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The Disciplines Of Mixed Martial Arts

Sunday, December 18th, 2011

Mixed martial arts is a blend of any martial arts. There is no set combination, you can learn whichever techniques you like and call yourself a mixed martial artist. The techniques that you should learn depend on your mental attitude, body shape and personal preferences. Local availability may take precedence over these reasons though. We will look at some of the most popular styles below.

Kick Boxing: there are different disciplines of kick boxing including a French and a Thai version known as Muay Thai. Kick boxing is a full contact activity which makes use of the fists, elbows, feet and knees to hit the opponent. There are frequent clinches, but the bout is stopped when a fighter falls to the canvas as in boxing.

Thai kick boxing is one of the most well-liked styles in a mixed martial artist’s repertoire, especially among female fighters, because it requires great suppleness.

Boxing: boxing is the most popular western martial art. It was practiced in Ancient Greece and was a sport in the early Olympic Games. You may only use your fists. Boxing skills benefit the more powerful upper bodied athlete. Boxing has to be combined with mat skills such as wrestling or the MMA fighter will be disadvantaged on the canvas.

Judo: judo is in essence a defensive skill and is the first oriental martial art that most people learn. It is a decent style to start learning oriental fighting skills, but you will also need to learn some aggressive manoeuvres.

Wrestling: wrestling is not taught to young men as much as boxing any more, but it is a very popular spectator sport. There are different types of wrestling such as normal western wrestling and Japanese Sumo. It is indispensable to have some wrestling-type skills for when you are grappling on the canvas.

Jiu Jitsu: jiu jitsu is indispensable for MMA, most fighters would suggest. There are several styles, besides the original one, known as Brazilian Jiu Jitsu and an offshoot of that called Gracie Jiu Jitsu.

These last two types are the most prevalent in MMA. Jiu Jitsu is aggressive and defensive and includes stand-up fighting and grappling on the canvas. It is an outstanding all-round martial art.

Karate: another Japanese martial art that involves strength and speed. Karate is also good for vertical and horizontal combative manoeuvres and so is more flexible than boxing. It is a full contact sport in some styles, but not in others, because it is risky to hit an untutored person using karate - it could be fatal.

Tae Kwando: tae kwando takes enormous suppleness and lightening-fast reflexes. It is also more popular with female MMA fighters as many of the men are too weighty to carry out the jumps and aerial attacks that are common in this martial art. The octagon may also be a little too cramped to carry out all the manoeuvres of tae kwando properly as well.

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What Sort Of Cars Are NASCAR Cars?

Wednesday, December 7th, 2011

Stock car racing was really born out of the inclination of owners of modified stock (meaning: ‘off the sales lot’) cars to show off their vehicles, craftsmanship and driving expertise. The need to ’soup up’ these stock cars came from the wish to escape the law enforcement agencies chasing them when they were running moonshine or said another way, bootlegging.

For the period of Prohibition, a lot of moonshine whiskey was being produced in remote areas of the Appalachians and in particular the Allegheny Mountains, from where it was transported by private carriers in their own stock cars often to the southern states. Many of these drivers tuned up their cars in order to have more chance of escape.

When Prohibition was repealed in 1933, this bootlegging continued in order to circumvent paying duty, but it slowly died out. However, the fire had already been lit and the drivers of these cars liked to race them in their spare time for pride and reward, particularly in the southern states and particularly in North Carolina, where most of the stock car teams are still to be found.

NASCAR was founded by Bill French in 1947 when he crafted the first set of uniform rules and a championship points system so that an overall winner of all the season’s races could be worked out.

However, the conditions in the early days were pretty crude. The cars were often second-hand and worn and the track was just earth and dust. Under these conditions the cars quickly fell apart, so NASCAR allowed competing cars to be customized or strengthened. Safety aspects for the drivers were also introduced. Nowadays, the NASCAR instruction manual clearly defines all the modifications that are allowed on contending cars.

These days it is a mistake to call NASCAR cars ’stock cars’; they are anything but stock cars. NASCAR cars are hand made. The frames are different from stock cars in that they are manufactured from tubes for strength; the tin is sheet steel and the engine blocks begin as simply that - a bare block. What the mechanics do with it after that is a closely guarded secret.

