| Perhaps you remember sitting in front of the TV on | | | | curious - allowing an interested person to sit in on a |
| a Sunday night watching grown men throw each | | | | training session, meet the wrestlers, ask questions |
| other around and thought 'I wonder how they do | | | | and generally get a feel for the place. Some schools |
| that?'. Well, it's easier than you'd think to find out. | | | | may even give you a taster session for free, but |
| Wrestling is becoming more and more popular as a | | | | always ask the coach about this first. |
| contact sport, almost on a par with karate or other | | | | Learning to wrestle needn't cost the earth either. The |
| martial arts. Everyday people - men and women - are | | | | initial outlay may seem a lot - if you decide to go |
| realising that there's no magic involved in becoming a | | | | regularly you're going to want knee and elbow pads, |
| wrestler, you just have to want to. | | | | and probably wrestling/boxing boots too, but once |
| Wrestling is relatively easy to get into. Most areas in | | | | you've purchased these, it's really just the lesson |
| the UK now have a training school, and most of | | | | fees you'll need to find. |
| these are run by ex-professional wrestlers who are in | | | | Of course, if your wrestling coach thinks you're good |
| semi-retirement, ready to pass the belt onto the | | | | enough, you may even end up in a show, and getting |
| next generation. The secret is to find a school that | | | | paid for doing so. All wrestlers have to start at the |
| feels right for you. | | | | bottom, and the local shows put on by training |
| Any wrestling school worth its salt will encourage the | | | | schools is as good a place as any. |