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Bokator could not look more different from Chinese kung fu, and vet they have some Interesting commonalities - technically, culturally and historically. Bokator includes a Cambodian kickboxlng component knoiun as [...]

THE WWE PERFORMANCE CENTER IS TURNING OUT TOMORROW'S SUPERSTARS. WE SENT AN M&F EDITOR TO SEE IF HE COULD HANDLE THE TRAINING--OR AT LEAST SURVIVE THE SMACKDOWN. THERE'S hardly a [...]

THE END. IT'S WHAT EVERYTHING that came before it has been leading to all along. It's the payoff, the reward for watching. It's that single, unforgettable instant that freezes time […]

It helps to be a bit of a monkey out on the wrestling mat. That is, to be able to use all four limbs to tie up the opponent. The [...]

MOST YOUNG wrestlers will at some time or another work on the head (collar) tie-up, as shown in Photo 1. It is apparently just a natural thing to do or [...]

To demonstrate, he ducked under my punch and pinched the nerve beneath my lat, then twisted his body and grabbed my leg. He lifted me up and threw me on [...]

We proudly present wrestling's top risk-takers, the Sweet Bumping 16 WHEN AN ASPIRING wrestler walks through the doors of a training school, his first days are spent doing something that [...]

Putting the H's Into Takedown Defense ARE YOUR WRESTLERS members of the 5-H Club? No, not 4-H for head, hands, heart, and health, but 5-H for head, hands, hips, hip-heist, [...]

OUR BASIC TAKEDOWN attack at Keystone Oaks H.S. enables us to attack either of our opponent's legs with a high crotch move involving a single penetration step -- either inside [...]

Cliff Compton, as he is known professionally, stands 6 feet 1[fraction one-half] inches, weighs 215 pounds and owns his own gym--on the whole, not the sort of guy I'd choose [...]

* WHAT: Mas wrestling is a one-on-one, tug-of-war competition using a stick. * ORIGIN: It's the national sport of Yakutia (the Sakha Republic), which is in northeastern Siberia, in Russia. [...]

Sometimes the best way to 'stand up for yourself' is to sit down. The Sit Series, a series of scoring options from the sit position, can be an effective offense. [...]

Once you decide to make the half-nelson your pin offense, you will have to make sure to develop the wrestler's confidence in using it at all three levels. In my [...]

One of the more common dilemmas faced by the top wrestler is that while it's safer to stay behind the bottom man, it's necessary to come out to the side [...]

Wrestlers neglect their half-nelson hold, though it is one of the earliest and most efficient techniques. The straight-arm half-nelson is highly successful as it provides the attacker with a longer lever to turn the opponent and decreases all possibilities of escape. There are three moves pertaining to entry, exposure and timing. Further variation depends on the attacker's assessment of the intensity necessary against the opponent., EVERY WRESTLER HAS SOME form of half-nelson in his repertoire. Since the hold makes it easy to turn the opponent onto his back and then work into a pin, the [...]

The 'fireman's lift' technique in wrestling can be effectively used when facing an opponent of equal strength, provided the technique is executed smoothly and suddenly, to put the opponent off balance. The technique ends with a head lock which adequately pins the defender before he can take evasive action. The speed and surprise brought into the execution after maneuvering into a position to make the lift which precedes the head lock are the most important elements of this technique.

One of the secrets of pro wrestling is that when a guy gets bodyslammed, he partially jumps into his opponent's arms to help the slam along. But you can lay [...]