Saturday, December 27, 2014

Known Result or Surprise? Mixed Wrestling Question

Hey Readers,

This morning, I posed a little question on Twitter:

"Do you like to know who wins a competitive mixed match before you watch the video? Or do you like the result to be a surprise?"

It's only been a few hours since posting, but the response has been very nice (especially considering I only tweeted the question once).  Thanks for that, guys!

I also started a similar discussion on the MalevsFemale.org forum back in February 2014 (that thread is here).  Similar to the responses coming from Twitter so far, opinions are pretty mixed on this matter!

I absolutely respect both sides on this matter.  And I think that is why I am so fascinated with the question.  I totally understand the thrill of the surprise - heck, I've been avoiding Game of Thrones spoilers.  I also understand that for the pro-"Surprise" people, not knowing the result ahead of time can make viewing the match much more like watching a live telecast.  However, I also completely understand the "Want to Know" point of view: What if the result will be upsetting?  What if you're looking for a *specific* outcome?  When you're purchasing an item, are you comfortable going into that purchase without full information?

Both camps make perfect sense, and I could go on at length about how both are completely valid.  However, the point of this post is something other.

I err on the side of caution when it comes to video descriptions.  Indeed, when it comes to competitive mixed wrestling videos, my descriptions normally reveal the result.

However, I am curious about releasing a video that does not reveal the result in the description.  And I am curious about putting together a match that could be a "surprise" in this sense.

It's very do-able.... but who would the opponents be?

Here's a list of local ladies and gentlemen who work with me and who are willing to do competitive mixed wrestling.  Select a few and make me a proposal! (they are also listed in the left hand column of the DoomMaidens website).

Women
VeVe Lane     - 5'4" and 120 lbs
Amazon Annie     - 6' and 200 lbs
Crazy Azy     - 5'2" and 130 lbs
Rachel DD    - 5'4" and 120 lbs
Sircee       - 5'8" and 180 lbs

   


(Unfortunately, Keri is still rehabilitating her shoulder and can't do mixed competitive. Indra *may* or may not be up for fully competitive mixed.  I don't think Trish does fully competitive. ShaSha would be defeated by anyone in a competitive match)

Men
Hanz      - 6'1" and 180 lbs
Diablo     - 5'6" and 165 lbs
Adrian    - 5'9" and 200 lbs
Thrash     - 5'6" and 140 lbs
Kevin     - 5'7" and 180 lbs
Frankie    - 5'4" and 145 lbs



Pick a pairing, leave a note here or e-mail me, and I'll contact the wrestlers and try to put it together!  Local wrestlers are easy to bring together.  If you want more info on the wrestlers, just let me know.

If you want to see special rules, also let me know.

And the match will be released without results being revealed.

Like the idea?  Leave a comment below or drop me a line: orders@doommaidens.com

Friday, October 31, 2014

Happy Halloween 2014. Thematic Pictures!

Happy Halloween!  Have a creepy evening, everyone!  Some thematically appropriate screen captures for extra festive spookiness. Thanks to Amazon Annie, Crazy Azy, VeVe Lane, and Candy Pain!













Thursday, October 16, 2014

Pro-Style Madness with Crazy Azy and Amazon Annie

So, we gave Crazy Azy and Amazon Annie a pro-style "audition" together yesterday.  The result was quite madness, I must say!

Actually, the result was "Pirate Azy Pro-Style Attack!"  A video in which Azy totally dominates Annie with her pro-style holds.  The video is pretty over-the-top, zany, and wild, but it is a chance for Azy to show us the pro holds she knows.  She works Annie over with camel clutches, Boston Crabs, single crabs, the Stretch Muffler, surf board, triangle chokes, and more (but no Ceiling Holds, sorry!).

The action and vocalizations are a little "rough," since this is their very first pro-style attempt.  In fact, Azy had NO prior pro-style experience at all.  But the visuals look great, and the holds make for some sweet pictures.  I think Azy has got a lot of potential as a heel character!  And Annie's not too shabby as a jobber, either.  Pretty flexible for an amazon!

I concocted the storyline, and then I told the ladies to just go and run with it... and we'll see what they do with it.

So anyway, have a look for yourselves and let us know what you think!  The video is about 13 minutes long, and we've uploaded it to Amazon Annie's youtube channel.  Remember, this is a "first attempt" and an audition, so please be kind :)


Friday, September 12, 2014

Summer's End: Mixed, Jade, Rachel, Sircee, VeVe

Well, it's only been a relatively short time since our return from the August FetCon road trip, but there's been a surprisingly huge amount of work going on!  I mean, really, I can't believe the amount of filming that's taken place in this past few weeks.  Basically, one thing leads to another, and once that ball gets rolling, it just picks up speed...

