You are in Luck. I am doing a Takedown Clinic at Olathe NorthWest on Wednesday April 13 from 6 to 8pm. The price is $15. I will go over what I call an arsenal of Takedowns which every wrestler should have. I will also be going over some hand fighting techniques and drills. That will be the first hour and fifteen minutes and then fifteen minutes on the gut and thirty minutes of live wrestling.

It will be lots of fun and you can come and watch the Erisman Kid beat the wholly you know what out of me. The boy is just getting to big and strong for this lil' bald headed old man.

Now to the point of riding vs. taken em down.
Most the time if you know you can take some one down you let em up. If it is short time you ride them. Two things come to mind:

Being in physical shape to cut people and work hard enough to take an opponent down.

The other is the confidence to cut someone and know you are going to take them back down before time runs out.

If neither one is there, you are gambling when you cut someone.

Two more things and then I'll quit.

1. What do you all think is a good ratio for a coach in teaching, drilling, and going live in the 3 positions?

Neutral 55%
Bottom 25%
Top 20%

That would be mine for drilling, for teaching you have to spend more time on top because it is so technical, lots of steps. For going live more time on your feet. You get some top/bottom when someone gets the takedown. Which leads me to the point of when going takedowns how wrestlers just quit. That is the best time to get a pinning hold on someone or the best time to work for position to get away, but it leads back to the two main things physical shape and confidence.

Last, ol Gutwrench1 has really got a bunch of people wild up. This is better then General Hospital. Thanks for the entertainment!


Coach Tom Peterman