed the rather unenviable trick of feeling like a bully, having spent most of the time on top of him pulling his limbs off and (inadvertently) making him bleed and (having failed to transition quickly from give-and-take to competitive) losing to him in our best-of-three decider—way to go huh? He seemed to like being worked over but when he wants to win he's startlingly quick for a heavyweight and has a determination, stubbornness and strength that serves him well, along with some good technique and a nice taste for the rough stuff. And although his repertoire is as yet not that great, that's no problem if, like me, you fail repeatedly to avoid what he does know—in particular his rear naked choke, which I knew was coming and still ended up tapping out to several times. Aside from the grappling, quadi1 is great company, being easy and interesting to talk to, and he makes for an excellent tour guide to historic Hanover. He is safe and sane and with his determination and hard work in the gym he has the makings of an excellent wrestler. And I don't just say that because he can already beat me! So I'm looking forward to the rematch with the talented roughhousing youngster.
18/06/2019: My third trip to Hanover for a tussle with the young heavyweight, now even bigger and stronger than ever. It was sweaty work trying to subdue him, but a lot of fun. And heʼs as entertaining company as ever during a much needed post-match dinner. Highly recommended.

Zepheshow is a real gentleman, easygoing and friendly person, whom I met during his trip to Tallinn. He always tries to make you feel at ease and comfortable. He introduced me to some lift and carry and pro wrestling moves which he knows how to execute safely, and we exchanged some holds and pins. Afterwards we had a nice conversation too. I can recommend him for anyone who likes some pro style wrestling in a friendly atmosphere.