Wrestling!!!

So, my mom finally decided to take some pictures of me wrestling. This past weekend was ILH championships, which was not the best day for me. I ended up facing a last year's state champion and a guy who beat that last year state champ. Sadly, I ended up dislocating my shoulder, which was pretty painful, but it feels really good when the trainers popped it back in. Anyways I managed to qualify for states, but I'm not sure I can even wrestle. 

        

The picture on the top shows me knocking my opponent off balance, thus he needed to post out his hand, which you cannot see, in order to keep from falling over. This means I pushed his center of mass over his support. I have my hand on his ankle to keep him from widening his base, or his support. If he widens his base, it will be harder for me to knock his center of mass over his support. Using my hips and my legs to drive and my hands to block my opponent from creating a larger support, my goal is to turn my opponent over to his back for a pin. However, this guy is a state champion in the 125 weight class, so pinning him is a difficult task.  This second picture shows how because we are both tied up, it is as if we have become one mass, with one center of mass, and share the same support. This is the third round, where both of us are very tired. Because he grabbed my arms, pulling my center of mass over my feet, I braced myself by posting my head up against his head, preventing me from falling over. He is also leaning over his feet, making it so both our masses have one center and that center is supported by both our legs.

 

This is another picture from Saturday showing how I successfully knocked my opponent's center of mass over his support, causing him to crumble to the mat. Using my right arm, I took away his right arm as support and I drove him over that side without support with a tight waist. With nothing to support his body, he fell over. Unlike the picture above, where I went for the ankle, this time I decided to take the arm instead and it proves to work better. However the results of this match landed me with a dislocated shoulder. Because balance has to do a lot with wrestling, I learned that your center of mass must always be supported to be a good wrestler.