Post by jabba on Jan 19, 2013 18:42:31 GMT -5
While certainly not to the same level as our special forces warrior...
I took Ben to his first "open" wrestling tournament today. That means not a beginner tournament. A beginner is a wrestler with only 1 or 2 years experience. This was an open... but since he's a Pee-Wee, the youngest age group. 4 and 5 year olds Born in (2007 or 2008) the Pee Wee's are by definition, only 1 or 2 years of experience. Well my son, who turns 6 in February is 50" tall and weighs a solid 61 or 62 lbs. I would guess he's got about 5% body fat. He's not too aggressive, and is sort of a happy go lucky kid. But he's SO big, often he doesn't have anyone to wrestle at meets.
Today he had 1 challenger in his bracket, in a real, double elimination tournament. So... those 2 guys... best 2 out of 3. Ben won on a tech fall in the first match. 17-2. In the 2nd match he was winning 14-0, when he finally managed to pin the kid.
So... my little buddy won his first REAL tournament today. I am pretty proud, even though I know he didn't wrestle very well.
Here is the happy champion.
Jabba
I took Ben to his first "open" wrestling tournament today. That means not a beginner tournament. A beginner is a wrestler with only 1 or 2 years experience. This was an open... but since he's a Pee-Wee, the youngest age group. 4 and 5 year olds Born in (2007 or 2008) the Pee Wee's are by definition, only 1 or 2 years of experience. Well my son, who turns 6 in February is 50" tall and weighs a solid 61 or 62 lbs. I would guess he's got about 5% body fat. He's not too aggressive, and is sort of a happy go lucky kid. But he's SO big, often he doesn't have anyone to wrestle at meets.
Today he had 1 challenger in his bracket, in a real, double elimination tournament. So... those 2 guys... best 2 out of 3. Ben won on a tech fall in the first match. 17-2. In the 2nd match he was winning 14-0, when he finally managed to pin the kid.
So... my little buddy won his first REAL tournament today. I am pretty proud, even though I know he didn't wrestle very well.
Here is the happy champion.
Jabba