Here's a little run-down:

The Great Outdoors

In late August, VeVe, Hanz, and I took the camera outside again for more outdoor filming adventures.  We hit a wooded area to film both a special custom video and an "experimental" (for us) mixed wrestling themed scenario video which came to be called "Wilderness Mugging Gone Wrong!"

In the "Mugging" video, Hanz played the role of a mugger who stalked hiker VeVe on the trail, only to find himself in tremendous trouble once he finally attacked her.  I was really pleased with the aesthetics on this one - the various shades of green and sunlight through the trees just looked so appealing.  Plus VeVe wore a red shirt, which really made her stand out amongst the surrounding greenery.  Here's the cover image from that video, so you can see the colors in effect:



I'd love to be able to do more outdoor themed filming, and I'm definitely sure that VeVe and Hanz would like to as well.  In fact, I think that VeVe and Hanz are the most available for outdoor filming.

Actually, now that I think of it, this video was inspired by a stage combat workshop that VeVe and I had attended in late August.  I wish I could have gotten Hanz there as well, but it was just too short of notice.  In any case, I got to refresh my stage weapons handling knowledge, and VeVe got to give it a first try.  We mostly ended up getting into "unarmed" classes, which is ironic considering that's what we actually have the most work-experience doing.  Oh well!  But we got to do some classes in knife, small sword, and broad sword, too.

I once held SAFD recognized stage combat proficiencies in Rapier & Dagger and Quarterstaff, but that was many moons ago, and that workshop was my first stage weapons refresher in about a decade.

Anyway, VeVe and Hanz are both very excited to try weapons-type battles - sword duels, high fantasy settings - so we'll have to let them give that a try.  ... at some point... before the idea gets buried by this incoming mountain of To-Do!

But moving on, because, holy cow, there's actually been a LOT between then and now...

Filming with Jade Indica and Rachel DD

Also in August, we moved quickly into 2 other shoots, one featuring Jade Indica, and the other featuring Rachel DD.

VeVe and Jade filmed several videos together, including a slinky-yet-angry "showgirls" catball fight, featuring black pantyhose and lacy bras.  They also filmed a new little superheroine "cosplay" battle, which VeVe had been pushing for for some time.  VeVe was a big instigator on this video, which featured both ladies treading upon the mats with their high heel boots - VeVe in stilettos, in fact!

VeVe's cosplay pro-style battle with Jade also gave us our first chance at having a wrestler gagged while she's fighting and getting put in holds (VeVe tape gagged) and a chance to try some post-production special effects.  Both of these factors related to VeVe's character's super powers, which involved a powerfully disorienting banshee scream.

Needless to say, VeVe was super excited to try this one!


And only a few days later, we filmed with Rachel DD, which involved her revisiting her SuperGirl Rachel role, as well as even more catball fighting - this time with Rachel as a wealthy housewife and VeVe as a sexy burglar - and then some competitive bondage wrestling.

Since Rachel had to miss out on the big 6-Way Bikini Bondage Wrestling tourney from July, she instead got to face off against VeVe alone!  The end result was a wonderfully tight and tidy hogtie for Rachel, complete with cleave gag!

More Men and Mixed Action

Then as September started rolling around, we got into a big mixed wrestling kick.

Initially, a few fans had requested a male vs male bondage wrestling match take place, and we were certainly willing to give that a try.  Following their successful 2-on-1 take down of VeVe in July, Howl and Sato agreed to meet up later to bondage wrestle against each other.  And so, we looked forward to this match-up.

But Howl had plans to go out of town at the end of August, so our timeline for the Howl vs Sato match suddenly became quite tight.  And, as it turned out, we weren't able to get Howl and Sato together in time, but returning wrestler Twiggy stepped in for the match.  And so, our first men's bondage wrestling match ended up being Howl vs Twiggy.

Once that long, grueling match finished, we gave Howl a much-needed break as we moved on to a competitive mixed bondage wrestling match of Twiggy vs VeVe.  So, Twiggy got to experience wrestling both a total novice and a bondage wrestling expert that day!

Once Howl had recovered, and following VeVe's roping of Twiggy, VeVe and Howl broke into a costume bag and got themselves decked out for a much anticipated pro-style match.  And as we were getting attire together for Howl, we discovered that, remarkably, he fit into VeVe's shiny red thong leotard.  VeVe put on her black thong leotard, and then, after they both added boots and tights, we had a splendid Thong Leotard Battle on our hands!


And just as I was getting all of that footage processed and released, I suddenly found that I was scheduled to shoot 3 more mixed wrestling videos within the first few days of September.

We had a much-anticipated competitive match between Sircee and Adrian, which had some Twitter-sphere built-up as the opponents tweeted menacingly at each other for months beforehand.

Two days later, we had an audition shoot for two new gentlemen, each of whom faced off against VeVe in different competitive wrestling styles, one after the other.  New wrestler Kevin fought VeVe in a regular wrestling bout, and newcomer Frankie took on VeVe in bondage wrestling.

