No one said you'd be a coach after certification. You can't be a coach
without a competition to send your guys to, IMO.
The SW Certified Catch Wrestler designation is something different:
PROOF. This cert signals the end of the days when people would
perpetrate that they are the "king of catch" or whatever
while never having wrestled under Catch rules before authentic Catch
Wrestlers.
In order to maintain certification there will be exacting live wrestling
requirements (three 12 minute matches in front of the board). There
will be minimum proficiencies in multiple areas tested as well. I venture
to say many will not be able to fulfill the live wrestling requirement but
they will have the chance to re-test until they do.
Now regarding competition, if you were going to take your personal
funds and start a tourney like I am going to, you damn sure want to
make sure people actually show up to wrestle under tourney rules.
The first few ISWA tournaments are a great example, they were a ghost
towns from what I understand. Imagine for a minute it is your money
or worse, you going into debt to bring back catch rules competition,
how would YOU go about insuring participation? If you have a better
plan, I'd sincerely love to hear it.
This purpose of this designation is to cut through the exaggerations
and misinformation and to promote PROVEN live and active CACC
wrestling. To give people the confidence to build their own clubs and
to connect them to the historical tapestry (sorry can't think of a less
dramatic word) of catch wrestling.
If you had any idea of how many people email me, sick of the BS and
want to learn CACC and have their wrestling scrutinized by men that
practiced CACC, then maybe you'd warm up to the idea.
Anyway, I understand your skepticism, and welcome it. Just don't be
hasty in your judgement if you don't fully understand what it involved
with the audit process. Wait to call "bullshido" until after the first batch
of SW Certified Catch Wrestlers earn the designation...
Or we can go back to the days of internet tough guys, LOL.
;^)
Anyway, enough hijacking of mow's thread. There will be more info on
it in coming weeks, stay tuned.
