taking the back

Here my son is trying to break bad habits. I taught him the basic jiu jitsu positions. Here is is trying to keep in the rear mount, in jiu jitsu that's a good thing, in wrestling that's not a good thing.

reversals

Here's a video of my son learning reverals.

wrestling on his 1st day

Here's a video of my son wrestling.

learning wrestling stances

Here's a video of my boy learning wrestling stances.

Cody did amazing his 1st day of wrestling with the Santa Fe Patriots! He paid attention the entire time, took directions well & wrestled hard the entire practice even against a boy who had 25 pounds & 1.5 years on him. After watching him even his Mommy is excited about him wrestling at only 3 years of age. If there's enough 3 & 4 year olds who register he'll have his 1st tournament here in Santa Fe next Saturday. If there aren't enough three & four year olds they'll want to have him wrestle against 5 & 6 year old kids as close in weight as they can find to him, which is 37 pounds. I hate to be the frightened parent here, but if there aren't enough kids in his division I won't let him compete yet, I don't want him to get hurt his first week into wrestling & become discouraged. It would be different if he was experienced. If he had a few months of practicing I may feel differently, I feel wrestling kids that much loder than him with absolutely no experience would be asking to much & be dangerous for him. From here on out he'll be practicing 4 days a week year round. Think about it, by the time he's wrestling as a senior in high school he'll have 14 years experience!!

1st full contact wrestling

Here's a video of my son 1st full contact wrestling. He really seems to love this
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1st day of wrestling

Here's a video of my son at 3 years 7 months old warming up for his 1st wrestling practice with the Santa Fe Patriots!