"Wrestle Your Perfect Match" and New Videos!
January 25, 2003
In this newsletter we have an article on the history of wrestling, an excerpt
from "Wrestle Your Perfect Match" and information on some new videos available
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I continue to encourage you to look into Title IX. Although much of the battle
is currently with the collegiate level, many people forsee these battles being
brought down to the high school level. Title IX does not simply address college
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WRESTLING IS INNATE
Used with permission from themat.com
Ted Witulski
NCEP Manager
Wrestling has made difference in our lives, that is why we love the sport so
much. I hope you are looking forward to a great wrestling season. Please make
sure that you join USA Wrestling by contacting your state chairperson. Your
membership goes to help wrestling programming in many different ways.
I spent a little time thinking about the history of wrestling, wondering why it
is so important to us. I hope you like and maybe agree with my thoughts.
Wrestling is Innate
The skies roared with thunder and the earth heaved,
Then came darkness and a stillness like death.
Lightening smashed the ground and fires blazed out;
Death flooded from the skies.
When the heat died and the fires went out,
The plains had turned to ash.
The Epic of Gilgamesh
The ominous stanza was a dream. In ancient times mankind wondered about his
position, his place. Were the gods aligned against him? Life was not a simple
task full of convenience. Food, shelter, and security were never taken for
granted. Simply living was a constant struggle.
Upon receiving this dream Gilgamesh turned to his comrade and searched for
meaning. Gilgamesh, two-thirds god and one-third man, the most feared and
respected of man still did not know his place and was overcome with fear.
Enkidu, a wild-man from the forest, was once his rival, but now together they
were on a great expedition.
They were headed into the dark cedar-forest, a place full of fright shrouded in
the unknown. The forest was guarded by a demon named Humbaba. No one dared to
enter the forest.
Nearly four thousand years after Gilgamesh and Enkidu approached the edge of the
forest with trepidation, Ralph Waldo Emerson put a poetic spin on their
attraction to the place.
"Do not follow where the path may lead. Go instead where there is no path and
leave a trail."
On that day the two wrestled evil they were victorious.
Before man understood time, he understood to survive he had to wrestle. He
wrestled against the elements, and the threats to his security, and he wrestled
to contain his own fear.
He wrestled.
It is no wonder that the story of wrestling appears in the oldest written story
of human history. When the Tigris and Euphrates nourished the ancients, people
didn't have much time for luxury. Reading and writing weren't high on their
list, so they wrote about and drew of the things most precious to them.
Art and literature reflected humankind's fascination with the combative nature
of wrestling. In ancient Sumeria, came the Epic of Gilgamesh. And, for the
ancient Greeks and Romans were the Iliad and the Odyssey contained within the
pages were the struggles of courage taken from stories of wrestling. When the
Myceneans used mythology to explain their civilization, we found their youth
wrestling against a creature half-man half-bull named the Minotaur.
When Alexander the Great built an army and expanded farther than any
civilization before, the stories that came from the pursuits of the legions
battling against the barbarians inevitably turned to wrestling. Alexander found
comfort in wrestling as did Socrates who once said:
"I swear it upon Zeus an outstanding runner cannot be the equal of an average
wrestler."
The ancients new wrestling, and modern society needs to know wrestling.
Like most people, I will never forget September 11th 2001. Etched in my memory
is the horrible tragedy of human suffering, not on a distant shore but in the heart of America. That morning I sat at the Olympic Training Center Athlete Cafeteria, commiserating with others as a seemingly never-ending horror played out before our eyes.
One Tower was hit, then the next. The Pentagon was just evacuated; more people
were dead.
As if the suffering wasn't already too unbearable, then came the news a fourth plane appeared to be under the control of the terrorists. It was turning around, target unknown.
The gasps from the athletes were audible. No one really knew what would happen
next. Four thousand years removed from a battle against evil in a cedar forest,
another was about to take place on that stolen aircraft.
We know the result; thankfully the list of the dead wasn't longer. Imagine what
the devastation could have been. How many more lives would have been lost?
Sports Illustrated writer Rick Reilly took note:
"Why does America need wrestlers? One former wrestler's unselfish courageous
determination can best illustrate the value in answering this question. Former
New Jersey all-state wrestler, Jeremy Glick with two fellow passengers aboard
Flight 93 (Tom Burnett and Todd Beamer) heeded the famous 9/11 call "Lets Roll",
and proceeded to "wrestle" on behalf of us all, against terrorism. "At a time like this, sports are trivial. But what the best athletes can do -- keep their composure amid chaos, form a plan when all seems lost, and find the guts to carry it out -- may be why the Capitol isn't a charcoal pit". Sports may be trivial but the lessons and courage learned through them can become the foundation to monumental achievements."