Both Kevin and Frankie did a great job in their videos, and we have gladly added them to our roster of available talent.


Whew, and now, writing all of this is also reminding me that I'v still quite a lot of work to do for upcoming releases.  I've got quite a few unreleased videos that have been calling to me:

- A "special conditions" bondage match of VeVe vs Sircee, where VeVe fights with her ankles bound from the start.  And where she is attempting to get a specific fun-suggested tie on Sircee.
- The awesome bondage wrestling match of VeVe vs Frankie
- The 6-lady "Slave Revolt" video featuring VeVe and Indra as mistresses who get overpowered by their 4 escaped female captives

Ok, more to come, as always, and more being planned as we speak!

Sunday, July 27, 2014

The Conflict of Modern Underground Female Wrestling

Hey there, Gentle Readers.

Now, mind you, I normally avoid topics of controversy (uh oh...), but recent Twitterings have gotten my attention and have moved me to speak out.

I recently read a piece discussing how Brazilian jiujitsu ("BJJ") is threatening to dominate the underground female wrestling video industry.  The claim implied that technical styles of grappling are not as interesting or, one can infer, not as sexy as instinctive, untrained squeezing and pressing.

Sure, I can definitely see that.  Raw passions, innocent risk-taking, and wild fury may very well have greater appeal for an underground audience than sportsman-like chess playing.  It was implied that it is better to see untrained ladies performing hard, strenuous wrestling than experienced grapplers on the mats together.  Indeed, one can see the appeal, surely.  However, we need to consider a few things before we can move on.

Firstly, from a production stand-point, unbridled, untrained, "anything goes" is like playing Russian roulette when it comes to competitive underground wrestling.  How long will it be before one wrestler turns the wrong way while in an incidental lock, before another gets her neck cranked in a headlock, before too much random leg tangling leads to the loss of a knee ligament... All is well and good, until injury happens.  And when bad injuries occur in the underground, some really bad feelings can result.

But training and experience can greatly reduce the number of accidental, ignorance-based injuries.  For one, wrestlers will be less likely to attempt potentially self-damaging movements (I keep thinking of forcefully spinning the wrong way out of a heel hook - which can potentially happen incidentally).  Furthermore, the wrestler will be more likely to immediately realize when she or her opponent are in a potentially damaging situation or position, and she will be able to adjust for safety.

But I risk digression here.  I just deleted a bunch of technical digression, actually.  Back to the topic at hand.

The Conflict of Style

I have seen these comments time and time again.  To paraphrase: No one fights "Old School" anymore!  The women are using grappling styles that are too efficient!  Scissors and smothers are being defeated by new-fangled grapple-y techniques in "open" underground competition.

Some people long for the good old days, before submission grappling schools became ubiquitous and when underground wrestlers relied on trial-and-error in the moment.  What's a quick and easy way to cause pain?  Scissoring with your legs.  What's a quick and easy way to cause discomfort?  Smothering the opponent's face.  Untrained wrestlers can find these techniques quickly and easily, and against other untrained wrestlers these attacks can be quite effective.  They are universally accessible.

Indeed, when I first tried underground wrestling many years ago, I submitted someone by front body scissors, just on instinct.

But these easily accessible techniques are also easily countered.  As people are inclined to do, wrestlers sought ways to overcome these obstacles.

In the 1990s, on the "mainstream" stage, we saw the emergence of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC).  In the early UFC, we saw representatives from different martial arts come together to fight in "mixed martial arts" competition.  The early events were dominated by the representative for Brazilian jiujitsu, Royce Gracie.  As a result, BJJ grew tremendously in popularity, often championed as a way for a smaller/weaker opponent to overcome an untrained larger/stronger opponent.

Over time, BJJ schools grew in number, branching out across the nation and the world, and providing opportunities for adults to learn an efficient grappling martial art.

And please note where I say "adult."  By this, I mean "non-school-age person" or, more specifically, "someone who is no longer playing sports on a school team."  Indeed, someone on a school wrestling team has great access to wrestling training, but someone who is not on the team or who has already graduated has a very hard time accessing regular, formalized wrestling training... but BJJ and no-gi submission grappling are actually quite accessible for adult people.  They are our most accessible form of wrestling and grappling education at this time.

Female wrestler Helen von Mott was one of the first, if not the first, underground female wrestler to bring her BJJ education to the underground scene.  In fact, she even earned her BJJ black belt while still operating in our industry.  Helen became legendary as an underground wrestler, known to be extremely skilled and confident, and she also demonstrated just how effective BJJ style training can be in the mixed / female wrestling environment.  She even visited us here in NYC to show our local ladies some essential techniques and encourage all to take up BJJ training (easy to do with schools so accessible).

