I had the pleasure of wrestling with Lia Labowe twice this weekend and sitting in on her making some custom videos as well. Lia Labowe is a tall, lean, experienced wrestler who has recently come out of a 2 year retirement. I was lucky enough to be booked with her while she’s around for her comeback. Lia was booked solid on her trip to the west coast. Seemed everyone wanted a piece of the girl as no one knows for sure how long she will stay around. My hopes are that she stays around for a long long time.
Her body is gorgeous with legs that seem to go on forever. She has silky, long brown hair that she swings around like a vixen when she’s working. Without giving away the endings of either match I had with her, I will attempt to write about my time with her.
First, I will tell you what I was expecting. I had heard legendary tales of this girl. I heard she battled something like 16 girls in one day and no one was able to tap her out. I heard she was training he BJJ for years and practiced reverently. I heard she was the sexiest girl ever to hit the mats….well…did she live up to her legendary status…YES!!! Yes she did. The woman is incredibly skilled. She has a defense for any attack. She has a mental toughness I have never seen in another wrestling EVER. She has a focus I have never seen in a female grappler.
She walked in to Robin’s Studio for our match without a stitch of makeup on. Her features are stunning; she is a naturally gorgeous woman. Her cheeks get rosey as she works out. Her limbs are long, strong, and can do no wrong and her balance is great. She bountiful hair makes for a lot of fun hair pulling , both intentional and unintentional. She walked in Robin’s studio after doing something like 20 matches in the last 14 days. She admitted she was worn out and tired.
This was to be my first match against Lia. I don’t get very nervous when I’m going up against someone for the first time. It’s something about not expecting too much of myself. It’s all new to me and I can do my best and that’s all I can do. I know I have to adjust as the match goes on and there is only so much preparation I can do before I wrestle someone for the first time. If they win, I’m okay with it as I didn’t know what to expect. It’s when I rematch someone that I start feeling the nerves. I expect more of myself. I expect to have learned from the first time. I expect to have improved since the first match up more than my opponent has. So my first match up with Lia I wasn’t nervous. I heard she was tough but I had no idea what tough meant. From out of nowhere she slung arms and legs around me as if she had more than just a pair. She was like a spider with 8 limbs wrapping around me, blocking me, trapping me, stopping me. I’ve gone up against girl who were taller than I but I’ve never gone up against anyone who used their reach advantage as well as Lia did. She made good use of her long, muscular legs and arms. I spent most of the match on the bottom because she had such good balance; I had difficulty moving her. Regardless, I am comfortable working on my back…just ask my boyfriend hahahha .
For our second match, we were shooting for W.A. W. We were slated for a competitive match but we decided last minute to do semi comp. I much rather perfer fully competitive matches when doing video work. I feel that semi should just be for fun and no winner or loser should be appointed. ” Compete” is defined by dictionary.com as:
to strive to outdo another for acknowledgment, a prize, supremacy, profit, etc.; engage in a contest; vie
So if you are going to strive to out do each other you go all out or nothing..you don’t only semi try…Semi competitive is an oxymoron to me how can you only semi…or partially try to win???
With that said. I go into “semi” mode as if I am sparring with someone at my gym. I am sure Lia felt the same way. The Match was done in a fun, respectful way. We still did our trash talking of course as we both rather enjoy it. Lia did a great job of foiling my submission attempts and I did a great job of trying to keep her off me in this match. The grappling in the semi competitive match was actually much more fun this time around as there wasn’t as much pressure as a fully competitive match. There was great skills demonstrated by both of us.We both made great submission attempt and escapes. It is definitely worth checking out. The matches were both really great fun. I have great respect for the woman and I truly hope she continues in the sport for a very long long time.
here are some pic from out semi competitive match taken by STJ. Enjoy
xoxoxo