Wrestling

[Skinsfan]

I know I am going to get some WWE replies out of this but that is not what I am looking for.

Is anyone a former or current high school or college wrestler, coach or wrestling coach.

I have been coaching wrestling for 12 years now and am the commissioner of a wrestling league.

http://www.smjwl.org

Just curious if there are any others out there.

[PadronMe]

Originally Posted by Skinsfan

I have been coaching wrestling for 12 years now and am the commissioner of a wrestling league.

Ha. All this time and I never realized that you were Vince McMahon. j/k


I prefer Olympic wrestling to that WWE freak show. Although I have enjoyed a match or two of WWE.

[Skinsfan]

Originally Posted by PadronMe

Ha. All this time and I never realized that you were Vince McMahon. j/k


I prefer Olympic wrestling to that WWE freak show. Although I have enjoyed a match or two of WWE.

I knew that was coming.

Olymic = freestyle and greco
High school and College = folkstyle

They are both similar and it is good to learn all 3 styles

[PadronMe]

What is folkstyle?

[smokinpoke]

I am a Judo player myself never got a chance to wrestle in high school. I live in the wrestling capital of America. Stillwater OK and get to go watch OSU wrestle a few times a year.

[Skinsfan]

Originally Posted by PadronMe

What is folkstyle?

Folkstyle is what high school and college uses.

This webpage might explain it better

http://www.midrivers.com/~aau/folkstylevsfreestyle.htm

[Skinsfan]

Originally Posted by smokinpoke

I am a Judo player myself never got a chance to wrestle in high school. I live in the wrestling capital of America. Stillwater OK and get to go watch OSU wrestle a few times a year.

You would like Sombo wrestling then. A mix of wrestling and judo

[smokinpoke]

Originally Posted by Skinsfan

You would like Sombo wrestling then. A mix of wrestling and judo

are you talking about Sambo the Russian MA.

[Skinsfan]

Originally Posted by smokinpoke

are you talking about Sambo the Russian MA.

History of SOMBO Wrestling


Sombo (also spelled Sambo, Somba or Cambo) is an acronym for the Russian phrase "self-defense without weapons" (Som-oborona Bes Orusyia). As its name implies, it is a self-defense oriented style of jacket wrestling which incorporates techniques from both JUDO and freestyle/Greco-Roman wrestling. It originated in the Soviet Union (Russia) officially in 1939 as a form of hand-to-hand combat for soldiers, but its roots go back to ancient times. There are similar forms of jacket wrestling in the Canary Islands off the coast of Spain and also in the Cumberland-Westmoreland region of England. Currently, the former Soviet Block countries, Spain, France and the English field strong international SOMBO teams.

[smokinpoke]

Originally Posted by Skinsfan

History of SOMBO Wrestling


Sombo (also spelled Sambo, Somba or Cambo) is an acronym for the Russian phrase "self-defense without weapons" (Som-oborona Bes Orusyia). As its name implies, it is a self-defense oriented style of jacket wrestling which incorporates techniques from both JUDO and freestyle/Greco-Roman wrestling. It originated in the Soviet Union (Russia) officially in 1939 as a form of hand-to-hand combat for soldiers, but its roots go back to ancient times. There are similar forms of jacket wrestling in the Canary Islands off the coast of Spain and also in the Cumberland-Westmoreland region of England. Currently, the former Soviet Block countries, Spain, France and the English field strong international SOMBO teams.

It's a really good sport. I haven't trained in about a year (coached graduated and moved) and the nearest dojo is about an hour and fifteen minutes away. but we were incorporating some Sambo into our workouts and the stuff is really affective. I like the fact that they get to use shoes on the mat you don't know how many times I have twisted the ankles because you cannot wear wrestling shoes on the judo mats.

[Skinsfan]

Originally Posted by smokinpoke

It's a really good sport. I haven't trained in about a year (coached graduated and moved) and the nearest dojo is about an hour and fifteen minutes away. but we were incorporating some Sambo into our workouts and the stuff is really affective. I like the fact that they get to use shoes on the mat you don't know how many times I have twisted the ankles because you cannot wear wrestling shoes on the judo mats.

I like the submission holds

[smokinpoke]

Originally Posted by Skinsfan

I like the submission holds

yeah they got some mean leg/ankle locks

wanna check out some cool judo stuff

http://judoinfo.com/

[KASR]

I did high school wrestling and freestyle - blew my knee as a junior...setback, rehab, then got back into it....blew the other knee.
Loved to roll so I learned a little judo and then learned juijitsu before the big mma explosion. I've met Pat Burris, Frank Sham, Randy Couture, and Dan Hendo when they did training videos down here. Met Jens and Pat Miletich too. Frank was by far the more interesting one.
Met Mike Swain...watching that guy roll was INSANE.

KASR

[Skinsfan]

Originally Posted by KASR

I did high school wrestling and freestyle - blew my knee as a junior...setback, rehab, then got back into it....blew the other knee.
Loved to roll so I learned a little judo and then learned juijitsu before the big mma explosion. I've met Pat Burris, Frank Sham, Randy Couture, and Dan Hendo when they did training videos down here. Met Jens and Pat Miletich too. Frank was by far the more interesting one.
Met Mike Swain...watching that guy roll was INSANE.

KASR

Have you ever run into Cary Kolat? He was in the MMA thing for a while. He runs his own wrestling school here in Maryland now.

www.carykolat.com

[KASR]

Originally Posted by Skinsfan

Have you ever run into Cary Kolat? He was in the MMA thing for a while. He runs his own wrestling school here in Maryland now.

www.carykolat.com

I sure haven't..but that name sounds familiar.

KASR