And so, Brazilian jiujitsu had entered the waters.  Its effectiveness in mixed wrestling and against untrained opponents became obvious to see: by using leverage, off-balancing techniques, and a new arsenal of submission attacks, trained women started snatching victories from untrained (and sometimes larger) opponents.

Indeed, this style of training even provides the weaponry needed to escape from and defeat incidentally-applied scissorholds and smothers.  How great!  Who could ask for anything more!

Since BJJ style training is so accessible nowadays, many ladies have added basic techniques to their repertory.  However, a downside does come of all this.  Perhaps several downsides.

One is the guard position.  I personally don't have issues with the guard position, provided it is an active, aggressive guard that is just a stepping stone to a sweep or submission.  However, less experienced grapplers can lack the skill and confidence needed to progress from the bottom of guard and/or conservative opponents may make no attempts to pass the guard if there are no penalties for stalling.  The result of those cases is a match with very little movement, few changes of position, and one big neutral position.

The next problem is the "calm" mentality that results from BJJ training.  Generally speaking, the more experience one has in this style, the more likely that she will approach the match in a thoughtful, technical, chess-game state of mind.  "Anger faces" become more rare, impulsive and passionate random movements become more rare, and the match can become more of an athletic discussion and/or surgical dismantling, rather than a clash-and-bash festival.

Next problem: the game is now top-heavy!  While many ladies have accessible to jiujitsu and submission grappling training, many others still do not.  So, in a world where prior training is becoming the norm, untrained newcomers and veterans alike are finding it harder and harder to win.  In a world where everyone was playing by instinct, size and strength - or random anomaly - were often the determining factors.  But now, with no formal skill level divisions in the industry, the game has changed to be potentially less inclusive.

What is this Brave New World like?

It's sporty.  At least this is how it appears to me.  It's competitive, certainly.  It does start to run noticeably parallel with the mainstream.  And not everyone is pleased about that.

Two points I want to touch on here:
1. Sexiness
2. Competition

As to Sexiness...  one of my follow community members notes that jointlocks and technical athletics just don't have the same "sex appeal" as squeezing scissorholds and pressing smothers.  I have two thoughts here, and my initial thought is this: Imprinting.

If, back in your "formative years," your first encounter with underground wrestling, be it mixed or female, was filled with images of ladies fighting competitively with scissorholds and smothers, then I would dare say you may have become inclined to seeing fighting with scissors and smothers.  These moves were the bread and butter, and who can have wrestling that sexy-looking without them?  That's how it's done!  That's how it first appeared to you.  And, if you liked what you saw, then that's how it should always be.  Changes to the game, and the decline in use of these moves, for better or worse, are just... for worse.

But what if, theoretically, you never cared for scissors and smothers, but the first time you saw a triangle hold, or a mounted triangle, or even an armbar, what if then you had a little light go on saying "how sexy!"  Furthermore, what if you weren't even around during the Old Days and instead your first encounter with underground wrestling featured small girls defeating larger girls by using slippery skill and mounted triangles... and what if you liked that very much... ?

Now, I grant you, squeezing and pressing is generally "sexier" and more sensual than putting pressure on a knee or elbow from off to the side.  Probably a greater number of people find this to be the case.  Body-to-body pressure in a slow, smothering manner, with sweat and (insert your favorite attire choice), the grueling strength battle, bulging muscles, gritting teeth, wild hair (like, think 80s hair), pressing, squeezing. But anyway, just consider this.

So Why Change?

Competition... Most people like to win.  But the competitive lady wrestlers really like to win.  And none want to lose.  Especially when being video recorded.

In a given match, the wrestler will do whatever she can within the rules (ahem) to secure her victory.  Or, at least, to prevent herself from losing.

We've established that BJJ and formal submission grappling training can teach a wrestler how to grapple more efficiently: conserve energy, escape from holds, launch time-tested techniques.  And we've discussed how underground ladies are incorporating this style in order to stay ahead of the game - or how previously-trained ladies can quickly rise to the top.  But what has happened to the scissors and smothers?

Since they are easily escaped and countered by trained grapplers, scissors and smothers may be falling behind in top-level underground wrestling competition.

Well, says I, that's easy to fix!  Why not just change the rules to make it "Scissors and Smothers Only" or "No closed guard" or "No joint attacks"?

But!

You. Can't. Change. The. Rules.

What?!  Rubbish, of course you can change the rules.  You can make whatever rules you want.  Furthermore, have we even established what The Rules are?

You. Can't. Change. The. Rules.

Yeah, but - what rules?  What are these unspoken rules?  We know there are rules, because, for one, you aren't allowed to kill or maim you opponent.  So, there, that's one rule I have divined.  We kind of think there are no small joint manipulations allowed (bending fingers or toes), but no one ever really mentions it.  We know there's no striking.  We kind of think that all submissions are allowed, by default, but we also do not allow submissions by hair pulling (or do we??).  So, what are the rules?  Do we really know?  And if we don't have them written down, why can't we legitimately offer variations?  And, by the way, who exactly is "we".....?

So, things change but they don't change?

The Rules =  female submission wrestling.    ...?

Isn't it perplexing?  What if we had an underground circuit for scissors and smothers wrestling?  Would it have a following?  I suppose, if you build it.... maybe it's worth a shot.  But one of my esteemed colleagues says that "special rules" are just a "side show" to the Main Event.  Indeed, there is some phenomenon out there in the wide world that says "Scissors and Smothers Only" is not the "pure" default.

I asked Keri for her opinion on the matter.

On Twitter, I asked her how she would feel about winning a match using a scissorhold.  Also on Twitter, she replied:

"i wouldn't be proud of a match won w/ scissors..no technical skill needed."

In response, I asked:

"But, Keri, how would you feel is only scissor submissions were allowed?"

And she replied:

"same way. I'd do it and it would be fun, but I would not count it as any part of win/loss record."

How intriguing!  And thank you, Keri, for adding this very valuable point of view!

Win/loss record matters to the lady wrestlers.  But what counts toward the win/loss record?  It seems like only matches that follow The Rules.

Sadly, under The Rules, draws are allowed to happen.  I think this is a key problem to complaints about the New Way.

Since a draw is not a loss, modern wrestlers may be inclined to fight for the draw.  This means less risk-taking, more conservative styles, fewer attempts are scissors and smothers against high-level opponents.  Low-percentage but potentially interesting/entertaining moves go out the window (such as risky guard pass attempts, school girl pins, or attempting headscissors from the bottom of guard).  And, instead, a match may come down to a takedown followed by guard position for the entire rest of the time.

Attempting to pass someone's guard is risky.  You can get swept and then stuck on the bottom after being so happily on top.  So, if there are no penalties for not attempting a pass, why risk it?  If you are pinning your opponent and The Rules do not specify Pins, then why bother with a submission attempt that could lead to the opponent's escape?  As it is, there is no downside to a draw.  And this can lead to "slower" modern matches, which are not slow because of sensual body pressing.

So, What Are We to Do?

If the underground wrestling world is uncomfortable with the modern developments of the game, then what can be done about it?

1. Change the rules.
    I know, I know, this leads to a lot of belly-aching.  But if you want to see the trained grappler girls fighting on instinct and impulse, you need to put them in an environment that is new to them.  It's just like periodization in weight training: once you've adapted to a stimulus, you need to vary that stimulus in order to get new, dynamic results.

2. Do not allow draws.
    This one is tough to implement, since draws have been allowed by default.  Indeed, some women may refuse to compete if they knew a winner had to be determined somehow.

    I disallowed draws in our competitive matches perhaps a year or two ago.  I've tried several tie-breaking techniques, such Sudden Death overtime, arm wrestling, positional point scoring, and judge's decision.  Of all of these, I think the most satisfying is Sudden Death overtime, but that can make the match unreasonably lengthy...
   ............. but just think about it - if you came into a match knowing that it would never end unless someone won, wouldn't that light a fire under you?

    I think the least satisfying is arm wrestling.  That's a totally different game.

    The jury is out on Judge's Decision.  I am actually a submission grappling referee, so I am used to deciding matches by decision in the mainstream world.  We select a winner based on "skillful aggression" - whoever tried for the most things, whoever took the most skillful risks and pressed the advantage.  However, I don't get the impression that the underground scene as a whole is prepared to accept Judge's Decision.  But I'm not sure - maybe the ladies would accept it...

3. Standardize Pins-and-Submissions as the default
    This may be considered "changing the rules," but a number of people, particularly in mainland Europe, tend to lean toward Pins-and-Submissions as a potential default.

But really, at the end of the day, it all comes down to what the ladies and the rest of the community will accept as The Rules.

If I say "no draws" for my company, then people will just think it is just a unique quirk of ours.  However, if I can somehow, for example, mobilize my wrestlers and colleagues to accept the "no draws" policy, then we might be on to something.  However, if the promise of a not-loss (aka draw) is very lucrative, then it might be difficult to get rid of draws.

Whew, so there you have it!  These are my words on the topic for this lovely, humid summer afternoon here in New York City.  I'm motivated to try putting together some new female competitive matches with new faces (however, fantasy FF, mixed, and bondage wrestling are far more popular, I find... but that's a topic for another day).

Maybe MAYBE I can conduct some video interviews on the matter with the ladies.  That would be just swell!  But in the meantime, I leave you to muse on the matter.  And, as always, my ears and inbox are always open, and I'd love to hear your comments on the subject.  (I'm really quite friendly, under the right circumstance ;-D  )

Thanks for reading, and catch you all later!

Tuesday, July 22, 2014

Beach Wrestling Today: Report!

So, we finally got to get in our first official beach wrestling adventure this summer!

