Posted on 08/23/2021 7:26:01 AM PDT by DUMBGRUNT
...just because my bicep is less than half the size of his does not necessarily mean I will lose — despite its appearance, arm-wrestling is not all brute strength but significantly technique.
Arm-wrestling is still considered little more than a formalized bar brawl by many Americans,
The DIY arm arena took a little over two months, $300, numerous Home Depot trips and the help of his father and grandfather to complete, but once he built it, challengers did come.
The scene can swell to 15 people, all mingling, flexing and fighting at the curbside stadium.
“It’s super accessible — all you need is the willing,” said Larratt. “As long as you have an arm and a hand, you’re good to go for arm wrestling.”
“So much of the world is being taught to shy away from people, that people are dangerous. But we are pack animals — people belong together — and the sport of arm-wrestling teaches you that together, we get stronger,”
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In the building I worked was a healthy young buck that practiced this sport. He would take all comers on the hood of a car.
One day a plasterer was working in the building, average size and not young.
That day I learned that plasterers use a hawk and trowel, ALL DAY LONG AND LOADED WITH PLASTER.
After being put down the big guy said, "LEFT HAND?" That was a huge mistake! Not even a struggle.
Underground? Why? Is it somehow illegal? I cannot imagine why. Then again, it is NYC.
"The first rule of arm-wrestling club is you don't talk about arm-wrestling club!"
Try concrete workers. They pick up two cinderblocks with one hand at a time.
What’s the second rule?...
You know kids get shut down for running lemonade stands. People get arrested for trying to feed the homeless. It is certainly not beyond imagination that in this day and age of PC snowflakiness that anything even remotely masculine will be put down.
“What’s the second rule?...”
The second rule is that EVERYBODY arm wrestles.
I'm not allowed to talk about it. ;-)
No, post #8 was correct. :)
I think that’s the third or fourth rule.
My guess is because people are probably placing bets on them.
Several years ago Hollywood put out a heavily-promoted movie starring Sylvester Stallone on the subject of arm wrestling. I never saw it because of the subject—if they’re going to make a movie about arm wrestling, why not make one about tic-tac-toe?
One day I was eating in a restaurant out in farm country. A blacksmith was at another table. The owner knew the blacksmith, and gave him an iron skillet so he could demonstrate something to the crowd.
The blacksmith took that skillet and twisted it into the shape of a pretzel. He then passed the skillet around.
It was one of the most amazing things I’ve ever witnessed.
Never mess with a man who can bend metal, and never mess with a man who has cauliflower ear...
It was a good but corny movie
—”Is it somehow illegal? “
NYC?
Gotta be a tax on it.
It’s not how big you are or what you do for a living, it’s your genes.
I know a guy, 5’8” - 160lb or so, he works in the office and doesn’t work out in any way. He makes all comers “feel like girls”, hundreds of them. One guy gave him a contest but he beat him, and another guy made him feel like a girl.
There’s an arm wrestler on youtube that doesn’t look like much next to the freaks he beats, “Schoolboy”.
—”why not make one about tic-tac-toe?”
Many movies about chess?
And a fun subset, young woman vs chess hustlers:
I Finally Beat “Russian Paul,” The Strongest Chess Hustler in NYC 9min 57sec FUN!
https://youtu.be/k3eEwYI6awM
Alexandra Botez is rated among the top 10 of Canadian female players.
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