Lord of the Rings with Vic Balmeceda, Episode 1

Daniel Ward, founder of Ward Wrestling Live, joins us on the podcast to talk about his new adventures in the sport. 

Ward is well known for his interviewing and photography in the wrestling community and he has continued to develop his skillset into video and portraits. 

We talk wrestling and getting the perfect picture while diving into how he's expanding what he offers. 

In the intro, Brant and Dan talk about why it took so long to publish this podcast, the start of girls wrestling, the status of The Florida High School Wrestling Season Preview, and then Dan goes on one of his trademarked rants. 

We welcome Dan's wrestling coach Paul Bass to the podcast this episode. 

Over his career, 37 seasons as a coach, 32 as head coach, all at Westhampton Beach High School, Bass amassed 324 wins, making him the sixth winningest coach in Suffolk County (NY). 

During his time coaching, he produced 246 All-League wrestlers, eight county champions, 13 state qualifiers, and six wrestlers were All-State. 

Bass was named the Coach of the Year title seven times in his career, and in 2015 he was inducted into the National Wrestling Hall of Fame. 

Coach Bass talks about what he gained from coaching the sport for almost four decades, what it still means to him today and how he and wrestlers both changed over the years.

Plus, he gives us the inside scoop on how good of a wrestler Dan was in high school.

In the intro we discuss the new classifications that came out earlier this month and go on a mini rant about how the state duals should be seeded.

All of this and more on this week's episode. 

Mike and Lance Schyck join the podcast this week to talk about a variety of subjects. 

We discuss Lance winning two state titles and what their father-son coaching relationship was like. 

We also talk about Lance’s theatrical side. He starred in Lemon Bay’s production of “Into the Woods” not long after wrestling season began and he’s hoping to develop his acting skills at Central Michigan and eventually star in movies. 

All of this and more on this week’s episode.

And for Kabra+ members, we have bonus coverage of Mike and Lance discussing wrestling on a torn ACL and whether it was easier to wrestle while it was torn, or after having it surgically repaired. 

Kabra+ members can check out bonus coverage at KabraWrestling.com.

We talk with former Jupiter coach and current tournament maestro Doug Rasmusson. 

A great storyteller, "Raz" talks about starting off coaching in Palm Beach County and how he changed along with the county. He discusses the importance of mentorship in the coaching ranks and how his approach to running tournaments benefits all who attend. 

Brant and Dan also take some time in the 24-minute intro to discuss Bill Russell and Vin Scully and how the delay in classifications coming out is affecting coaches in Florida. 

Wrestling official and friend of the show Mike Cipriano joins us on the podcast to talk about the new rules coming to high school wrestling for the 2022-23 season. We also discuss his approach to officiating and of course we talk about stalling.

Mike brings a conversational description of the rules that should help anybody understand what's changed for the upcoming season and it never hurts to brush up on stalling information. 

You can also hear Dan suck up to officials. It's a show that you won't want to miss and it's so good, we have more talk for Kabra+ members on the website. 

Kabra+ members can check out bonus coverage at KabraWrestling.com.

South Dade's Vic Balmeceda joins the podcast for the first episode and the legendary coach dives into many topics.

We discuss the come-from-behind state IBT championship in 2022 and how his team was prepared for that scenario.

The podcast also centers on the high standards and traditions that have developed at South Dade and how each team tries to live up to those levels. 

Balmeceda talks about his relationship with his Hall-of-Fame assistant coach Humberto Reyna and what makes the two of them work so well together.

Other topics include designing plans for each individual wrestler, the rise of girls wrestling and a few secrets that go into South Dade's preparations. 

Link to the Orlando Sentinel article discuss in podcast.

Kabra+ members can check out bonus coverage at KabraWrestling.com.

Bonus coverage includes more talk about "Duck" Reyna, the historic streak breaking victory at Brandon and he's asked his favorite drills to use in practice. 

The Stalling podcast from Kabra Wrestling is now live. 

On this episode, get to know hosts Brant Parsons and Dan Tria a little more before we begin the podcast journey. 

Brant is the founder and executive editor of Kabra Wrestling. After being involved in the sport through sixth grade in Northeast Ohio, he became reacquainted in 2004 when he started covering high school wrestling for the Orlando Sentinel. He has covered Florida high school wrestling since then and started his own website in the summer of 2021. 

Dan was introduced to wrestling in high school and competed in New York. He returned to the sport through his teaching career in Florida, taking on assistant coaching jobs before taking over at Suncoast High School in Riviera Beach.