An Offensive Move

This week Eggs on Toast had his first wrestling match. He did a great job! He has vastly improved since the beginning. Allow me to elaborate.

He now knows that he should keep his back from touching the mat and he works really hard at this.

And I mean really hard.

See how hard he's working at this?

Phew, that was a close one, Eggs!

You can see it's quite a struggle and a lot of hard work to keep your back from coming into contact with the mat while another boy is trying to get your back onto the mat.

Oh, and another thing Eggs has learned is to stay engaged with the individual he is supposed to be wrestling with instead of skipping away around the room.

See how well Eggs is engaging?

And then here is the biggie...(drumroll)...check out this offensive move! Eggs made an offensive move! Yay Eggs! I'm so proud of you!

You know, Eggs didn't ask to be in wrestling. In fact, he might actually prefer not to be. But I signed him up because his friend wrestled last year and liked it and I thought: young boy + wrestling = lots of fun. As it turns out, Eggs has a rather mellow temperament which is a wonderful thing a lot of the time but perhaps not the greatest aid to him in wrestling. I also have to admit that in spite of having brothers who wrestled, I had never seen a real wrestling match and didn't know what it involved. But I did get a good idea from watching other young boys wrestle at this meet. For example, check out the two boys below.

I was amazed by their strength, intensity, and skill. I'm guessing they were eight or nine years old.

I couldn't stop watching their young bodies straining and grappling to the utmost.

There was also this boy. He lost a very close match.

Through observing this wrestling team, I have gained a lot of respect for wrestling as a sport and I'm glad Eggs has participated because he has learned a lot and he has also overcome some of his shyness.

However, if he wants to try something a little less brutal next time, I won't argue--ping pong, perhaps?