The safety of the driver is also taken very earnestly. The driver is shielded from injury by a heavy roll cage. Strong round and square tubes make up the car’s framework, while thinner tubing is employed at the front and back ends to soak up the impact of crashes by crushing slowly. These are called clips and the front clip will also allow the engine to fall away under the car, rather than be forced straight back into the driver.

The bodies of NASCAR cars are not straightforward to make, often taking ten days to complete. However, NASCAR rules cover the general body shape and they supply thirty templates to make constructing a NASCAR car a bit simpler.

But it does not stop there. There are different regulations and templates for different sorts of races on different tracks, because the cars that compete on superspeedways are not the same as those used for short tracks or endurance races.

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Why Most People Like Sports Cars

Wednesday, August 3rd, 2011

People frequently wonder why people like sports cars. Some say that it is the macho image, some say that it is a striving to revisit the owner’s youth, some see them as sex symbols and pulling magnets and maybe all those are valid, but one thing is for certain, sports cars stand out in an age when you have to be an expert on cars to be able to tell the difference between the different models without looking at the badge.

Contemporary family cars all look the same; all SUV’s look the same, all pick ups look the same, because they are all designed by computer and computers can just come to one ‘best’ conclusion. Enquire of a computer which is the most aerodynamic shape and it is not going to give you fifty alternatives, is it? As a result, all family cars look the same.

But sports cars are all different. Manufacturers of sports cars want their cars to stand out for their beauty and style among other items. That is not to say that sports car manufacturers do not use computers, but they can allow themselves more leeway in the design aspect because the engine is going to be stronger and the materials are going to be dearer (which means lighter) and fuel economy is not the name of the game - beauty and style are.

If you doubt what I am saying, look at real racing cars like those in Formula One - they all look the same too, because a computer was asked: what is the most aerodynamic and fuel economic shape? Beauty and style are beside the point in Formula One.

Another reason why people like sports cars is because they are faster than regular cars, although most countries have restrictions on how fast you can drive on their roads. However, the fast acceleration that a performance car like a sports car has, is still useful for overtaking and getting out of difficulty. If used properly, acceleration is a helpful safety feature.

Some individuals also like to show off their wealth by purchasing an ostentatious car, because everybody knows that a Maseratti, a Lamborghini or a Ferrari is very expensive. The appearance of these cars is vital to their owners, because not only are they ostentatious, but they are also beautiful, sleek and stylish and the owner hopes that some of that identity will rub off on him or her.

Different sports cars also have different driving characteristics. Whilst this is a fact of all marques of cars, it does not matter so much if steering is a touch light on a family car travelling at 40 mph, but it does on a sports car travelling at 80 mph.

The car has to be just right for the driver’s ability and preferences. The car will not be manufactured to suit the driver, so drivers of sports cars usually have their favourites the selection of which is affected by its handling characteristics.

A last reason why people like sports cars is because they frequently hold their value well and can even increase in value if it is a especially special or desirable model.

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How To Get Into Go Karting

Wednesday, July 6th, 2011

If you want to get into some form of motor sport, but are absolutely appalled by the costs concerned, perhaps you have overlooked Go Kart Racing. OK, nothing is cheap anymore, but go karting is relatively cheap compared to its far dearer cousins like Formula One, Formula Drifting, NASCAR and Cross Country Rallying. You can get into go kart racing as a spectator, as an investor in a team or as part of an active team as a mechanic or driver.

Or you could use go kart racing as a spring board into the dearer types of motor sport. You can learn a lot about driving, designing and making cars by starting with go karts. After all, the principals are basically the same, but the parts in karts are a lot cheaper.

In the remainder of this article, we will take a look at some of the components and safety aspects of go karts along with rough typical prices.

The first thing you will have to investigate is the type of kart you want. There are different levels as there are in other motor sports. as a beginner, you really should start with the low powered karts, because you will need to learn a lot of new driving skills and quite a few safety regulations before you move on to more highly-rated karts.

If you find the price of a new kart a bit high or if you would like to leap-frog over the lower levels of karting as quickly as you can, you could think about buying a second hand kart for the first few levels, only buying a new one once you get to the level of karting that you would like to be at. However, do not make the error of attempting to run before you can walk.

