Saturday, June 21, 2008

Dan Gable - it's personal

Dave at Formosa Neijia hit the nail on the head in this following comment to my previous post, pointing out exactly the topics that this book has me wanting to talk about.
...grappling is an intimate sport. It's not like standing back and hitting or kicking ...the tradition there is just so strong that getting second feels like failing...it may be an over-emphasis on the sport/winning aspect. Look At Dan Gable now. He's broken. Winning is fine, but is it everything? Are we going to gaze at our trophies from our wheelchairs?
Speaking of Dan Gable now, and gazing at trophies, check out this video...

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