From complete beginner to first grading in Wrestling

I had zero athletic background when I started Wrestling. First class I was completely lost — everyone seemed to know the language of penetration step and I didn't. My front headlock was nonexistent. I nearly didn't go back.

I did go back. And the first grading 7 months later was one of the proudest moments I've had in sport. how it transfers to every other grappling art had become natural by that point, which I wouldn't have believed at week one. finding adult beginner classes outside the US is still something I work on. But it no longer feels like an obstacle — it feels like the game.