#pro wrestling training

[joshgerry]

Match Study.

Watching Tape.

Tape Study.

All professional wrestlers should be watching matches from different eras. Different regions. Different promotions.

And not just as a fan but as a professional.

NFL Quarterbacks study tape of the opposing defenses for that upcoming week's game. And they watch a single play over and over and over.

Professional wrestlers should study just as hard.

Don't simply watch the current week's episode of WWE or your favorite product. Watch stuff on-line. Youtube. The Network. DVDs. Old VHS tapes. Whatever.

And don't simply watch it once. Study it. And I mean REALLY study it.

I always recommend to students to watch each match, at a minimum, of 6 times.

1) Watch it as a fan. Get pulled into the story. Full experience.

2) Watch it again but this time with the sound off.

3) Watch just the babyface.

4) Watch just the heel.

5) Watch just the referee.

6) Watch just the footwork.

You will notice something new every time. I just about guarantee it. A new way to move, a technique, a reaction, a sell, etc.

There are other methods as well but this is what I recommend.

And of course, take notes. Write things down in your pro wrestling notebook so you can go back at a later time and review the info.

Treat professional wrestling like a career, and the chances of it actually being one increases.

[littlemagicalstardust]

" I started to train with Orange Cassidy and Chuck Taylor and I saw how much fun they were having and how they took serious the training and the art form, but they didn’t take serious how they were perceived by the audience because they just wanted their audience to have fun. They didn’t care how silly they looked, as long as the audience was having a good time. That was always their goal." - Gentleman Jervis (2021)

[mackdaddyofthecravate]

Hey, Endo Tetsuya

[elkitot]

Me watching other people my age start their wrestling career/journey while I’m still trying to figure it out (I’m happy and excited for them)

[thistledropkick]

Despe:

I was too late once again

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Desperado's talking about Ogawa Yoshinari's sudden retirement due to injury. One of Desperado's big regrets in life is that he was unable to team with Hiromu to fight Liger at Liger's retirement match. In the past, he has said that he feels he didn't develop as a wrestler quickly enough to be worthy of that opportunity when it came. He's using similar words here about Ogawa's sudden retirement removing any possibility of them sharing a ring again.

[theramenrater]

tan tan men

[spikemarxpw]

Even with no crowd

I re-arrange faces 😀

[christiancagesupporter]

Are you guys seeing this

[joshgerry]

"Sometimes, a coach's job is to believe in the student, when the student doesn't believe in themselves." - Coach Josh Gerry

[alicedrawslesmis]

again I forgot to draw today cause I went to see a movie in the theatre lollll

but this time the movie did not have Dev Patel looking sweaty and bloody so I already forgot most of it

Stream Monkey Man

[elkitot]

Future goals 😎

[thistledropkick]

For anyone out there who's enjoying Takeshita's G1 appearances and wants to see more of him in Japanese-style matches, I strongly recommend trying out Wrestle Universe, DDT's streaming service and app! Takeshita is currently signed to DDT, and he still makes appearances in that promotion.

If you go to the DDT section of Wrestle Universe, you can browse by wrestler, and see all of that wrestler's matches that are on Wrestle Universe. In Takeshita's case, that includes his matches in both AEW and DDT. Their archive of Takeshita's work includes matches from as far back as 2012, and from as recent as this month!

Wrestle Universe costs less than $10 a month, often offers free trials, and includes many other promotions in addition to DDT, so it's a really good deal. The streaming service is also very easy to navigate, has great video quality, and works very well overall. I highly recommend giving it a try!

[spectrawrestles]

I LOVE this love! 💜☺️✨

[baronessofmischief]

I take the Werner Herzog approach to experiencing media. I think watching ‘low brow’ reality tv and bread and circus entertainment is just as vital as high art and books meant to be analyzed not just consumed. They’re not the same thing and they’re not supposed to be the same thing but variety is the spice of life etc they exercise your brain and make you think in different ways, it’s vital to add some silliness and camp to your palate