Press question mark to learn the rest of the keyboard shortcuts. A lot of the stuff I train is Catch and hybrid wrestling. I ain't a fan of ANY of that gay ground shit. Beginners are welcome. Pinning, pressure, passing style, sweeping style, specific holds and locks, the catch style is much different than BJJ and I think people who can adopt this create a lot of confusing looks because it is so different than traditional BJJ. I'm interested in the style, but I can't really find much information on it. Is it the techniques themselves, the principals behind them or something else? Sherdog.com is a property of Mandatory Media, LLC, monitoring_string = "5200e30beed193e5fe31f8bccc2bdcbf". If anyone could give a quick run down of the differences between styles such as catch wrestling, shoot wrestling, submission wrestling, and I'm assuming the only difference between the styles I just mentioned and folk wrestling is that the others incorporate submissions, right? If anyone could give a quick run down of the differences between styles such as catch wrestling, shoot wrestling, submission wrestling, and I'm assuming the only difference between the styles I just mentioned and folk wrestling is that the others incorporate submissions, right? Your explination is close to the way I understand it, but not exactly. They like to use levers on the body that I don't encounter much in jiu-jitsu (like the one armed toe hold to peel the foot off from back mount, heel hooking someone's butterfly gaurd) and they're cool with doing things just because they hurt. For me, having coming from a bjj background, it really highlighted some of effective techniques/subs which most instructors don't teach in bjj. Tell them about the time you beat a black belt before you knew what BJJ was. Discussion in 'Grappling Technique' started by chokingvictim, Mar 9, 2006. ). https://bjjfanatics.com/blogs/news/the-brutal-art-of-catch-wrestling

I've read the FAQ and searched around a bit, but I'm still unsure of the differences between some styles of wrestling. Paulsons seminars are excellent, the grappling and MMA he teaches suits me very well. Vandamme- Where did you come about your info on Catch? He talked about how leg locks would be the next big advancement in BJJ. Thanks, gotta love wikipedia. I basically abandoned all of the corny ass "brutality" moves or pain moves because they really dont work against good guys in competition. Plus you get some genuinely insane patter about spirits, orgonite, archangels, etc thrown in free of charge. I may be wrong though. I read that Dan Severn considers his style to be catch wrestling, but I thought catch wrestling involved submissions, … /r/bjj is for discussing BJJ training, techniques, news, competition, asking questions and getting advice. In the words of Billy Robinson, (Santa Monica, March 29, 2007): I’m trying to give you an insight of what Catch As Catch Can Wrestling really was, not what has become today, but what it was, and if somewhat we can get together and make it blossom and grow again, it would be the greatest thing in … Discussion is encouraged. Its like saying, "Oh wow, Fedor does an armbar...I guess he is BJJ not sambo!". http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catch_wrestling, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Folk_wrestling, (You must log in or sign up to reply here.

A wrestling bout is a physical … People playing to their body type. Wrestling is a combat sport involving grappling-type techniques such as clinch fighting, throws and takedowns, joint locks, pins and other grappling holds.The sport can either be genuinely competitive or sportive entertainment (see professional wrestling).Wrestling comes in different types such as folkstyle, freestyle, Greco-Roman, catch/submission, judo, sambo and others. There are several Catch Wrestling based styles like SAW, CSW, Shoot Wrestling, and Luta Livre among others. Catch Wrestling forms the base of Japan’s martial art of shoot wrestling. What i hate about catch is how they claim that Sakuraba, Mitsu Maeda and all these Japanese guys are catch-wrestlers when they in fact come from the other side of the world than where catch is from. I would say I have gotten to a pretty high level using this. One thing Catch seems to emphasize that other grappling arts don't is painful riding, I think that's pretty neat. Pretty sure they only know how to do key locks and then torque. This site uses cookies to help personalise content, tailor your experience and to keep you logged in if you register. This just in. Have you ever trained in it before?

How do you think the leg locks compare to bjj?

In reference to painful rides. Trained at a Erik Paulson CSW affiliate and been to a couple of his seminars.

I think all modern american wrestling has some history in Catch. I would say I have gotten to a pretty high level using this.

Press J to jump to the feed. I know it's a stupid newb question, but I always thought Severn was a greco roman wrestler, and after reading an interview where he claims shoot fighting or catch (can't remember which it was) as his primary style, I got confused. I've never trained formally with a catch Wrestler, but I like a lot of the content I see online. This was years ago before leg locks were as popular as they are now. In Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, people get butthurt and call that "being a dick." Wasn't Saku a catch wrestler? They tend to use the double wrist lock a lot more as well. That CSW Erik Paulson style never was considered weak. I'd be interested in learning some catch, but nowhere within 100 miles of me does it. Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu (BJJ) is a martial art that focuses on grappling and ground fighting. Pinning, pressure, passing style, sweeping style, specific holds and locks, the catch style is much different than BJJ and I think people who can adopt this create a lot …

We've had Travis Newaza out a couple times and I can feel the club grow because of it. A lot of the stuff I train is Catch and hybrid wrestling. I occasionally train with a catch guy who lives a couple hours away. I train catch and I think it's great. What passing or sweeping styles would be typical of Catch Wrestling or what about them is quite different to the BJJ equivalents? I basically abandoned all of the corny ass "brutality" moves or pain moves because they really dont work against good guys in competition. Funny enough, Saku being Japanese was known for his western style grappling, meanwhile when he fought Renzo whom was a brazillian master in Jiu Jitsu (from japan of course...). Do you have any good resources you can recommend (videos or books) to learn catch specifically? New comments cannot be posted and votes cannot be cast. Catch Wrestlers don't seem to be specifically good at leg locks, rather they just acknowledge them like any other technique.