No comfort can be gained from that day, except for the comfort of learning the
valiance that came from people, a wrestler, like Jeremy Glick.
As I tried to make sense of it all, it was no accident to me that wrestling played a role on that fateful day. It wasn't an accident and it wasn't mere chance.
Intertwined in the human spirit and again not by accident or by mere chance is
the spirit of wrestling.
A philosophical question that the brightest minds have wrestled with throughout
history is "what do people know when they are born?" The concept is known as
"innate knowledge". If you knew it when you were born it was innate within
you---your mind----maybe even your soul.
Descartes, Kant, Freud, Socrates, Mill and many more came across this point in
their wonderment of the human condition. Assuredly, many views have been
proffered but the philosophers missed one obvious innate quality in those born
to earth---wrestling.
Wrestling is natural; it is essential; it is a part of the human spirit. It is
innate.
History has taught us and anthropology reveals that every time period and all
cultures have realized a connection to the sport of wrestling.
Why is wrestling there at each point in history and within the rituals of
societies and civilizations throughout the world? Simply put, the instinct of
wrestling is inborn within all of us. It is innate.
"What was the first sport?" is a question that many athletes philosophically
toss-around when discussing sports. Running is often an answer, but to me it
seems quite wrong.
When the ancient tribes, closer to apes on the evolutionary line, needed to
decide who had ownership of the cave and who would face the freezing elements,
it is doubtful that they had a foot race. Rather, combat, wrestling was their
instinct.
The Darwinian notion of survival of the fittest is rooted in the combative skill
of wrestling. And from our Neanderthal roots, we modernized and civilized but
wrestling inherent and innate in all of us remained.
When wrestling flourished in ancient Greek society, Plato asked a question to
the citizens, "What kind of mettle are you made of?"
While Plato was defending his view for a society separated by classes that
inevitably seems anti-democratic in today's terms, the question seems all the
more relevant today.
"What kind of mettle are you made of?" The words seem fit for a wrestling coach
to challenge his wrestlers with.
The challenge that the Spartans, the rival of the Athenians, made to their
people was fierce training based out of sport. Plato responded by recognizing
the value:
"We obtain better knowledge of a person during one hour's play and games than by
conversing with them for a whole year."
The Greeks most renowned wrestler was Milo of Kroton, a man unequaled, seemingly
unbeatable. Probably one of the most valuable but often overlooked values that
wrestling teaching is that of humility---the art of being humble. Hubris as the
Greeks called it.
Milo of Kroton, perhaps bored with his inability to find a worthy adversary,
began to show his strength to the people of Greece in rather sideshow like
exhibitions. Holding his arms out in a cross, and challenging men to force his
arms to his sides. Palming weighty rocks, much like our basketball friends do
with their feather-light ball.
Milo of Kroton's hubris got the better of him in a forest the story goes. He
stumbled upon a large tree with a "V" in the trunk chest high off the ground.
With no one around but himself to impress, Milo attempted to pry the "V" apart,
but the trees desire to remain intact got the best of the famed Kroton, snapping
back and trapping his hands. No one knows how long he lived before succumbing
to the wild beasts. Humility was his last lesson.
In 1960 American Doug Blubaugh triumphed by winning an Olympic Gold medal. It
must have been a glorious feeling for him. Years of dedication and perseverance
went into the victory that brought with it the title of Olympic Champion. The
spectacular backdrop for the tournament was the ancient Roman Coliseum.
There, thousands of years ago, combat was king. Unfortunately, the Roman
society lost perspective, blood lust superseded honor. At one point as many as
one thousand elephants were slaughtered in a frenzy of sacrifice on a single day
for the Roman citizens.
When the contests first began honor and fair play was paramount. But as the
empire expanded and reached into modern England, Germany, Turkey, Russia, and
northern Africa, people became fodder for spectacle. In its truest form of
sport wrestling was a part of the greatest period of peace in ancient times the
Pax Romana.
Entangled in the massive history of the Roman civilization springs forth
Christianity. The New Testament is houses a series of letters of defiance to
the Romans from early Christians. The Romans hell-bent on dismantling their
faith through bloodshed persecuted the early Christians.
One such verse reads, "we rejoice in our sufferings knowing that suffering
produces endurance, endurance produces character, and character produces hope.
And hope does not disappoint us."
The persecuted soul that wrote these words and steadfastly fought for his faith
gathered courage from the Old Testament. In the Old Testament, the genesis¯our
beginning¯god challenged man. Again not to a foot race and not to a random
activity that a bounce of the ball determines the victor, the challenge, of
course, was wrestling.
