grapplers
Those who wrestle
Grapplers are people who grapple—wrestlers, martial artists, or anyone engaged in close physical combat involving holds and throws.
The term covers practitioners of wrestling, judo, Brazilian jiu-jitsu, and similar disciplines: The grapplers trained takedowns for hours.
Figuratively, grapplers are people wrestling with difficult problems: grapplers with existential questions.
One who practices judo
- jiujitsuJoint-lock martial art
- judoJapanese throwing discipline
- samboSlang for filled bread
- submissionYielding to another's will
takedown · armbar · kimura · leglock · chokehold · guard · mount · escapes
American amateur wrestling style
- freestyleWithout prescribed technique
- Greco-RomanAntiquity's blended heritage
- singletSleeveless athletic garment
- pinPointed metal fastener
takedown · mat · bout · suplex · slam · heavyweight · lightweight · middleweight
Securing device that clicks
- clutchMechanism linking engine to gearbox
- graspSeize or understand
- seizeTake suddenly, forcibly
- clenchSqueeze tightly shut
hold · latch · vise · anchor · secure · clinch · entwine · squeeze
judoka
One who practices judo
submission · takedown · armbar · kimura · leglock · chokehold · guard · mount · escapes · gi
folkstyle
American amateur wrestling style
- freestyleWithout prescribed technique
- Greco-RomanAntiquity's blended heritage
- singletSleeveless athletic garment
pin · takedown · mat · bout · suplex · slam · heavyweight · lightweight · middleweight · NCAA
clasp
Securing device that clicks
clench · hold · latch · vise · anchor · secure · clinch · entwine · squeeze · fasten
perseverance
Sustained resolve despite obstacles
- tenacityPersistent grip or resolve
- determinationFirmness of purpose
- resilienceCapacity to recover quickly
adversity · endurance · striving · contest · battle · effort · toil · ordeal · challenge · contender
- wrestlingbody slam, takedown, pinfall, suplex, piledriver
- fightersboxer, boxers, Muhammad Ali, fighter, Mike Tyson
- martial artistsmartial artists, fighters, masters, senseis, instructors