WORLD OF RAWR

Enjoy the humor inherent in the title.

That said, my flight to NY was without incident. After taking a series of buses and trains, I then needed to take an additional ferry to Staten Island where I had the pleasure of meeting Nick, Ky, Anthony, and John.

Initially, I was nervous about wrestling with other people as Nick had the normal crew at the house, but, after a lot of talking and laughter, I got over that real quick. I changed and got into a singlet and from there we talked through tactics, watched videos, and I learned a few things to include a proper armbar. Nick was hilarious and focused and patient which is all very good for the way I learn. As we went to dinner a bit later, Anthony poked fun at my being a bit distracted while learning techniques. If he reads this, I hope he reads the next entry because I got to apply what I learned the next day to great effect.

Nick did one of the best things for me in terms of wrestling with me which was just to attack me and have me defend myself. It's one of those simple ways to instantly break me out of my shell and test what I know. He's really good and seeing how people learn things and just adapting in that way. Anthony was a constantly stream of hilarity and giggles. John was a ball of energy and I hope to wrestle him one day. My sighting of Ky was scant, but I hope to wrestle with him one day, too.

They're all just fantastic people and I'm glad I met them.

I wasn't sure if I deserved to write a past opponent thing about these guys as this was more educational than not, but Nick kind of just answered that whole thing for me.

Lovely times. ^_~*

The happy lion is happy.