"Jacob was left alone; and there wrestled a man with him until the breaking of
the day. And when he saw that he prevailed not against Jacob he touched the
hollow of Jacob's thigh; and the hollow of Jacob's thigh was out of joint, as he
wrestled the angel.
And the angel said, "Let me go, for the day breaketh." And Jacob said, "I will
not let thee go, unless thou blesses me."
Jacob in this story was called to a test. He was called to account for his
life. He was overmatched, nowhere to hide. Even though Jacob suffered a
horrific injury to the strongest muscles and joint in the human body, he did not
relent.
Courage, determination, perseverance, and tenacity, desire: all of the values
that we hold dear in today's society were present there for Jacob. He hung on
and as the sun rose on his struggle with the angel. Jacob though bloodied and
bowed stayed strong.
He was asked his name, "Jacob" he replied.
The creator's response to him was that "Your name will no longer be Jacob, but
Israel, because you have struggled with God and with men and have overcome."
The root of Christian society's very name comes from a story of wrestling.
The Egyptians in hieroglyphs and the Japanese with their ancient folk form of
wrestling called sumo honored the instinct of wrestling, as did countless other
cultures with their own unique "folkstyle" of wrestling. And as the centuries
past into millennium and the human race slipped into the dark ages and was
resurrected in the Renaissance, wrestling remained.
When the balance of power shifted from Europe and to the Americas the colonists
readied to defeat the imperial powers of England. The forefathers relied on
their instincts and again not by accident a wrestler was chosen first President
of the fledgling nation. George Washington was fit to lead with his prowess
honed in youthful exploits of wrestling.
Nearly a century later a rail-splitter took the oath as a Commander in Chief.
Abraham Lincoln, who succeeded only by failing, running many times for elected
office only to lose came forward to lead a nation in trouble. This Midwest farm
boy though lanky was known throughout Illinois for his wrestling skills.
When he rode to Washington D.C. knowing that the nation was ready to
disintegrate over the questions of slavery and states rights, surely he longed
for the simpler days where one opponent stood across from him to challenge his
stature.
The nation may not have elected him because he was a wrestler, but surely the
innate quality of wrestling resonated in his voice to the citizens of America.
"The probability that we may fail in the struggle ought not deter us from the
support of a cause we believe to be just."
Lincoln's choice was inevitable the nation would go to war against itself.
Men who idled away the hours between battles with a sport that honored their
innate instincts fought the bloody Civil War that tore at the cornerstones of
our nation. It wasn't uncommon for wrestling matches to be a part of the long
days, even to the point that as truces between the north and the south came and
went matches between the blue and the gray were sometimes arranged.
Famed soldiers like William Muldoon lived well past the Civil War. In fact
Muldoon engineered the transformation of bare-knuckled boxing into
respectability, becoming the first boxing commissioner of the United States.
Without wrestling even boxing wouldn't be at where it is today, names like Jack
Dempsey and Gene Tunney might have been lost had it not been a fan of combat
sports like Muldoon, a wrestler in his youth and during the war. Muldoon lived
a full life, fighting in and surviving America's Civil War, and then growing a
sport like boxing before succumbing in 1933 at 88 years of age.
Time moved steadily forward, a great nation was built and then saved. As times
changed so must the structure of the society if it is to remain great. The
United States next step was to build the
bridge from an agrarian culture to that of an industrial leader.
The nation turned to a leader fond of saying "speak softly and carry a big
stick." Theodore Roosevelt, once the commander of the "Rough-Riders" was
elected president. Roosevelt a former wrestler himself, even brought wrestling
to the White House with him, staging matches in the ball rooms, making sure one
of America's most famed men, World (Real) Wrestling Champion Frank Gotch from
Humboldt Iowa was a special guest to the White House. Fans of true wrestling
often look at the turn of the century as the glory days for real wrestling.
Gotch was a celebrity extraordinaire, being as recognized as the most famed
actor Charlie Chaplin.
One can't be struck to see how often the innate instinct of wrestling was
nourished in our nation's leaders. But if you look deeply at their words it
really is very easy to see. Could anyone but a wrestler like Theodore Roosevelt
have uttered these words?
"It is not the critic who counts, not the man who points out how the strong man
stumbled, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit
belongs to the man who is actually in the arena; whose face is marred by dust
and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs and comes short again and
again; who knows the great enthusiasms, the great devotions, and spends himself
in a worthy cause; who, at the best, knows in the end the triumph of high
achievement; and who, at worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring
greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who
know neither victory nor defeat."
In our most difficult times, we've selected wrestlers as our leaders.
