Takedown Report

Being Matt Ghaffari

TDR Editor’s Notes ; An interesting look at a wrestling personality and how the sport has helped him in life.
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Being Matt Ghaffari – The Legendary Heavyweight Speaks
Next time you feel overwhelmed and decide your life needs some direction, just take a look at Matt Ghaffari.   Everyone remembers the wrestling. The popular heavyweight was the anchor for those USA Greco teams of the 90’s that helped re-establish the style’s place in this country. There were the uphill battles against Russian destroyer Alexander Karelin, the World medals, the Olympic silver, and numerous other titles. They are all important, each examples of how the Iranian-born American plied his trade. But people need “human”, they need flesh, blood, laughter, and tears. They need something, someone to identify with. Ghaffari was there to provide that, too.   That’s why it is never as simple as associating what happens on a mat with the plasma of those in battle. We tend to think we know someone and have a bead on who they are based on performance. There is some credence to that. Absolutely, wrestling can reveal the power of a person’s pulse. But it doesn’t show you the machines at play behind the curtain, the struggles you endured to get there and the victories won in offices and classrooms. Referees don’t usually show up at your home to award points because you make sure your family is taken care of. Medals aren’t given for the successes, be them tiny or monstrous, which are achieved on a daily basis. That’s okay, too. Ghaffari didn’t need those.   
Rest of the story at …. http://www.fivepointmove.com/greco-wrestling-interviews/being-matt-ghaffari/?mc_cid=60c5c902e7&mc_eid=2ef7cbca4b

January 28, 2017 - Posted by The TakeDown Report | Uncategorized