Saturday, February 7, 2009

JV Wrestling finals

Tyler was apart of the Junior Varsity Bayfield wrestling team during the 08-09 season. This is his first ever wrestling; I felt he did extremely well considering being pitted against kids who wrestled since elementary school. I felt has some balls to participate in this sporting event without any past experience. I promised him he could get a tatoo of a bulls' balls on his forearms to signify his experience...

The lesson of being beat is humbling and I feel more imporant than winning; however, I have nothing but confidence he will only improve over the next few years. I reminded him of one of my favorite quotes "That which does not kill you only makes you stronger" Friedrich Nietzsche.


Enjoy the video below of a few of his last matches. Tyler is wearing all purple.

Here was his last match, finishing off the year! Very minimal video editing. I did speed up the video.


To view more pictures of Tyler warming up click here: MORE PICTURES

Until next year.

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  1. Richard MorganFebruary 10, 2009 at 8:52 AM

    Nietzsche sucked as wrestling; Tyler could have easily taken him down. Now, Nietzsche's mustache was a different animal - I wouldn't want to meet that in a dark alley.

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  2. Lucy OzvatFebruary 10, 2009 at 11:02 AM

    Tyler, we are so proud of your tenacity. It takes courage to try new things and put yourself out there. Great job for going the distance. Grandmother Lucy

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  3. Matthew OzvatFebruary 10, 2009 at 10:05 PM

    I should read up on Nietzsche; I do like his quotes but I remember him being fanatic about something... religion, politics, or both to some degree. Are there any books you recommend regarding Nietzsche?

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  4. Richard MorganFebruary 11, 2009 at 3:38 AM

    Philosophy, I find, is a very difficult thing to read, especially the source material. Many traditional curricula tout starting from the Greeks and then move, more or less, chronologically; this is based on the idea that later philosophers are really taking to earlier ones - arguing and debating with them. Nietzsche is pretty modern and wacked out to boot (I think he loved opium).

    Anyway, try The Portable Nietzsche (http://www.amazon.com/Portable-Nietzsche-Viking-Library/dp/0140150625) since it's abridged but the material is written directly by him.

    If you're looking for a general philosophy primer, my favorite is The History of Western Philosophy (http://www.amazon.com/History-Western-Philosophy-Routledge-Classics). Russell was no slouch himself, and his book has lots of historical elements as well. (But he hated Nietzsche. I think he found the Ubermensch idea laughable coming from such a wimpy dude.)

    Oh, and Nietzsche's views on Buddhism were not kind.

    How'd we get on this topic? Back to the post at hand...

    Go, Tyler! Good job.

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