Washington, Lincoln, and Roosevelt were not isolated incidences. Throw in
Zachary Taylor and William Howard Taft too.
When the Republican Revolution as it was deemed began to falter and Newt
Gingrich was no longer viable. The Republican caucus selected a new leader a
wrestler and coach, named Dennis Hastert. Senators like Lincoln Chafee, Chuck
Hagel, and the recently deceased Paul Wellstone have cited their days as
wrestlers as powerful life-altering forces that made a difference for them.
Literally dozens of American leaders have competitive wrestling in their
background. Frank Carlucci, former Secretary of Defense joins George W. Bush's
Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld with a heavy dose of memories in wrestling.
When America took on Saddam Hussein's rogue country in 1991 America's resolve
was ratcheted and buoyed by "Stormin Normin". Norman Schwartzkopf, former West
Point wrestler, guided America to victory in Desert Storm.
Their success wasn't accident; their place in history has been earned. And,
wrestling's innate stature advances well beyond that of wars and politics.
American society has had many successful actors who have also learned the values
of wrestling: Kirk Douglas, Tom Cruise, Billy Baldwin and Robin Williams. On
the lighter side guys like John Belushi and Chris Farley were wrestlers as well.
Even the last two White House Press Secretary's Arie Fleischer and George
Stephanopolous were wrestlers. Astronauts like Michael Collins from the Apollo
11 mission recognize the value of wrestling.
Figures from other sports also counted wrestling as one of their great pursuits.
The most famous of these crossover athletes would probably be Jim Thorpe, but
don't forge jockeys Pat Day and Bill Shoemaker, or Sugar Ray Leonard or the
countless gridiron players in the NFL or even baseball star Brett Butler.
My favorite NFL star is a man who never even played college ball, Stephen Neal.
Instead he was an NCAA Champion in wrestling next he won a World Title in
amateur wrestling. When he was finished with amateur wrestling he stepped right
into the pro-ranks and within one year he was starting for the defending Super
Bowl Champion New England Patriots.
Wrestlers have conquered politics, war, sports and the business world. Business
leaders such Scott Beck, creator of Boston Market, Jeff Levitetz owns a billion
dollar company called Purity Wholesale Grocers, the CEO of Golman Sachs, Steve
Friedman and the CEO of Charles Schwab know the sport of wrestling.
The professions that wrestlers master are so varied it is astounding.
Geraldo Rivera, Andy Rooney, and even Jay Leno, Tony Danza: the names are
familiar to us but what should not be overlooked is that these people and many
more like them proudly call themselves wrestlers.
Literary genius is hardly the thought the narrow-minded would have about
wrestlers. But they are there as well. Authors like Ken Kesey of One Flew Over
the Cuckoo's Nest and John Irving of Cider House Rules and the World According
to Garp cite wrestling as a part of their success.
Listen to John Iriving's words and you will understand his affinity to the sport
of wrestling:
"I feel more a part of the wrestling community than I feel I belong to the
community of arts and letters. Why? Because wrestling requires even more
dedication than writing; because wrestling represents the most difficult and
rewarding objective I have ever dedicated myself to; because wrestling and
wrestling coaches are among the most disciplined and self-sacrificing people I
have ever known."
As recently as a few weeks ago, snipers in Maryland frayed America's nerves. At
times like these we keep track of our nation through television reports and
newspaper accounts we look for comfort. During this trying time our comfort came
from a strong sheriff named Charles Moose, a former wrestler from North
Carolina.
Wrestling is innate it is a part of all us; however, only the luckiest truly get
to know it.
Mankind has traveled thousands of years, a long journey that started with a few
simple steps. The drive that moved us forward throughout time has often been
the innate instinct of wrestling. The grandeur of wrestling is limited by the
term sport, but born within this sport are the vary values that have determined
greatness throughout our society and throughout history.
Who wouldn't want their children to know the deeper meanings of values like
commitment, perseverance, dedication, determination, desire, courage, tenacity,
confidence, sacrifices, self-discipline.
Russ Helickson, Head Coach of Ohio State, addressed a group of people gathered
together to remember the passing of another wrestling program at the college
level. In profound eloquence he summed things up best in his speech, "I am
wrestling do not weep for me". All of these values can be found in different
places in our society, but wrestling contains them all.
This sport is complete because its essence is true. It is not a concoction of
the human imagination. Rather, wrestling is a reflection of the human spirit.
While others sports seem to be setting new records with fan popularity. It is
really the tortoise and the hare all over again. Wrestling, a strong and steady
train continues moving forward. While some of these sports at best have a
hundred years under their belt wrestling ambles along with more than four
thousand years and still counting.
