Guest Posted January 7, 2010 Report Share Posted January 7, 2010 Hi, what are the secondary skills of wrestling ? Takedowns, GnP, strenght and flexibility ??? Thanks for help. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeviAJones Posted January 7, 2010 Report Share Posted January 7, 2010 Wrestling effects takedowns, takedown defense, ground and pound, submissions, defensive grappling, and clinch work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MattyBlayze Posted January 7, 2010 Report Share Posted January 7, 2010 Speed is important... Takedown D, Def Grap and Clinchwork all relate to Wrestling as well, I think. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RodrigoMachado Posted January 7, 2010 Report Share Posted January 7, 2010 Flexibility? Isn't flexibility for high kicks? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted January 7, 2010 Report Share Posted January 7, 2010 It can be for more than one thing, man. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted January 7, 2010 Report Share Posted January 7, 2010 What about ground 'n pound ??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted January 7, 2010 Report Share Posted January 7, 2010 In most forms of wrestling there is no striking, just grappling, so I don't think it should (and I am, or at least was, a wrestler). But, it does seem like wrestlers have a natural ability for ground-n-pound, so it makes some sense. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted January 7, 2010 Report Share Posted January 7, 2010 Thought clinchwork is May Thai and submissions are BJJ ??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted January 7, 2010 Report Share Posted January 7, 2010 "It can be for more than one thing, man." Clinching isn't only in Muay Thai, it's in just about every combat sport. Submissions, while not in a lot of forms of wrestling, are in some, and even then, if you know a form of wrestling without submissions you can still use the positioning and everything else you learned to help you with submissions. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted January 7, 2010 Report Share Posted January 7, 2010 Based on what the wiki says coaches need to train those skills (link) clinchwork is Muay Thai, Wrestling and some Boxing. Submissions are BJJ and some wrestling. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RodrigoMachado Posted January 7, 2010 Report Share Posted January 7, 2010 What about ground 'n pound ??? ALL wrestlers in MMA use the grappling+takedown combined with ground and pound, it's their main weapon to finish a fight, so yes, ground and pound is part of the essence of wrestling inside MMA (not outside). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Face Kicker Posted January 7, 2010 Report Share Posted January 7, 2010 ALL wrestlers in MMA use the grappling+takedown combined with ground and pound, it's their main weapon to finish a fight, so yes, ground and pound is part of the essence of wrestling inside MMA (not outside). untrue. some just lay-n-pray (i.e. the rashad evans fight) or only use it for takedown defense. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted January 7, 2010 Report Share Posted January 7, 2010 ALL wrestlers in MMA use the grappling+takedown combined with ground and pound, it's their main weapon to finish a fight, so yes, ground and pound is part of the essence of wrestling inside MMA (not outside). That is a horribly general statement. Not every wrestler only knows wrestling, and not every wrestler might even be good at ground-n-pound. And, for the record, there are forms of wrestling that allow striking and/or submissions, I just think they've become a lot less popular in recent times. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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