What Is Catch Wrestling? A Brief Look
Editorials News | Jul-30-2018
Catch Wrestling is a classical hybrid grappling style game that originated over 100 years ago. In 1871, John Graham Chambers tried to promote this new form of wrestling. The idea received little support at the time. After a few years, Chambers began to induce this idea of wrestling on all-fours on the ground with competitors. Various promoters of exercise began to get this new system before the public. And this new form of wrestling soon gained momentum. It reached US during late 19th century and early 20th century. Catch wrestling became extremely popular among wrestlers as soon as it was introduced in US.
Catch wrestling has been deemed by many as one of the best forms of self-defense and one of the best submission style wrestling discipline. Catch wrestling also goes by the popular term 'catch as catch can' which basically means grabbing a hold whenever you can. The rules of the game can change from venue to venue but chokehold remains barred from most places.
Leg locks are becoming one of the most popular form of submissions in catch wrestling these days. The popularity is mainly based on their efficacy is submission only grappling. Catch wrestling has always been compared to Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu but considering the various forms of grappling styles that former consists of including leg lock, Jiu-Jitsu has been labelled as gentle art and catch wrestling as brutal art.
By: Neha Maheshwari
Content: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catch_wrestling
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