Entry level go karts are not expensive. For example, at the time of writing, a battery operated go kart costs about $300-$400+ while a petrol powered kart will be $600-$700+

Although go karts have a very low centre of gravity so do not tip over easily, it can happen and crashes do occur so wearing the correct safety clothing is vital. Again, you could purchase a second hand set of racing safety clothes, which are in essence the same as for motorbiking, if you just want to get going on the cheap.

You will need a jacket and trousers or a one-piece jump suit; a helmet, gloves, a neck-collar and boots. This little lot could set you back anywhere between $300 and $400, but it will save broken bones or worse, especially in the period a few months after you start when you think that you know it all. Accidents occur once people become over confident.

You will also need a couple of common spare parts, a spare tyre, fuel and oil, say $250 and you are ready to take your first lessons in your own go kart. Or maybe you would rather learn in someone else’s kart first? This is not a bad thought, because it will give you some experience with different types of karts, which will help you choose which one you want (or can afford).

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NASCAR, Daytona And Bootlegging

Thursday, May 19th, 2011

You will no doubt have heard of NASCAR, but do you know what it means and how much do you know about it? In this short article I will give you a brief history of NASCAR.

NASCAR is an acronym for the National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing. Surprisingly, it was started as a family business in 1947 by Bill France Sr. and is still family owned and family managed. It is by far the biggest sanctioning business for stock car racing in the United States and the three chief racing series that it sanctions are: the Sprint Cup, the Nationwide Series and the Camping World Truck Series. In deed, NASCAR sanctions more than 1,500 races at more than a 100 race tracks in thirty-nine states.

For historical causes which we will go into later, NASCAR’s headquarters are in Florida, but its roots are firmly fixed in North Carolina, where it has no less than four regional offices. They are at Concord, Conover, Mooresville and Charlotte, where the vast majority of NASCAR teams are still located.

A few more remarkable statistics about NASCAR are that NASCAR is viewed more often than any other sport in the United States with the sole exception of professional football and it is televised in over 150 countries world wide. NASCAR also organizes seventeen of the top twenty attended one-day sporting events in the world and its 75,000,000 devotees spend $3,000,000,000 every year on licensed articles. This is such an remarkable show of allegiance, that more Fortune 500 companies sponsor NASCAR than any other motor sport.

Daytona Beach became the headquarters of NASCAR more or less by luck, because in the Twenties and Thirties, Daytona was the most successful surface in the world for attaining new world land speed records. Previously beaches in France and Belgium had been used, but maybe the wind on these Atlantic facing beaches was too unpredictable.

Anyway, eight consecutive world land speed records were set in Daytona between 1927 and 1935. Bonneville Salt Flats, Daytona Beach became synonymous with high speed cars and also became a magnet for racers and enthusiasts too.

In fact, stock car racing has its origins in the moonshine running of the Prohibition years, when bootleggers ran their moonshine from the Appalachians down south to the customers. The drivers tuned up their cars to avoid the law enforcement agencies and became justifiably proud of them. After Prohibition was repealed in 1933, drivers still ran the moonshine, but this time it was to get out of paying revenue.

By the late Forties, drivers of these souped up cars were organizing races amongst themselves. They were especially popular in the Southern United States, above all in North Carolina. Bill France Sr. was an auto mechanic who moved from Washington DC to Daytona to sidestep the Great Depression in 1935 and the stage was set, the players were in place.

Bill France entered the Daytona races in 1936 but only finished fifth. He took over running the race track in 1938 and began promoting races before the war. It was from there that he launched what was to become the huge family business called NASCAR that has employed most of his family ever since and given enjoyment to many millions of fans worldwide for more than sixty years.

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Brock Lesnar: UFC Career 2008 - Present

Saturday, July 3rd, 2010

During UFC 77, it was announced that Brock Lesnar had reached a deal to fight with the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC). On February 2, 2008, Lesnar made his debut with the promotion in an event titled UFC 81:Breaking Point against former UFC Heavyweight Champion, Frank Mir. Lesnar secured an early takedown, but was deducted a point for hitting Mir on the back of the head. Following another takedown by Lesnar, Mir managed to secure a kneebar and force a submission at 1:30 of the first round. Due to the large size of his hands, Lesnar was wearing 4XL gloves for the fight, making him the second man in Nevada’s combat sports history to wear such gloves after Choi Hong-man.

