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Let's see if we could get some discussion here.
What has wrestling done for you? Has it single-handedly gotten you out of trouble? how does it complement other training you have; what wrestling moves are in your arsenal? How has wrestling helped you prepare for other martial arts?
When I was a wrestler, about 13 years old, I got into a street fight with a stranger on a bike. He gave my hot-headed father the finger as we were driving by and my father had me out of the van to fight. The kid was definitely older than me, I would guess around 15 or 16. When he put his hands up to box me, he was moving very erratically. The first time he closed the distance to hit me with some wild punch, I went straight into a double leg and hauled him over. As soon as he hit the concrete I mounted him and put in a reverse half-nelson, jamming my shoulder into his throat. He was suffocating, and yelled that he gave up. I got off him then, but he suddenly hit me as soon as he regained. He didn't get me good, and we were back up. I went in to get him again, but he was much more cautious, and landed a few blows. I tried a double leg again but it didn't work, and after that I said that I had enough, and we drove back home.
Years later in high school, I got into a fight where I was able to takedown someone with a double leg again. That time I remembered my past mistake though, and instead of suffocating the person from the reverse half, I headbutted repeatedly until school security yanked me away.
The second fight, I was much more confident though, as I was kickboxing at that point.
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