As I mentioned in my last entry, our beach wrestling attempt last week was foiled by an off-putting weather forecast, and so the beach visit only resulted in scouting and solo filming.  But today, we had no weather fears to worry about!

So, early this morning, VeVe, Hanz, and I ventured out to the Rockaway beach for some wrestling action in the sand, sun, and surf.  Sadly, Amazon Annie and Azy couldn't join us, but hopefully we can get them involved on the next go-around.

VeVe had last attempted a little beach wrestling last August, but I don't think Hanz had ever wrestled on sand and surf before.  I don't know if he knew what to expect, but he got a pretty good taste of it this morning.  Actually, I think both VeVe and Hanz got a good literal taste of the ocean with this morning's bout!

I bought the competitors down to the water's edge, and we set up a fight area just inside the surf line, so that the water would wash in and out during the match.  So, as the tide rolled, the competitors would be alternatingly surrounded by wet sand and several inches of water.  And, of course, the sand and rolling waters proved a to be quite key aspect in this entire endeavor...

VeVe and Hanz started off with a pure submission wrestling bout, a regular competitive bout with all submissions being legal.  I kind of hoped they'd do a little more with takedowns, since I know what "difficulties" surf wrestling can provide to participants - takedown, stand up, takedown, stand up is a more forgiving method of handling this environment - but these two were just bound to discover the beach's joys all on their own.

So off they went!  And as soon as they hit the ground and started to work, they both discovered how immobilizing the wet sand can be: you get pressed into it and get stuck, it scratches you when you try to scoot around on the ground, it makes you fend off the environment just as much as you're fending off your opponent.  And then there's the challenge of the rolling waters!  Opponent on top of you and pressing you into the sand?  So you're stuck in the mud and.... here comes a wave!  Get rolled over and "face plant" right into the water.  Gasp for breath just as the tide rolls back in, and here's some tasty salt water.  It's a huge challenge to beach wrestle on the ground!


But despite the environmental challenges, VeVe and Hanz fought on!  In fact, they fought for about 11 long minutes before the first submission was eventually gained.

After a little interview to give their first impressions and comments, the competitors steeled themselves for the next round, which had quite the potential to be an even greater challenge: pins only!



So, they no longer had to worry about sticking their necks into choke holds, but now they faced the possibility of being pinned down into the rushing waters...

And, oh yes, this round was the hardest.  Especially for little VeVe.

With her ability to slide and slip around her opponent's body greatly reduced by the sand-burn traction, VeVe found Hanz's size advantage to be quite the foil.  But despite being stuck, sunken into sand, and water logged, VeVe fought on with amazing perseverance.  

And, by the way, any standard belly-down pin defense would often result in water in the face... and, of course, don't forget the opponent on top of you.


But despite fatigue, sand burn, and salt in the eyes they fought on! 


The Pins Only round lasted about 10 minutes, with only one full 3-count pin being achieved, despite all of the many attempts and body-pressing effort.  Both competitors emerged drenched, roughed-up, and covered in wet sand.  Surely, this is not an activity for the faint of heart!

Furthermore, VeVe has a low tolerance for cold, and even though she was moving about, the water was slowly freezing her into shivers.  But what a trooper!

Anyway.  VeVe and Hanz gave another brief commentary for the camera afterwards, letting us know their thoughts and opinions for this round.  We'd intended to also do a third round of takedowns only, but by this time the beach was starting to populate, and park rangers were starting to buzz about.

So that was beach wrestling for today!  Make no mistake, it is an adventure, this style of wrestling in the surf.  It can be rough, and cold, and scratchy, and certainly salty-wet.  It can be grueling, and fatiguing, and even claustrophobic.  It's a great struggle, it's very tough, and it most certainly is both a physical and mental challenge!  

I just put the full video of this together, and I'm actually taking a break right now from capturing screen stills.  I've got so much I'd like to say in the video's official description, since this video offers so much.  Competitive mixed wrestling, splendid outdoor environment, physical stress, mental anguish, an exercise in sheer will power.  Whew, ok, just thinking out loud here.  So, let me fire off this post and get back to work on the images!

Updated!

And now at 11 pm this same evening, the video has been released! 






Thursday, July 17, 2014

Busy Summer and Beach Filming to Come

Greetings once again, dear readers, from the very lovely middle of summertime here in New York City!  Not only has it been hot and humid here, but it's also been incredibly busy in the world of wrestling media production (and et cetera!).

Believe it or not, but I am still working on releasing the various diverse videos we filmed from our late May West Coast trip.  I've actually been updating the previous blog entry that had the list of videos with each new release.  I just updated it right now, just before opening this new entry.  But anyway, only a few more to go before those have all been released!

And as these West Coast videos have been going out, and as I've been working on their marketing materials and image collections, I've also been shooting, processing, and releasing various other videos these past two months while here at home.