As we look to the past it is fitting that we also look to the future. Certainly
more wrestlers using the values honed on wrestling mats will work their way to
success. But as we look for the next wrestler to step out of anonymity and fill
our tight-knit community with pride, know that the world's most renowned
inventor counts himself as a wrestler as well.
A man named Dean Kamen, working out of Manchester New Hampshire, has recently
gained attention for his inventions that are aimed at improving the human
condition. His most recognizable invention is called the Segway, a two wheeled
people mover that he believes will relieve congestion on crowded urban streets
decreasing pollution and moving us away from the internal combustion engine.
Kamen states without hesitation and without a sense of cliche in his voice when
he says, "there is nothing more noble than to make the world a better place."
This wrestler is already turning heads through scientific communities. His next
big step is an invention based off a concept called the Sterling engine. In the
poorest of places in the world people, mostly women, spend up to five hours a
day searching for a gallon of safe drinking water and then carrying it miles
back to their homes and huts. If they don't find it or mistakenly bring home
contaminated water, the next day they could be burying their children. Dean
Kamen proudly states that his invention is on the verge of making a mighty
contribution to the 10 billion people that inhabit this planet. His
modification of the Sterling engine can produce purified potable water and even
generate electricity as a byproduct. Ingenuity pours from Kamen as he
enthusiastically says, "we can do this!"
The first step of civilization was the battle for security, for safety, and
unfortunately, in much of the world that struggle has not been won. But yet as
we step to the future and continue on the path, the innate instinct of wrestling
will guide us.
To me, the thought is comforting. Every person born to this earth has within
them the desire to wrestle. It is imprinted on their very soul; it is innate.
From that innate instinct greatness flourishes and the human condition is
bettered.
America needs wrestling: Now More Than Ever.
Ted Witulski
NCEP Manager
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Wrestle Your Perfect Match - Beasey Hendrix
Wrestling is what percentage mental? The Bronze Clinics I have taught have
mentioned...75%, 85%, 90%??? How much time is spent on mental skills inside or
outside the wrestling room? Well Coach Hendrix has written a book to help you
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Continuing where we left off in the last newsletter, here's the second part of
Section II: Meet Your Match.
Introduction To Perfect Matches:
Coach Hendrix notes that most wrestlers have never been taught how to think
before or during their matches. He gives hints on what kind of mindset you
should be in before you step out on the mat, and while you are on the mat:
Problems:
Some go blank when they step onto the mat. Others feel lost. Some even
become worried about their foe, or may go into a funk. A few even end up using
wrong strategies. Again, these are coming occurences. Yes, they are negative and
don't help your performances, but they are common. So, what can we do to help
our performances?
Some Solutions:
Start by thinking your way through a perfect, hard fought match.
Make sure it covers all aspects of your match. (Top, bottom, feet, match
strategies)
Now write your perfect match:
After you have constructed a good match,
A) Indentify problems that might occur.
B) Find solutions to these problems. Make "If, then" statements (If this happens, I'll do this) Write some of these statements, and then write your solutions.
Learn It:
Make it become a part of your thinking--Train yourself to go into automatic and get into a response set. Spend time seeing yourself be sucessful. Think about your perfect match, what you want to do, and how you will react in every situation.
As I said--Practice it. Read it. Say it. Listen to it. Learn it. Master it. Let
it become automatic.
Suggestions and Strategies:
Coach Beasey gives strategies for making choices during a tough match:
Your Style - Where are you the most comfortable? What do you do best? Many
wrestlers have total confidence in their skills and have no problem making a
choice. You will most likely want to go with your style and make your foe fight
the match.
Situations - How is the match going? Continue the momentum if it is going in
your direction. If your opponent has the momentum change the flow by choosing
the position that stops or reverses his attack. What's the score? this is
especially important in the third period. Is the match tied? Can you score from
the bottom? With the score tied or within one point, many people choose bottom
in the third period. They feel that they can escape and tie or go ahead. This is
an effective strategy, especially in high school where there is no riding time.
Your coach may help you with the your choice. Ron Gray, coach of Dowling High
School (Iowa State Champions 1990-93), says, "I evaluate the flow of the match,
and then balance that with my athlete's ability level and style. I want him to
look my way at the break, and I will offer him a suggestion based upon what I
have seen."
Practice - Practice making choices, think about why you are making each
selection. Stop during practice to think, "What should I choose?" There are no
right choices, only selections that are based on momentum, skills, situations,
and mathematical odds.
Strategies - Do you have match strategies? Do you have a certain way that you
wrestle in specific situations? You know you must pace yourself for the whole
match, you must be able to go the distance.
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