International Martial Arts
Submission Wrestling And Mixed Martial Arts by Owen Jones
The phrase ‘submission wrestling’ is a bit of a blanket term actually, because it refers to components of many of the various martial arts and is not a true martial art itself, although some might contend that it is, but that it has been incorporated into other martial arts, blurring its own unique background.
Contemporary myth has it that submission wrestling is derived from Catch Wrestling (or Catch As Catch Can Wrestling), which began in Northern England in the late Nineteenth Century. However, the Vikings had a huge presence in northern England 1,000 years before 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 discovered countries’ like Brazil. The modern variations of Brazilian wrestling that depend on submission are Vale Todo (No Holds Barred) and Brazilian Jiu Jitsu.
The distinguishing feature of most forms 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 forms of submission wrestling permit pins, locks and chokes, while others do not allow chokes. The term often used to describe the holds 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 proponents 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 regulating 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 skillful at mixed martial arts, you will have to go a lot further. Your decent opponents will be grapplers, but they will also know how to fight on their feet from a distance with Muay Thai and close up with boxing, so you will require something to deal with those moves as well.
However, not everybody takes up submission wrestling or even mixed martial arts in order to contend, many people find them more interesting ways of staying fit with the added bonus that they will help you protect yourself ought you to get attacked.
You will find it easy to locate a gym that instructs wrestling in some of its styles, because it is a much-liked sport. It always has been, but its association with mixed martial arts has given it an extra uplift. MMA is now incredibly well-liked even, or ought I to say, particularly on pay TV.
If you would prefer to watch anthology videos of the best fights ever, they are in the shops or you could buy one of the training videos manufactured by one of the contemporary masters of the art.
About the Author
Owen Jones, the writer of this piece, writes on a variety of subjects, but is now concerned with Mixed Martial Arts For Kids. If you would like to know more, please go to our website at Mixed Martial Arts Quotes
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