Recent works there include a bondage wrestling video with Indra and Hanz, a new Superheroine Combat Match with VeVe and Keri, a fishnets agent duel with VeVe and Sircee, an "Angry Widows" catball with VeVe and Keri, mixed wrestling domination plus lift and carry with VeVe and Howl, as well as belly punching, a mixed pro-style videos, spandex POV videos, zentai wrestling, and - just yesterday - some beach antics.

Some little pictures from some of those...





But anyway, oh yes, speaking of beach antics...

We had such a fun time with our trial run of beach wrestling last year - when we first met Crazy Azy - that we decided to have a more "official" beach wrestling shoot this year.  Amazon Annie is definitely on board for anything involving the local beach, and VeVe is too, of course.  Crazy Azy will likely join us again, too.  This time, we will also be joined by Hanz and even possibly Howl.

So, we were looking to do this beach wrestling yesterday morning, but we were foiled by a weather forecast that, according to VeVe, called for "100% chance of rain."  So, on Tuesday evening, we decided to postpone that.  However, of course, once the next day came around, the weather was indeed a bit overcast, but there certainly were no horrific downpours.  And so, after a day of training and the gym, I headed over to the beach in the early evening to meet with VeVe, Amazon Annie, and Hanz to do some scouting and minor filming.

Hanz and Annie were in definite "scouting" mode, but VeVe was all set to film and well-prepared to get into the roiling waters.  So, we filmed a little bit of zentai in the water, as well as a little footage of VeVe in her new "skin diver girl" attire.



We took some video of VeVe gearing up in her skin diver attire, which is for a small clip for VeVe's Petite Powerhouse studio.  But I also made a small trailer to show this gear and the awesome background setting of the beach as well:


But anyway, beach wrestling has been RE-scheduled for next Tuesday, so more outdoor filming to come!

And don't even get me started on the plans we have for more multi-way bondage wrestling matches slated for this month.  We'll be filming with returning visitors Savannah Fox and Rachel DD (Goddess Rachelle), as well as new visitor Jade Indica and later returning guests Keri.  Possibly others as well - I need to consult the schedule!

More on that later, though, since my blogging time is very short right now.

We will also be travelling down to FetishCon again this year, which could potentially lead to even more multi-person bondage wrestling filming.  Of course, life being what it is, we've been just too busy up here to sit down and coordinate shoots for FetCon, so I think we may end up just playing that by ear.  But that tends to be fun too, and I'm quite all right with seat-of-the-pants flying every now and again.

Ok, words, words, words.  Sorry for the lack of pictures in this entry, but I am trying to compose it super fast!

So, Savannah Fox & Co filming next week.  Hanz also plans to film with Savannah for his studio, and I expect that may be mixed competitive.

But anyway, sorry to cut this short, but I've got to jet.  If you're a Twitter fan, do follow us there, since I am able to do MUCH more micro-blogging there than macro blogging here, and that usually means the tweeting of a lot of pictures.  So, follow here for lots of good, relevent stuff and updates:  http://twitter.com/doommaidens

'Til next time!

Tuesday, June 10, 2014

17 Videos from West Coast Tour 2014

Finally a free moment to sit down and attempt this blog entry!  And I do mean "moment," because I have to go film soon with Mahea and Hanz...

So, this West Coast tour!  It was a big one, to be sure.  It included shoots in Las Vegas, San Diego, Hollywood, and the San Francisco area.  My longest travel filming trip yet.  I put my camera memory cards and USB flash drives to good use, that's for sure.  Let me tell you a bit about it.

And, by the way, I talked a bit about the seven bondage-related videos we filmed on tour in my Bondage Wrestling Blog.  Here, now, I will talk about all of the videos, since they were all wrestling-related!  In the interest of space-saving, I will do this in a slightly list-like fashion, since we collected 17 videos in total for future release!

And I'll add links to the video pages, as the videos are released.

1. Pantyhose Agent Duel: Agent VeVe vs Agent Scarlett
    Agents of the Lethal Leotards Syndicate are known to bump heads from time to time, which often results in vicious physical altercations of a very leggy and pantyhosed variety.  However, agent duels don't always arise from disagreements or disputed territory.  Sometimes agents will travel from cell to cell, across the world, specifically seeking out other agents in order to test their fighting skills and enjoy the thrill of nylon-clad battle.

  In this agent duel, Agent VeVe pays a visit to Agent Scarlett's region in order to see what Scarlett has to offer.  Scarlett visits VeVe at her hotel room, which has been specially prepared for their "play date," she tosses off her overcoat to reveal her battle garments of bra and pantyhose, and the ladies get down to business.  Both in bra and pantyhose, attacking with their legs, legs entwining, each agent striving to prove her dominance.



2. Bondage Wrestling: VeVe vs Scarlett Devine  (Released!)
    Fully competitive bondage wrestling.  A very tough match! Innovative tie variation.  This video has been released!   



