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Hello, I have been wrestling since the rip old age of five, having had the opportunity to wrestle everywhere it seems from time to time. I want to take you back to the time when I was in high school, and how I seemed to master the art of scare tactics.

One Thing I wanted to bring into proper perspective is how to achieve the right to be called a State Champion wrestler, in my point of view, and how to gain the respect of others you call opponents. To have some kind of super power in way, like how Spiderman can sence things, some people want to be with, and yet others that dread you every time they even would see you.

How I got this way seems funny, It all began with the way you start and how you end. The way I would start is to be dressed up and look the part, I did this by wearing a suit and tie every time we went to wrestle. I was always the last to leave the bus as we stopped to unload at the other teams school, when I got off the bus I would never look up, I was always staying very quiet with my bag over my shoulder and my letterman’s jacket in my other hand. Stepping out of the bus, I felt like a pro team player many wanted to see. The other team, students, and cheerleaders were there looking when you stepped off that bus.

I would never look at them but with a blind stare would saunter into the school, hearing people say, “there goes Hatfield, so and so is going to get killed tonight.” Who was I to tell them or lead them differently? I was only there to prove them right. Next thing I would do at the weigh-in’s was stare at my opponent, never saying a word, Just tapping my fingers, I didn’t say anything, knowing that the others had said it for me. I knew my point was getting through when I started seeing the sweet, scared posture, the looking away, and the dread looks he was having.

I feel that 90% of winning a fight is making other believe you can win, The rest is making it happen. Moments before starting my match, I would make the finishing touches on my “Scare Tactics 101″. Out on the mat, I would be pacing back and forth, staring down my opponent, looking at the clock, thinking how much I wanted to break him in half, and how I was going to do it. Then the match would start and my opponent would run frantically out on the mat, making me think how much he wanted to just put an end to this disaster that he was about to start. I sountered slowly to the center, all the while making my opponent sweet and worry more.

Long steps like this always seemed to lead to a win for me. If I had to walk a mile, I would, but would do this as fast as I could. If I had to work I would, but I would work to be the best I could and to the furthest extent I could achieve. If you Know this in wrestling and life, That if you’re in the best shape and the most worthy, then you only need to believe. It says in the Scriptures as a man thinks and believes, so can he achieve. I once had a teacher give me a powerfull lesson in trying. He asked me to do something and I replied, I will try. He then explained by putting some keys into his hand, telling me to take the keys out of his hand, I reached out to take them and he exclaimed, don’t do that just sit there and try. “If you never do and only sit and try, then you will never get it,so don’t try, just do.”

Thank you!

by Ty Hatfield

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I have neglected this blog for a very long time, and today after reading a comment dropped on one of the posts, I figured out I’ll try to find time to get back to writing, between two kids, a startup and 6 practice sessions a week.

My grandma once told me that no one is doing you more harm than yourself. How true.

I think that a big percentage of the western illnesses would have been avoided if most individuals on the western culture were not neglecting themselves. That is including obesity, diabetes, heart problems and many more.

Start working out today! Time is created, it is never found.

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Imagine for a moment you are out with your friends and some big, obnoxious, drunken fool decides he wishes to dance with you. After you politely turn down what he considers a generous offer, he becomes belligerent and wraps a big meaty hand around your wrist. This is called a wrist grab and when it comes to brute strength you know you will probably lose.

A wrist grab is  easy to escape when you combine the twist your body with a sudden twisting movement of your hand against your captor’s thumb. You wish to work against the thumb because it is the weakest point in his grip. Wrist locks are a horse of a totally different color.

A wrist lock is a submission technique that often involves an opponent bending or twisting your hand in such a way pressure is placed on the nerves and bones of the wrist. A small amount of pressure can cause severe pain in the person being held while the appliance of more pressure can actually break the wrist itself.

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Surya Namaskar, the Sun Salutation, is a series of 12 postures performed in a single, graceful flow. Each movement is coordinated with the breath. Inhale as you extend or stretch, and exhale as you fold or contract. The Sun Salutation builds strength and increases flexibility. Different styles of yoga perform the Sun Saluation with their own variations. However, the flow presented below covers core steps used in most styles.

Wujimon started to incorporate Yoga’s Sun Salutation into his morning routine. His goal is to do 2 sets of the sun salutation every morning as a way to increase overall flexibility and strength.

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