One of my projects for is to start teaching Tai Chi again. My class details are here. Hope to see you? There were 4 black belts on the mat and a whole raft of purple and browns, so there was no shortage of experience in the room.
I taught some back takes from the guard pull. All donations went to the Dementia UK charity. Great for grapplers. There are strong traditions of wrestling-based entertainment in almost all cultures. Whether it was the gladiators of Ancient Rome or the Jujitsu mania that swept early s Victorian England and America alike, or the recent ADCC grappling championship with a 14,strong audience, for as long as men or women have wrestled, sparred or boxed there have been other men working out ways of getting people to pay to watch it.
It begins: the first match is between the heel โ the obvious bad guy โ Tate Mayfairs โ and the face, the obvious good guy, Joseph Connors. In terms of audience participation knowing who you need to boo for and who you need to cheer for takes a lot of the mental load off you, and you can just relax and enjoy it going along with the various chants that spontaneously break out amongst the crowd.
And the skill level is really impressive. As a child I used to watch wrestling religiously on World of Sport every Saturday morning in the 70s and early 80s, when it was on one of the only 3 TV channels you could watch in the UK. Things have come on a long way since then.
Although Chris Hemsworth-lookalike Charlie Sterling who comes on next has even more hair, and even tighter pants. There are surprises throughout the night. Jack gets thrown into the show to make his Chaos debut in a male vs female match against the formidable Ava White , which was great fun.
