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Here's what training areas look like when you are really grappling. Notice the mats, the padding against the wall, the spread out area, and the lack of junk on the sides.
i'm well aware of this as any mma gym has or should have more than enough open space but in some cases they make do with what they can . you can hardly expect most schools to be as spacious as the gym shots you posted, hell two of those pics already show a cramped practiced space with beams in the way.
further most demoes online are hardly done professionaly well to begin with .
i just go through reading a judo article as well in Black belt where one of the older players mentioned how they couldnt afford mats to practice on so they trained on the bare floor. As a result their judo was mostly focuesed on groud work and not throws.
i always liked rolling outside... there is this kick ass soft astroturf type soccer field near me that is sweet for practice... and its free... :D
ive rolled on bare hardwood a bit, it hurts tho, you get pressure sores and stuff like that... i guess if you did it more youd toughen up tho... but a like good mats... i have a day job i need to stay somewhat intact for:p
most of the schools i've rolled at didn't have a bunch of "clutter" laying around. They were plain simple and matted to hell.
honestly i seen more people fall into "clutter" from stand up sparring than rolling.
Oh I get it, knife is a snobby elitist high school wrestling favourer. :p
Of course you should practice in a safe environment and of course people who practice martial arts must give them some testing through sparring or through competition.
I don't think you have a realistic eye towards it though. You seem to expect that every person out there interested in martial arts must adhere to your one narrow way of doing things.
I disagree. They methods of training are myriad. Even in only one area, there's a lot of ways to train.
There is a reason pretty much every single training area that does hard sparring has mats, padded walls and no junk lying around on the sides... it's by necessity. If you don't do that, both the people training, as well as the walls, mirrors and stuff on the sides will be broken. It doesn't take long before everyone figures out the environment has to be set up this way.
Training in this manner is much the only way to develop decent skills, especially in grappling. It would be nice if you didn't have to do this, but there is no other way.
Even when I was training grappling out of a gutted out old jiffylube with busted out windows and **** we at least did what we could to keep the floors clear and pad up along the wall as best we could. They didn't always stay, but we worked with what we had.
Wow, defensive...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ClcH9Gp0DA
Dunno if people have seen this, but I thought some people here might get a kick out of it.
Outstanding! That should count as an instant win.
This is better.
http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=hSyvOrKa8sE
How did we live without YouTube? I love wrestling!
http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=g6cQ5fnNREI
In person, I've seen flying squirrels, halos, stuff like that, but never this particular route.
While I'm here....
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VLwYTR4nAWs
The last one is my fav!
Sweet, some new terms to learn. I looked up flying squirrel… http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oW8Mf3IL4zA
But, I couldn't find anything on halo. Got any video for that one?
A lot of these moves have multiple names. When I first saw the flying squirrel it was referred to as another name which escapes me at the moment. Quite awhile ago. That clip you posted sure did get that name out there though.
What we referred to as a halo was somewhat similar to the first clip I posted. But in the air your body is roughly on a 45 degree angle(as opposed to right over backwards), you spin and you end up either taking the back, or about half way between back and side with collar control. It's been awhile since I wrestled. I'm horrible at remembering names for things. Maybe somebody else knows another name for it.
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Instead Of Wrestling A Girl, High Schooler Chooses To Forfeit State Wrestling Match
March 10, 20197:08 AM ET
SCOTT SIMON
AMANDA MORRIS
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When high school senior and wrestler Brendan Johnston realized he had to face Jaslynn Gallegos, a high school senior, and Angel Rios, a high school junior, in last month's Colorado state wrestling championship, he knew his shot at a state title was over.
Johnston refused to compete against Rios and Gallegos because they are both girls.
Gallegos went on to place fifth in that tournament, and Rios was fourth — marking the first time girls have placed at a Colorado state wrestling tournament.
Despite her success, Gallegos finds it frustrating when she is treated differently as an athlete because of her gender. Her would-be opponent, Johnston, told reporters that he was uncomfortable wrestling females, in part because of his Christian beliefs.
"I'm not really comfortable with a couple of things with wrestling a girl," Johnston told The Denver Post. "The physical contact, there's a lot of it in wrestling. And I guess the physical aggression too. I don't want to treat a young lady like that on the mat. Or off the mat. And not to disrespect the heart or the effort that she's put in. That's not what I want to do either."
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JWbRAD0frQw
But while Gallegos said she respected his decision, she doesn't understand it.
"I just want to be a wrestler, not necessarily defined as a girl wrestler, so it kind of hurt me a little bit," she told NPR's Scott Simon. "I just want to be this wrestler, and my gender is holding me back."
A senior at Skyview High School in Thornton, Colo., Gallegos plans to continue the sport in college, where she will be competing against other women.
But wrestling someone of either gender doesn't faze Gallegos. She has been wrestling girls, and boys, since she was 5 years old.
"When I wrestle, it's literally all muscle memory, because I practice my shots, and my stand-ups, and my sit-outs, and my pinning combinations so often, I don't even have to think when I wrestle," she said.
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Jaslynn Gallegos (left) stands after winning a match at Colorado's state wrestling championship.
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She joins an increasing number of girls who are participating in the sport. Since 1994, the number of female high school wrestlers has grown from 804 to 16,562, according to the National Wrestling Coaches Association. But only 12 states have approved girls wrestling programs with sanctioned state championships, according to the association.
Colorado may soon join those ranks. In February 2018, the Colorado High School Activities Association approved girls wrestling for pilot seasons, which is the first step toward officially sanctioning the sport within the state.
Since girls wrestling is not a sanctioned sport in Colorado, girls have the right to participate alongside boys at the state tournament. This year was the first time for the state's pilot program, which allowed for a female state wrestling bracket. But Gallegos decided she wanted to compete with the boys.
When Gallegos steps up to the mat, her eyes are trained on her opponent. The minute the referee blows the whistle, she keeps her elbows in and moves quickly to ensnare her opponent, then wrangle her competitor down onto the mat.
The wrestling matches are a tangle of limbs — Gallegos' and her opponent's — arms and legs slipping out of holds or locking the other's in place. In the twisting and pushing, eventually one wrestler comes out on top; the victor grinds the opponent's face down against the mat, keeping tight control of a writhing, wriggling opponent until they hear the referee's whistle.
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For such a physical sport, some males may express concerns over applying force on a female or pressing against a female opponent in the era of the #MeToo movement.
But, Gallegos said, the concerns are a nonissue because she knows exactly what she's signing up for every time she steps up to the mat.
"It's kind of unheard of in the wrestling community for a girl to say something happened during a match," she said. "It's wrestling, and I think we all understand that it's a very physical sport. You're literally fighting someone to put them to their back."
In her hundreds of matches against guys, Gallegos said, she has never experienced those sorts of issues. She encourages men to approach wrestling female athletes the same way they would with male athletes.
"You know you might get pinned. You might win by one or two points. You might even pin me," Gallegos said. "But, I'm definitely worth giving a match to."
Her message for male wrestlers who might be reluctant to face off with her?
"Just wrestle me."
Okay, that sounded wrong. She looks like a tough champ. I hope she succeeds.