A Session With Tanya Kicks By TomNine An account of an August 1999 encounter I was very uncertain about having a session at all in August. I had a few extra bucks after paying my bills but none of the visiting ladies really were on the top of my must-wrestle list. I finally decided to meet with Tanya Kicks from Ottawa. I'm glad I had the chance to meet her, I'd say the session was satisfactory but not great. The session also included a brief match with Demi, a member of "Team Tanya". Briefly about myself, I am 5'10.5" and weighed 137.5 lbs on the day of the session, 41, and not particularly athletic. This is my 18th private mixed wrestling session. The Set-Up I knew from wb270's list that Tanya was visiting Baltimore so I checked out her site: http://members.xoom.com/TanyaKicks There was also an interview with Tanya on the Mixed Wrestling USA site: http://members.aol.com/wreslwomen/ DJ, the MWUSA guy, also met Tanya during that same Baltimore visit and has his own account on the site. No pics last I looked but maybe some coming. I found just about everything in the web about Tanya appealing, especially the open, fun attitude exhibited. The pics of her also looked terrific. She has a page on the Competitive Enterprises site about how she got into the world of catfighting and wrestling, particularly interesting. Tanya was traveling with another wrestler named Demi and there are some good pics of her on Tanya's site too. I've never heard anything about Demi before and I'm usually very wary about the pretty smaller (5'6" 120 lbs) women as I assume they won't be able to give me a good match. Demi was also said to just be starting mixed wrestling and wanted light stuff for now, another warning for me. Tanya is certainly a big girl, listed as 5'9" and 160 lbs on her site. I posted a query about her on my message board to see if anybody had comments about her and there was zero response. Hmmm, she was still fairly new to the scene and hadn't traveled much yet but I was surprised to not hear from anybody. She has a testimonials page on her site, all glowing comments of course but it's hard to take that seriously. We swapped a few e-mails and met on a chat room before she came to Baltimore but I still wasn't decided until she was actually in town. Her price scale was below the dreaded "going rate" and she had the good sense to stay at a suites hotel so I figured it was worth a shot. I gave her cell phone a call the evening of 18 August, her first day in town. It turns out she was just getting settled and still had some openings for the next day. I asked for something in the afternoon and she rattled off the even-hour appointments she had available. We agreed on a 4:00pm meeting. She asked if I wanted a session with both her and Demi, but I told Tanya I just wanted to wrestle with her. She also asked how I wanted her dressed and I said a bikini is great. She offered topless but I didn't persue that. She asked very few other questions and my attempts to identify myself didn't seem to click for her as the guy who had sent e-mails, has a message board, etc. The Encounter She was staying at the BWI Doubletree Guest Suites, a place I had never been to before though it's about a 20 minute drive from my apartment. I had a few errands to run on the way, including a visit to the ATM, so I gave myself an hour to take care of everything and find the place. The hotel is new, and the road it's on isn't even listed in my Baltimore area atlas. Of course it also lists Camden Yards as "the future home of the Orioles" so I guess it's time for a new atlas. I used zip2.com to get good terminal directions and an upclose map. I got to the hotel about 15 minutes early and just waited in the lobby for a while. I called her room a few minutes before the hour and Tanya told me the last customer was just getting dressed and I should wait until Demi came to escort me up. Tanya described how Demi was dressed, a tee-shirt and baggy boxer shorts, and I sat near the elevators waiting for her. She came down sooner than I expected, a slender woman with a pretty smile, and ushered my up to the room at just about four o'clock on the dot. I saw Tanya as soon as we entered, in her bikini and ready to go. My first thought was that she had put on a few pounds since the pics on her site were taken. Don't get me wrong, she still looks great and I'm not averse to a little body fat. But a few alarms went off, making me question whether she oversold herself in any other way. (She would later tell me she had had to take it easy for a few weeks due to a back problem, couldn't train but kept eating like she was. Her weight was probably around 175, not too much at all for her height and frame.) The suite's outer room was mostly cleared of furniture and a bed spread was duct-taped to the carpet, a sheet of plastic duct-taped on top of the spread. While it isn't an ideal wrestling area it was probably the best hotel room set up I've ever seen, very clever and comfortable to wrestle on. I caught a glimpse of the three o'clock customer in the back room and I was invited to use the bathroom to change. I had my wrestling shorts and tee shirt on under my outer clothes and didn't really need any privacy but using the bathroom at least gave the other guy a chance to get away without too much awkwardness. When I came out Tanya was alone in the outer room. My last few sessions were with smaller women so it was nice to be with a big girl again. Tanya isn't a defined bodybuilder, at least not on this visit, but she's a powerfully built woman. Pretty face, beautiful fair skin, terrific open attitude, I found her very sexy and attractive. We talked just a few minutes before getting to it. She asked me to name some of the other women I've wrestled but she wasn't very familiar with the ones I could think of. I gave very few instructions about the type of session I want, just said I liked a variety of holds, kinda hard but playful, and I also wanted to arm wrestle. She had no problem with that and soon we were ready to rumble. I put the envelope containing her fee on a table and it was still where I left it when the