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  2. Catch wrestling - Wikipedia

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    Catch wrestling (also known as catch-as-catch-can) is an English wrestling style where wrestlers aim to win by pinning or submitting their opponent using any legal holds or techniques. It emphasizes adaptability and seizing opportunities during the match, with fewer restrictions than other wrestling styles - techniques using or targeting the ...

  3. Wristlock - Wikipedia

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    They are also used as submission holds in martial arts such as Brazilian jiu-jitsu (where the most common name is mão de vaca, "the cow's hand") and catch wrestling. While being an illegal technique in modern sambo [1] and judo [2] competitions, it is still practiced in judo forms of self-defense kata kōdōkan goshinjutsu. [3]

  4. Sambo (martial art) - Wikipedia

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    Spiridonov was a combat veteran of World War I and one of the first wrestling and self-defence instructors hired for Dynamo. His background included Free wrestling (i.e. Catch wrestling), Graeco-Roman wrestling, many Turkic folk wrestling styles, and Japanese jujutsu. As a combative investigator for Dynamo, he travelled to Mongolia and China to ...

  5. Submission wrestling - Wikipedia

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    Hayastan Grappling System or Hayastan Freestyle Wrestling, is a submission grappling style developed by multiple grappling black belts Gokor Chivichyan and Gene LeBell that blends elements of judo, sambo, catch wrestling, Brazilian jiu-jitsu, Greco-Roman and freestyle wrestling. This system includes all forms of submissions, including leg locks ...

  6. Glíma - Wikipedia

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    In loose-grip wrestling (lausatök) the contestants may use any holds they wish. It is much more aggressive and differs in many ways from other styles of glima. Loose-grip wrestling comes in two forms: A version for self-defence and a version for friendly competition. In both, all kinds of wrestling techniques are allowed, but in the friendly ...

  7. Leglock - Wikipedia

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    Shoot wrestling, Sambo, Jiu-Jitsu, Catch wrestling, Judo A leglock is a joint lock that is directed at joints of the leg such as the ankle , knee or hip joint . [ 1 ] A leglock which is directed at joints in the foot is sometimes referred to as a foot lock and a lock at the hip as a hip lock .

  8. Wrestling - Wikipedia

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    This style allows the use of the wrestler's or his opponent's legs in offense and defense. Freestyle wrestling has its origins in catch-as-catch-can wrestling and awards points on the basis of throw amplitude, exposure of an opponent's back to the mat and opponent passivity. A freestyle wrestler may instantly win a match by holding both of an ...

  9. Small joint manipulation - Wikipedia

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    Most small joint manipulation is done on the hands or feet to hyperextend joints as part of a pain compliance strategy. The basic techniques of small-joint manipulation involve grabbing and bending back one or more fingers/toes and by applying pressure to the wrist/ankle joints that disrupt the interconnectivity of the system of smaller joints within.