View From the Bushes:

So I've been pretty busy the last couple of days. Today is no different so I won't post much, but as usual I need to give my critics a forum. My number one son (the one that beat me at chess, for those keeping track at home) started wrestling on Tuesdays and Thursdays. Tonight is his second class, and they have a competition a week from tonight. So far he seems to be doing pretty good. Wrestling when you're seven is not quite as brutal and sweaty as post-elementary wrestling, so I'm interested to see an actual match. Something tells me that a big part of winning might come down to dumb luck.

Waiting for the revolution
Ross

Posted by direkobold at February 23, 2006 03:25 PM

I recently heard someone's top ten list of movies about obscure sports. Dodgeball made the list as well it should, as did Breaking Away (cycling). They also listed Searching for Bobby Fischer (chess). Now is chess really a sport? I thought there had to be at least some chance of getting killed for an activity to be called a sport. Similarly, they listed Forrest Gump for ping pong. I don't think they had a movie that featured wrestling. The only one I can think of is Take Down. At any rate, maybe your kid would enjoy one of those movies.

Posted by: sti at February 23, 2006 03:47 PM

If you want a ping pong movie, try Ping Pong: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0328258/

Wrestling has Vision Quest with Matthew Modine and Linda Fiorentino:
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0090270/

Posted by: jfolsen at February 23, 2006 08:05 PM