session was over. I would later learn that one of her Baltimore customers shortchanged her so that may not be the norm in the future. The Match Tanya was aggressive and eager to make the first moves while wrestling. The first thing she did was pull me into a headlock then she struggled to put me down. I soon learned that her strength was comparable to mine and she was capable of good speed and technique. In short bursts she was capable of giving me the level of wrestling I really enjoy, very competitive but not so powerful that I didn't have a chance. She seemed happy to hold me in body scissors for long periods. She couldn't work them hard enough to make me submit or even feel much discomfort, but it was like a nice strong hug. A few times she worked the body scissors with a headlock or breast smother, effective, unescapable, and even more pleasant. She had a powerful bear hug too, and when I bear hugged her in return it felt terrific to squeeze her thick, powerful body. Once she slipped very swiftly into an arm bar, making me give pretty fast. That was the only "technical" move I saw her exhibit. Most of her moves were the classic session deals, schoolboy pins and the like. Her long legs were effective at grapevines, but I'm careful about my knees so I tried to avoid them once I saw them coming. She would sometimes respond by placing her legs between mine forcing them apart, and I was surprised at how uncomfortable the stretch could be. As I said, the intensity of her wrestling came in short bursts. Most sessions have relaxed periods and I look forward to talking to the ladies during these lulls. In this session these pauses seemed more pronounced, perhaps because I knew the five o'clock guy would be showing up any minute and the clock was ticking. Tanya didn't seem winded at all, perhaps she was pacing herself for a busy evening. Tanya is a great talker and it was pleasant enough to let the wrestling holds slide back to a cuddle as she told me about her husband and kids, the wrestling scene, answering whatever questions I had. I felt very comfortable with her throughout the session, both physically and emotionally. The armwrestling went pretty well, though I won both tries. My right arm is my strong one and Tanya's weak one, it took maybe 10 seconds to win. The left side was much closer, lasting at least 20 seconds and I had to fight hard to get her down that last inch. She didn't want to lose and she seemed to enjoy the match. With about 15 minutes left on the hour she suggested that I give Demi a try. By that time the intervals between the bursts of solid wrestling were getting longer so I figured what the heck. She called Demi, she emerged from the back room wearing a very brief black sporty outfit, I can't describe it well but for the first time I noticed how incredibly hard her body looked. Demi and I got to our knees and she came at me very aggressively, arms waving in an unschooled approach. We collided and I wrapped her up in a bearhug. She let out a little "oomph, he's strong" but I could now feel how solid she was and how powerful her wiry limbs were. I kinda let her get me on my back to see what she would do, a nice try at a schoolboy pin and grapevine followed but she really couldn't hold me down against my will. As I got back to my knees to come at her again she got her legs around me scissoring, my head and right arm from in front of me. As I struggled to get myself untangled she got both of her arms around my head and pulled, putting a steady forward pressure on my neck. I couldn't pry her loose at all, her grip was incredible. I got up on my hands and knees, lifting her in hopes that I could shake her off but she only tightened the grip, saying "Whee, I'm on a ride... I feel like an elephant's trunk." She was working hard to maintain the hold but I was getting worn out fast and finally tapped out. We armwrestled once, right arms, the first time she ever did this she said. Strong little thing but not strong enough, I put her down in about 5 seconds. Tanya couched her a little in technique and she was clearly frustrated in losing. We talked for the remaining few minutes of the hour, pleasant to just hang out with these two very different women. I considered inviting them out to dinner but my "any free time while in town?" question get a reply that they hoped to be very busy through their stay and they were fully booked all that evening. As I entered the bathroom to change the phone rang, the five o'clock guy was right on time. I said goodbye to Tanya with one last big hug. Demi passed me in the hall with a knowing wink as she led the next client to the suite. In summary, I had marginally high expectations for Tanya and there were no surprises positive or negative. I had zero expectations for Demi and our brief tussle really impressed me. When I got home I made a post on Tanya's message board highly recommending a joint session with both girls. The dynamics would be very interesting and those lulls would be reduced, certainly worth whatever extra it would cost. I strongly dislike the policy of booking sessions on the top of each hour. My only real complaint about the session. This business does not take well to the assembly line approach. Besides limiting the time actually wrestling it leaves no chance for the women to prepare themselves for the next session. All other business aspects of the session were handled very professionally. Tanya is not the most overpowering wrestler I've met but is clearly in the "very good for a woman" category. Excellent personality, which counts for a lot. A visit with Tanya at home in Ottawa may be the best deal. She says she has a good wrestling area there, should be capable of greater intensity for a longer period, and she also charges a very reasonable rate when not on the road. Other members of "Team Tanya" may also be available as well as special guest wrestlers visiting the Canadian capital. If you have any comments or questions feel free to e-mail me TomNine@webtv.net or post on my message board on Diana the Valkyrie's site http://freya.thevalkyrie.com/clubhouse/msgboard/allboard.htm .