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The most well known submission hold is the guillotine choke, which can be attempted from a single or double collar tie. Height is advantageous in applying the guillotine choke from the clinch, since sufficient leverage is needed. Other possible, but more rare submissions from the clinch are the arm triangle, rear naked choke, and Ezekiel choke.
The act of teaching someone inside knowledge of the wrestling business is referred to as "smartening up" someone. [1] [2] snug To apply real pressure to a hold, either to make it appear more realistic to the audience, or to exact supremacy or revenge over an opponent. [30] Compare stiff. sports entertainment
Tajiri applying a camel clutch to Rene Bonaparte. The wrestler begins the hold by standing over a face-down opponent. The wrestler reaches down to pull the opposing wrestler up slightly, sits on the opponent's back, and places both of the opponent's arms across their thighs, usually locking at least one by placing the arm in the crook of their knee. [1]
Garrison: a body of troops holding a particular location on a long-term basis. Ground zero; Guerrilla tactics: attacking the enemy and the subsequent breaking off of contact and retreating; also referred to as "hit-and-run tactics". Hit-and-run; Hors de combat: a unit out of the fight, surrendered, wounded (when incapacitated), and so on.
Also trapper or catching glove. The webbed glove that the goaltender wears on the hand opposite the hand that holds the stick. centre Also center. A forward position whose primary zone of play is the middle of the ice. change on the fly Substituting a player from the bench during live play, i.e. not during a stoppage prior to a faceoff. charging The act of taking more than three strides or ...
holding back (notably used in El Camino Real by Alfred Reed) sostenuto Sustained, lengthened sotto voce In an undertone (i.e. quietly) soutenu (Fr.) sustained Sprechgesang "spoken singing", expressionist vocal technique denoting pitched speaking. Used most notably in the compositions of Arnold Schoenberg such as Pierrot lunaire. spianato Smooth ...
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The English language, along with other European ones, adopted the word and used it as similar meaning, slow and delayed. In English, the word "to decelerate " would become a more common term than "to retard", while in others like French [ 9 ] or Catalan, [ 10 ] retard is still in common usage to mean 'delay' ( tard ).