Mark uk's blog

OK, so this is by no means meant to be controversial or being put out there to provoke anyone, so please do not get offended and overly defensive. However, I will be interested to see if old people (whatever age that starts at) and young people (whatever age that finishes at) will be willing to contribute to the conversation.
Many of us have been wrestling a few years and i can confirm that there are some really good wrestlers on this site. Recently I read a profile of a guy in his late 20's (which was really old when i was 18 lol) who was inexperienced but in good shape. Although stating he is straight he does offer wrestling and a number of none wrestling services. He clearly says he is not interested in anyone over 40. I have seen him wrestling on another video site recently and I can only describe it as a frantic and at times worrying display of how someone will get injured but we were all rookies once.
Now, I have wrestled some bigger and smaller guys of all ages with exceptional stamina and strength. Yep, and not all of them look like cover models. I think the youngest on here was 18 and the eldest is 70. I like to think I am fit. I am not ripped but do gym 5x, bjj 2x and cage fit 1x a week. I've done Tough Mudder twice and can handle myself.
I suppose I can understand if a guy is gay or Bi that there can be (not always) a sexual expectation as well but this guy states Str8 and no sex.
So my question is - If your both fit, want to wrestle, gain experience, better yourself, why would a guy label an age requirement?

I just wanted to thank everyone for the kind wishes following my recent operation. I am pleased to say that the recovery is going really well and am already back at BJJ and putting jay219 back through his paces. Competitive stuff if off the menu for a couple more weeks but light stuff is cool.
So what about the tumour itself. Well the great news is that it has now been confirmed as benign so I get the all clear.

Love this community and the support you offer. Thanks again and long live our sport.

cheers Mark

Saturday 8th June. South east uk. Well I trained for it and I am glad to say I completed the 11.3mile and 20 obstacles with my kids. Was a pure adrenalline rush all the way. The comradship amongst everyone was awesome as everyone encouraged each other and helped over walls and through knee deep mud pools. I'll post some pix tonight but i think your find tough mudder south east 2013 on youtube already if you want to watch the pain. I was probably 20 years senior to most of the entrants (i say entrant as TM is not a race its a test) but try me guys there is not one guy i have wrestled on here that couldn't complete it. How do I feel today? better than i did yesterday and am ready to wrestle tomorrow. Finally, Thank you to the guys the sponsored me. I raised £1200 for charity.

Cheers guys and hope to some of you there next year

Mark

I thought about this for a long time then said too myself. Mark you have met and become friends with an incredible bunch of guys via wrestling and the adrenaline rush that challenging them gives you. Well, although i do not plan to retire from wrestling quick yet I have taken on a new challenge.

This Saturday 8th June i will be one of many guys/girls taking the Tough Mudder challenge. The money raised will go towards Help the Heroes a charity for troops returning from duty injured.

Other than the challenge itself I wanted to ask for your support. Below is a link for donations if you would be so good as to sponsor me.

Wish me luck and I'll post some pix Sunday/ Monday.

Thank you for reading this and your support

Mark_uk

Wednesday 20th February will see another battle between the young challenger jay219 and the experienced mark_uk. This will be their 10th match and the kid is determined to take the veterans title from him. In the 9th meet the kid came close for a while but the big guy came back and showed the kid who is the boss on the mats. This week the kid promises to bring more to the match. Watch for the press release on thursday but who do you think is going down this time. The Champ or The young punk ??