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Collegiate Wrestling Moves
A wrestling move is a technique that helps you directly or indirectly win a wrestling match. There are four broad categories of collegiate and scholastic wrestling moves. # Basic Skills # Take-downs # Reversals and escapes # Rides, breakdowns and pinning combinations Basic Skills A basic skill is a wrestling skill or technique that is fundamental to wrestling and/or the basis for other moves. Basic skills should be taught, learned and mastered prior to more advanced moves. The success of other moves are dependent on how well basic skills are executed. These skills should be drilled and retaught on a regular basis. The seven basic skills are: # Stance # Motion # Level change # Penetration # Back step # Back arch # Lift Take-downs A take-down is a wrestling move used to go from a neutral standing position to an up position with your opponent in a down position and thus score two take-down points. Some basic takedowns include: * Double leg *Single leg In martial arts and co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Takedown (grappling)
In martial arts and combat sports, a takedown is a technique that involves off-balancing an opponent and bringing them to the ground with the attacker landing on top. The process of quickly advancing on an opponent and attempting a takedown is known as shooting for a takedown, or simply shooting. Takedowns are usually distinguished from throws by amplitude and impact, where the purpose of a throw is to outright eliminate the opponent while purpose of a takedown is to bring the opponent down on the ground, assume a dominant position and then proceed to finish them with jointlocks, chokeholds or ground and pound. In rulesets of many sports such as Judo and Sambo, a well executed throw will end the match (with the idea being that if the match did not happen on a tatami, the one who was thrown would be unable to stand back up) while the match will continue on the ground if a takedown is used instead. Takedowns are featured in all forms of wrestling and Judo. Leg trip The leg trip is ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |