Submission Wrestling And Mixed Martial Arts Competitions
The term 'submission wrestling' is a bit of a catch-all phrase actually, because it refers to bits of many of the various martial arts and is not a the case martial art itself, although some may contend that it is, but that it has been incorporated into other martial arts, blurring its own unique background.
Modern legend has it that submission wrestling is derived from Catch Wrestling (or Catch As Catch Can Wrestling), which started in Northern England in the late Nineteenth Century. However, the Vikings had a huge presence in northern England 1,000 years prior to that and wrestling was one of their most practiced sports.
In fact, most countries had or have a national martial art that resembles free-style or folk wrestling: Greece, Italy, India, UK, Ireland, Iran, Japan, China and the 'more recently found countries' like Brazil. The contemporary forms of Brazilian wrestling that rely on submission are Vale Todo (No Holds Barred) and Brazilian Jiu Jitsu.
The distinguishing feature of most variations of wrestling is the lack of a Gi or Judo-style outfit, although Russian Sambo is practiced with the Gi jacket and Brazilian Jiu Jitsu and Judo, naturally, do use the full Gi.
Some variations of submission wrestling permit pins, locks and chokes, although others do not allow chokes. The term often used to describe the techniques that may be utilized is 'non-lethal force'. Most end-games in submission wrestling are undertaken on the canvas, not standing.
Submission wrestling, such as it is, is not an Olympic Game, although most of it exponents are amateur. Its governing body is FILA (F?d?ration Internationale des Luttes Associ?es or International Federation of Associated Wrestling Styles) and the American governing body is NAGA (North American Grappling Association). Freestyle and Greco-Roman wrestling are Olympic Games.
The techniques of submission wrestling on their own will not be sufficient to make you proficient at mixed martial arts, you will have to go far further. Your good opponents will be wrestlers, but they will also know how to tackle on their feet from a distance with Muay Thai and close up with boxing, so you will need something to counter those moves as well.
However, not everybody takes up submission wrestling or even mixed martial arts in order to compete, much of crowd find them more interesting ways of staying fit with the added bonus that they will help you defend yourself ought to you become attacked.
You will find it simple to find a gym that teaches wrestling in some of its styles, because it is a popular sport. It always has been, but its association with mixed martial arts has given it an additional boost. MMA is now phenomenonly well-liked even, or should I say, particularly on pay TV.
If you would rather watch compilation videos of the best fights ever, they are in the shops or you could be one of the training videos made by one of the modern masters of the art.
Modern legend has it that submission wrestling is derived from Catch Wrestling (or Catch As Catch Can Wrestling), which started in Northern England in the late Nineteenth Century. However, the Vikings had a huge presence in northern England 1,000 years prior to that and wrestling was one of their most practiced sports.
In fact, most countries had or have a national martial art that resembles free-style or folk wrestling: Greece, Italy, India, UK, Ireland, Iran, Japan, China and the 'more recently found countries' like Brazil. The contemporary forms of Brazilian wrestling that rely on submission are Vale Todo (No Holds Barred) and Brazilian Jiu Jitsu.
The distinguishing feature of most variations of wrestling is the lack of a Gi or Judo-style outfit, although Russian Sambo is practiced with the Gi jacket and Brazilian Jiu Jitsu and Judo, naturally, do use the full Gi.
Some variations of submission wrestling permit pins, locks and chokes, although others do not allow chokes. The term often used to describe the techniques that may be utilized is 'non-lethal force'. Most end-games in submission wrestling are undertaken on the canvas, not standing.
Submission wrestling, such as it is, is not an Olympic Game, although most of it exponents are amateur. Its governing body is FILA (F?d?ration Internationale des Luttes Associ?es or International Federation of Associated Wrestling Styles) and the American governing body is NAGA (North American Grappling Association). Freestyle and Greco-Roman wrestling are Olympic Games.
The techniques of submission wrestling on their own will not be sufficient to make you proficient at mixed martial arts, you will have to go far further. Your good opponents will be wrestlers, but they will also know how to tackle on their feet from a distance with Muay Thai and close up with boxing, so you will need something to counter those moves as well.
However, not everybody takes up submission wrestling or even mixed martial arts in order to compete, much of crowd find them more interesting ways of staying fit with the added bonus that they will help you defend yourself ought to you become attacked.
You will find it simple to find a gym that teaches wrestling in some of its styles, because it is a popular sport. It always has been, but its association with mixed martial arts has given it an additional boost. MMA is now phenomenonly well-liked even, or should I say, particularly on pay TV.
If you would rather watch compilation videos of the best fights ever, they are in the shops or you could be one of the training videos made by one of the modern masters of the art.
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Owen Jones, the author of this piece, writes on many topics, but is now concerned with mixed martial arts for kids. If you would like to know more, please go to our web site at Mixed Martial Arts Quotes
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