When I was 5 years old my father's lover trapped me between his legs and, as much as I struggled to get free, kept me there helplessly for several minutes.
    This trauma stayed with me so that when I was in my teens I admired the professional wrestlers who were able to pick up their opponents and slam them bodily into the corner post or down onto the mat.  I wanted to emulate them -- to be powerful and have big muscles and be able to wrestle like the professionals.
    As a gay man that was not as easy to achieve as I had expected it to be but I did achieve it after several decades. I started the first wrestling club in Britain to teach gay men to wrestle and then I wrote this book Wrestling for Gay Guys to tell other gay men how to escape from their helplessness and enjoy the exhilaration of wrestling.

This book will tell you --

* the problems Donald Black came up against in trying to learn to wrestle

* why gay men are attracted to wrestling but are frightened of it at the same time

* the differences between erotic wrestling, oil wrestling, Olympic freestyle/collegiate style, Greco-Roman and submission styles

* the causes of injuries so that you can avoid them

* how to treat injuries so bruises disappear and minor injuries do not become major injuries because of no treatment or the wrong treatment

* why most gay men are unable to be aggressive and tell you how to muster your own aggression

* what can go wrong with opponents

* how to recognise gay wrestlers (called "flakes") who will disappoint you and let you down

* where to buy gay wrestling videos

* where to find gay and gay-friendly wrestling clubs around the world

* how to get by in a straight wrestling club

* where to buy gay wrestling videos

* how to deal with fear, anger, (lack of) aggression and other gay hang-ups

* how to avoid getting into a classic guilt complex which will prevent you from wrestling without you realising the cause

* how parents cause problems for gay sons

* how to start and run your own wrestling club

* how to teach guys to wrestle

* where to buy wrestling mats in the UK, USA and Australia

* what professional wrestling is really like on the inside

* how safe no-holds-barred wrestling/fighting (NHB) is, or unsafe

* how to throw killer punches for combined boxing and wrestling in mixed martial arts (MMA)

* what the police did when 2 gay wrestlers were murdered

* how to avoid the pitfalls that you won't know how to get out of if you haven't read this book