My Great Endeavors : Wrestling

Introduction

What is it? It has long history and it has 3 main types. Different tribes came up with their own forms of wrestling. How effective is it 4 self defense? What about it in the MMA? Professional wrestling is so entertaining!!!!

Definition

It is a sport and martial art. In a contest the opponent is forced to touch the ground or pinned down. It involves a lot of grappling and strength. To become a strong wrestler you must work out often. To defeat a opponent you must be more technical and/or stronger than them.

Types

Catch-Hold: They start off in a certain grapple. You may see this in Greco-Roman wrestling.

Belt and Jacket: Wrestlers wear clothing, which is used by the opponent to grab them. Sumo and Judo are good examples of this kind of wrestling.

Loose: A wrestler can use any grip he wants. It seems like the the opposite of catch-hold and they are less likely to grab each other clothes. Professional wrestling is a good example of this.

History

It's the oldest sport and martial art on Earth. In southern Europe there are 15,000 year old cave paintings of wrestling! There was jack and belt wrestling in Egypt and Iraq 5,000 years ago. There was loose wrestling in India 3,500 years ago. Chinese and Japanese people been doing it ova 2,000 years. Modern day belt and jacket wrestling is similar to way the ancient Egyptian did it. The Greek men wrestled 2,700 years ago and they put wrestling images on coins and vases. Turkish wrestling became popular after the Ottoman empire was established.

Tribal Wrestling

Ancient Egyptian: People was wrestling there ova 4,500 years ago!!! They craved it in the wall during the 5th dynasty and the Middle Kingdom. There was cravings of Egyptian wrestlers defeating Nubian wrestlers. This was propaganda inspired by Egyptian conquest of Nubia.

Pankration: It was created millennia ago. It was a sport @ the Olympic games in ancient Greece. It was like an ancient form of MMA. It consisted of wrestling, boxing, kicking, joint-locks, and chokes. They even did arm bars!!!!! It maybe the mother of Greco-Roman Wrestling.

Nuba: This form of wrestling been around 4 millennia. It was created by tribes that lived around the Nuba Mountains in South Sudan. There are different sport clubs. These different clubs have different styles of wrestling. A person in the ring will point out the person they want to fight. Then they will do a dance to challenge them. The winner of each round is picked up and paraded. @ the end of the match money is put on the winner's head.

Lancashire: This form of wrestling is English. Submissions and groundwork is used in this sport. It was very violent, so rules were created so people wouldn't get hurt. It is the ancestor of professional wrestling.

Naban: It is traditional wrestling in Myanmar. It's popular among 2 Himalayan tribes. Striking pressure points is a important part of this martial art. It is so popular it was mixed with other martial arts.

Bok Cham Bab: This form of wrestling is in Cambodia. It has been around for 1,234 years!!!! There was women that wrestled in the past. B4 the match starts, wrestlers dance to music. To win you have to put your opponent on their back.

Luta Livre: It is a Brazilian wrestling form. It rivaled Brazilian Jui-Jujitsu (BJJ); because it was taught to poor people, while BJJ was taught to rich people. Striking is a part of this martial art. BJJ is much more popular then Luta Livre.

Coreeda: It is a form of wrestling in Australia. It is based on Aboriginal forms of wrestling. Aborigines learned to wrestle by watching kangaroos. It has been around 4 ova 10,000 years.

Canarian: It was created by the Guanches on the Canary Islands. A opponent is defeated by making any part of their body touch the ground. They have various techniques 4 grasping, blocking, and deflecting. Some techniques were forgotten after the Spanish conquest.

Gidigbo: It is a form of wrestling created by the Yoruba tribe. It is also a form of magick and it's related to Ifa. A master of this martial art can absorb earth energy and use it to incapacitate attackers. They will also have access to various animal and ancestral spirits. In a public ritual, the wrestlers stand in a circle and dance. Someone yells Gidigbo, then they wrestle.

Huka-huka: This form of wresting is created by the Kamayura tribe. They live in the Brazilian Amazon. There are women wrestlers in this sport. Most of the wrestling is done on their knees.

Gatta gusthi: This is one of several forms of wrestling in India. It has 100 techniques; the goal is to pin your opponent. There aren't any weight classes. It is similar to mud wrestling in northern India.

Buno: This is a type of Filipino wrestling. This martial art was created by the Aeta people. Sometimes weapons are used when performing this sport. Some of the training includes wrestling buffaloes and climbing trees.

Sumo: This form of wrestling is popular in Japan. It is ova 1300 years old!!! The wrestlers try to push each other out of the ring. It has Shinto and Buddhist traditions in it. Sumo wrestlers eat 2 meals a day. They usually eat a lot of chankonabe. They eat so much of it, they're obese!

Judo: It's another form of Japanese wrestling. It involves a lot of throws. You want to get your opponent off balance by evading them. You can also use their momentum against them. It is popular in Japan and the Olympics.

Schwingen: This is a form of Swiss wrestling that started 217 years ago. It seems like this sport started out as herders vs farmers. Opponents grab the back of each other pants and try to throw each other down. There are 3 referees @ the tournaments. They give points 4 every throw.

Glima: These forms of wrestling are common in northern European countries. They are forms of jacket and belt wrestling and loose wrestling. Some techniques are taught 4 self defense. Other techniques are taught for contests.

Self Defense

It will helps you control your attacker movements. It good @ dealing with the unpredictably of a fight. You become more mentally equipped in violent situations. You'll learn how to harness your aggression, so you could be a dominant force during physical combat. Wrestling moves are eazy to perform because they use gross motor skills. It will help you in a clinch. There is great conditioning in wrestling, so you won't get tried in prolonged fight. By adding wrestling to your self defense it will be harder 4 attackers to get you on the ground.

There are some holes in wrestling, so you should learn another martial art as well. It can't help you if you get attacked by multiple people or weapons. It also lacks submission defense. Your body will be unprepared to hit a hard surface because mats are softer than concrete.

Use in MMA

Wrestling is a big deal in Mixed Martial Arts. It's the most important skill in the sport. The greatest MMA fighter of all time Jon "Bones" Jones is a wrestler. A good wrestler can control the fight. They can keep their opponent on the defensive, so they'll win.

Professional Wrestling

2 of these wrestling companies created shows that were popular in the United States. The WWE still is poplar and it use to to known as the WWF. The pain is real, but the matches are fake. They are scripted, like a movie.

WWE: My eldest brother introduced it to me. I watched this show from 3-15 years old. Hulk Hogan was my favorite wrestler @ first. Later on Stone Cold Steve Austin was my favorite wrestler. It has been around for 69 years. The story-lines and actors are great on this show. But the show has become to sexual; they need to stop that because kids are watching.

WCW: I watched this in the late 1990's. I enjoyed this show as well. Some of the wrestlers on this show were from WWF. Hulk Hogan was popular on this show, but he was bad guy. He was a good guy on WWF. It existed for 12 years and it rivaled WWF in popularity. WWF bought WCW in 2001. The wrestlers from WCW would battle WWF wrestlers after the purchased.

ECW: It lasted for 9 years b4 it was acquired by WWF. Then it came back on the Syfy channel in 2006 and lasted 4 years. In total it was on for 13 years. Some of the wrestlers on this show came from WWF and vis a versa. A lot of channels around the country wouldn't show ECW. Because it were so extreme. They had barb wire matches and wrestlers would bled often. It had a big impact on WWF. Table, Ladder, Chair matches on WWF was inspired by ECW. Jumping off the ropes a lot was also inspired by them.

From the ashes of ECW the CZW rose as the phoenix. CZW makes ECW look like kindergarten. It's not as popular as the other 3.

Conclusion

Wrestling is a fighting style that focus on gross motor skills. There is 3 types and many ethnic forms. It's good 4 self defense, but it has drawbacks. Professional Wrestling is very entertaining. WWE is the most popular wrestling show in the U.S.