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• We Dare You Not to Get a Little Emotional Watching This 7th Grade Wrestling Vid

  December 6, 2012 at 3:01pm

  In reply to Geowchap.

  I have a particularly close view to this subject, as I am the proud father of a 2 yr old son with Lesch-Nyhan Syndrome (a very rare syndrome that physically resembles CP), and I co-own an MMA gym, with a heavy emphasis on wrestling and Brazilian Jiu Jitsu. My youngest son has practically grown up in the gym, he watches his dad and his older brother and all his “big” friends train, and he is practically the mascot to our pro fighters, even to one in the UFC. Although only God knows what Nino may eventually do, it is unlikely that he will ever “really” compete in a grappling event. But I know that his ability to get on the mat and simply participate will give him endless joy.

  And I think that is the point of this video. Not a real or fake win, not an outcome at all, but simply a glimpse of the “normal” things that healthy kids get to do, and that kids like this young man and my son wish to do. Many of these disabled kids are fully capable cognitively, so they become very sad and/or frustrated that their bodies will not allow them to do that which they may always observe. So anybody like the teenage wrestler who gives the gift of participation has given a great gift indeed. And if the young man with CP is anything like my son, he probably would have had just as much fun if he would have “fought” only to eventually be pinned.

  God bless both of those kids!