hephaestion2014's blog
Grapevine
So I will be going to my first ever Grapevine meet this Saturday, and I'm a little nervous.
Now why would that be? I have attended many group meets at Barnet and an OWG meet at Pippas before. If I'm honest, I get nervous before each meet. I guess I am not a natural people person, and am aware that if I get shy ill end up being all quiet or stammer and stutter a lot. But that's manageable, ill burn in shame after about my social awkwardness later. That's usual.
So why all these butterflies about grapevine? I guess it goes back to 1999/2000ish and surfing the net back then and coming across references to Grapevine (and SPFWC too ) These seemed like magical perhaps if I was being pretentious, whatdoya mean "if"?, almost holy places. I never made that leap back then and joined. Only read about them, imagined them and thought "what if/if only" ... So perhaps that's it.
Maybe.
I have also been looking at the names of other wrestlers who might be going. These are people whose profiles and recommendations are amazing. Whose reputations as being good wrestlers precede them. I suppose the less brave part of me hopes they'll already be busy with matches and have no time to take me on but have to admit there is also a part of me that hopes I might get the odd match with one or two. I just hope that if that happens I do okay.
I guess that's where the nerves are coming from. Its pressure that I am putting on myself. I guess I am my own worst opponent.
Funnily enough writing this down has kind of alleviated the butterflies a bit.
Even with the nerves, am really looking forward to Saturday
oldscrapperderby (172)
10/01/2015 12:05 PMAnd when you get there you'll realise there was no need to be nervous at all, just one big friendly bunch of guys, trust me, I've been to many of these meets, I can't make this one but I'm sure you'll have a good time.
Squashlad (255)
10/02/2015 12:29 AMHurray! Good stuff. Really looking forward to finally meeting you mate, and of course getting a good sweaty match in! :-)
hephaestion2014 (52)
10/02/2015 12:50 AM(In reply to this)
Looking forward to it too, mate.
Will be good to lock up at last. :)
Squashlad (255)
10/04/2015 12:16 AM(In reply to this)
And so it was! (Well I thought so anyway!)
hephaestion2014 (52)
10/04/2015 12:25 AM(In reply to this)
Had a great time. Not sure what I was worried about now :)
Enjoyed myself. And learnt somethings too. Plus lots of people Id love to test myself against again soon.
Group meets are excellent. Its a shame that more people don't go (though the more that go, the less time ill get to wrestle) as its a way to not only get wrestling matches but to connect with other wrestlers too.
Its nice to have some other people that you can talk to about wrestling and technical things. :)
oldscrapperderby (172)
10/04/2015 12:29 AM(In reply to this)
Nice one , I knew you'd have a good time, now, time to write all those recommendations for the your new past opponents!!
Ironbull (94)
10/02/2015 5:02 PMNo need to be nervous although I get nervous before every wrestle and use those nerves to focus myself. I hope we get a chance to wrestle. It'll be a blast
Ironbull (94)
10/04/2015 9:31 AMthe only question is. .. how do all those people who don't know about wrestling get by...?