3. Bondage Ambush! VeVe and Scarlett
    A fun storyline video in response to our recent release "Bound to Worship," which featured VeVe and Keri.  In a nutshell, Scarlett springs a surprise sneak attack on VeVe, ties her up, torments her, and claims vengeance for "a certainly lady from New Jersey."



4. VeVe vs Cheyenne Jewel: Rematch 2014. Competitive Female Wrestling (Released!)
     VeVe and Cheyenne square off in a competitive match for pins and submissions.  These ladies had a match 3 years priorly, and now they hit the mats again, each with more training experience and the added element of 5-count pins.  This video has been released!



5.  Gladiatrix Match!  VeVe and Sinn Sage (Released!)
    A tribute to "The Seven Magnificent Gladiators."  VeVe and Sinn have their fingers interlocked and their wrists bound together as they battle in 1960's / 70's / 80's gladiator style.  It's quite intriguing the moves that can be done while the participants are bound together in this way! This video has been released.



6. Sinn Sage: Bondage Wrestling Avenger! (Released!)
    A mixed bondage wrestling domination video.  Sinn Sage sets out to get revenge on me after having heard about the ladies I've been tying up lately... and probably also after hearing about all of my recent pro-style wins.  A great display of dominance by Sinn as she handles the ropes and lays down the law.  This video has been released!



7. French Maid Catball Fight!  VeVe and Sinn Sage
   Two maids is too many!  When these french maids get into a spat over the best way to fluff the pillows, an insane catball erupts.  The ladies roll all over the big king-size bed as they claw at each other, pull hair, and entangle their pantyhose-clad legs in this furious struggle.



8. Bondage Wrestling: VeVe vs Savannah Fox (Released!)
    Upon arriving in Hollywood, VeVe took on Savannah Fox in a fully competitive bondage wrestling match.  Also a very tough battle!  Savannah's got a forceful spinning, twisting style. This video has been released.



9. Savannah Fox's Pantyhose Mixed Wrestling (Released!)
    Savannah hit the mats with me in a gentle bout of smooth, fluid, continuous pantyhose wrestling.  She was the only one in nylons, mind you; I was in shorts.  I got to experience the crushing power of her legs on my head and body.  Savannah's got quite a squeeze.  This video has been released.



10. VeVe vs Savannah Fox: Competitive Female Wrestling
    VeVe and Savannah suited up in Daisy Dukes and bikini tops for a competitive match.  Initially the idea was to follow the hips and booty for this bout, but the ladies got so physically competitive that I ended up framing the filming as any regular competitive match.  Unexpected competitive bout that developed organically!



11. Mistress Kara's Tickle Torture Wrestling (Released!)
    Mistress Kara puts her seductive physical brutality to good use as she punishes Danny-boy for insolently trying to tickle her while they wrestle.  Kara turns the tables, out-wrestles Danny, locks him up, and torturously tickles him for her sadistic amusement.  This video has been released!



12. Kara and VeVe's Bondage Escapade (Released!)
     More storyline fun, but yet to be officially named.  VeVe is a cop who attempts to infiltrate and bust Kara's ring of jewel thieves.  This results in a variety of bondage situations, turning of tables, and various out-wittings for both of them.  Updated: This video has been released and has been titled "Where Are the Jewels?! A Bondage Escapade."



13. Lethal Leotards Duo with Agent Kara and Agent VeVe (Released!)
     A team-up between agents Kara and VeVe - oh no!  Two of the most verbally mesmerizing and physically callous agents working in tandem equals a tough time for the captured victim Jason.  Pantyhose, seduction, cruelty from both East and West coasts... This video has been released!



14. VeVe vs Ariel X: Rematch 2014. Competitive Female Wrestling (Released!)
    In Oakland, California, VeVe took on Ariel X in a submission wrestling rematch, 3 years after their first bout.  Sweaty and high tension.  This video has been released!



15. Andrea Rosu's Leotard and Pantyhose Domination
    Andrea seduces Conrad and brings him back to her place, where she proceeds to dominate him in leotard and tights.

16. Andrea and VeVe Double-Team Conrad (Released!)
    Andrea and VeVe join forces to double-team Conrad.  Both ladies dressed in lingerie and thigh-high stockings.  This video has been released.



17. Stockings Bondage Wrestling: VeVe and Andrea
    The ladies stay in their lingerie and thigh-highs, facing off in a sensual / light-style bondage wrestling video. 



Well, whew, that was exhausting!

So, this was a long entry, but I blame the pictures for that.  But, indeed, this did take quite a long time to compose.  Plenty more work to do to get images pulled out of all of these videos, but the vast majority of videos are all ready processed and ready to go.  Need more hours in the day.

And speaking of hours and the day, I'd better get moving to get to today's shoot with Mahea and Hanz!