catch wrestling
Pin-or-submit combat
Catch wrestling is a grappling style emphasizing pins and submission holds—joint locks, chokes, and pain compliance techniques.
Developed in Britain and America in the late 1800s, it was the basis for professional wrestling before that sport became scripted entertainment.
Catch wrestlers aim to "catch" opponents in submissions rather than simply hold them down.
The style influenced modern mixed martial arts and submission grappling: He trained in catch wrestling before transitioning to MMA.
- grapplingClose-quarters combat technique
- submissionYielding to another's will
- submission holdRestraint forcing capitulation
- hookCurved catching device
- pinningFastening with pointed fasteners
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Scripted athletic performance art
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Combat sport using fists
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