catch-as-catch-can

[seany85]

has anyone got information on a type of wrestling called Catch-as-Catch-Can, i know that it is an old type of wrestling from england, but thats all i know about it,





cheers for any help

[IPON]

I don't klnow alot about it but you can check out this link.

http://www.catchwrestle.com/index.htm

I think Catch wresling was the true professional wresting before it became acting, but don't quote me

[Szczepankiewicz]

before it became acting

What do you mean?

Are you saying WWE isn't real???

Blasphemy!!!!

[Balo]

Catch as catch can wrestling originates from Lancashire, England where it is also known as Lancashire Wrestling. In olden days competions often took place between Lancashire wrestling stars and cumbrian wrestling, although cumbrian is more like Sumo to watch.

Bouts in England were often quite brutal and were not worked. Open challenges were issued to anyone in the audience to accept. These wrestling shows toured around different areas of the UK and abroad.

Some shows were worked, (in a realistic way) only during the end of popularity of the style to ease restriction and please the crowds.

A number of Clubs in Lancashire,UK still exist in one form or another.

[sub wrestler]

'Catch' is an awsome style of grappling. If you are at all interested in it, I highly recommend checking out Tony Cecchine's material. Also, Mark Hatmaker has a couple of books out that are very 'catch' oriented....good stuff!

I will never understand the bad rap that 'catch wrestling' gets. A lot of pure BJJ guys dislike it for a myth based belief that 'catch technique' relies on brute strength and power. This argument is nonsense.

Pure BJJ is great. Pure 'catch' is great. Combine the two and you open yourself up to a whole new level of grappling.

Here's a cool 'catch' technique to try

While in your partner's closed guard, look back to see which of his feet is crossed on top. If his left leg is on top, use your right hand to hold his left hip down (place your hand where his left thigh meets his groin area)

Turn yourself a little to the left.

Reach back with your left arm so your left wrist/forearm crosses over his left ankle. Hold tightly.

Now pull with your left arm while at the same time 'hunching' your lower back outward. Remember to keep his hip firmly in place with your right hand.

This is a cool tapout. It works on about everybody (once at least). If you don't get the tap, it usually opens gets them to open their legs.

[crosstrainedwar]

I believe Tony Cecchine has said in Black Belt magazine that you have to be in shape to be able to do catch. However, I have read that he is currently not in the best of health himself, and he still does it. I do not know exactly what kind of health problem he has though. Perhaps I misunderstood what he was trying to say in his article? I apologize to Tony Cecchine if I have offended him by posting this. I really have the utmost respect for him.

[atone]

Catch wrestling is awesome, from what I've read about it at least. IF your interested I read a book about the history of catch wrestling, you can probably find it online. Don't have it in front of me atm so I can find it and add it's title later.

VERY cool style of grappling, supposedly what todays collegiete and high school wrestling is based out of from what I've read(They of course removed the submissions lol)

I am glad to see it revived through UFC and other grappling arts, always been a big fan of wrestling and grappling

[Mr. Miyagi]

I think the best examples of catch wrestling in MMA would be Kazushi Sakuraba's PRIDE matches (when he was in his prime). Karl Gotch trained the previous generation of catch wrestlers in Japan, so Sakuraba is a product of that.

I noticed he would almost always go for a takedown and top position. He was familiar with the guard and used it rarely, he preferred to be on top. If he wasn't on top he would turtle. He gave his back when he turtled (and also while standing many times), but no BJJ black belt ever seemed to be able to put hooks in and choke him out. Even now, after so many fights against world class grapplers and despite being way past his prime, he still has never been submitted in MMA (besides the early worked fight against Kimo).
It would have been awesome to see him compete in Abu Dhabi. Also, I wish he had actually cut some weight and fought at 170. He shouldn't have weighed 180-200, but he fought all those bigger and stronger guys and still won most of the time.

[atone]

And I believe that there is a fighter that actually lists his style as Catch Wrestling.. I believe Josh Barnett.

It's a great style to watch and I hope to see more submission fighting in the future. Is there any way to get tapes or DVDS of the Abu Dhabi stuff?

I ordered some BJJ DVDs from a tournament before and would like to have that stuff also

[Marksmarkou]

It would have been awesome to see him compete in Abu Dhabi.

I have always though that Sakuraba would have been great to watch in Abu Dhabi.