At UFC 82, it was announced that former UFC Heavyweight Champion and UFC Hall of Fame inductee Mark Coleman would fight Lesnar at UFC 87:Seek and Destroy. Coleman was forced to withdraw from the fight due to a training injury, and Lesnar’s opponent was changed to Heath Herring. In the early seconds of the first round, Lesnar dropped Herring with a straight right. For the rest of the fight, Lesnar kept the fight on the ground and went on to win by unanimous decision.

Lesnar’s next opponent was Randy Couture for the UFC Heavyweight Championship at UFC 91:Couture vs Lesnar on November 15. Lesnar beat Couture via a technical knockout in Round 2, becoming the UFC Heavyweight Champion.

On December 27, 2008, at UFC 92, Frank Mir defeated Antnio Rodrigo Nogueira for the Interim Heavyweight title and was to face Lesnar for the Undisputed UFC Heavyweight Championship at UFC 98. Immediately after winning the Interim Heavyweight title, Mir found Lesnar in the crowd and shouted at him “You’ve got my belt.”

However, due to a knee injury to Mir, the title unification match with Lesnar that was originally slated to be the UFC 98 main event was postponed. The news broke during the broadcast of UFC 96 that the bout had been cancelled and was replaced by Rashad Evans vs. Lyoto Machida for the UFC Light-Heavyweight Championship.” Lesnar won the postponed rematch with Mir at UFC 100 on July 11, 2009, via technical knockout after dominating his opponent for the duration of the bout. The win earned Lesnar Beatdown of the Year honors from Sherdog for 2009. It’s an award he also shares with Anderson Silva after his win over Forrest Griffin. . During his post-match celebration, Lesnar flipped off the crowd who had been booing him for unsportsmanlike behavior including taunting the recovering Frank Mir. He made a disparaging comment about the PPV’s primary sponsor Bud Light, claiming they “won’t pay me nothin’”, promoting Coors Light instead. He then stated he might even “get on top of [his] wife” after the show. He would later apologize for his actions in his post-fight press conference, where he held a bottle of Bud Light.

In January 2009, Brock Lesnar signed a supplement endorsement deal with Dymatize Nutrition. A CD containing training footage of Lesnar was included with boxes of Dymatize Xpand and Energized Xpand.

On July 1, 2009 it was reported that the winner of the Shane Carwin vs. Cain Velasquez fight at UFC 104 would face Brock Lesnar in his second title defense on a date yet to be determined; however, the UFC then reconsidered the contendership bout and Lesnar was scheduled to defend his belt against Shane Carwin at UFC 106 on November 21.

Lesnar is now due to fight Carwin at UFC 116 for the UFC Heavyweight Championship.

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How George St Peirre Started His MMA Career

Friday, July 2nd, 2010

Georges St-Pierre was born May 19, 1981 in Saint-Isidore, Quebec, to Jim and Louise St-Pierre. St-Pierre had a rough upbringing , attending a school where others would steal his clothes and money. He started learning Kyokushin karate at age seven by his father and later by a Kyokushin Karate Master to defend himself against a school bully , Nikolas Mavrikos.

He took up wrestling and Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu later when his Karate instructor past on and he also trained in boxing . Before he turned pro as a MMA artist he worked at a night club as a bouncer in the South Shore named Fuzzy Brossard and as a garbageman for six months to pay for his school fees and to buy his MMA gear such as his MMA Shorts and MMA Gloves

St-Pierre has trained with a wide variety of peoplein a large selection of gyms throught his MMA career . Prior to his fight with B.J. Penn at UFC 58, he trained at the Renzo Gracie Jiu-Jitsu Academy in New York City. St-Pierre received his brown belt in BJJ from Renzo Gracie on July 21, 2006. In September 2008, St-Pierre earned his black belt in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu under Bruno Fernandes.

St-Pierre began training with Rashad Evans, Nathan Marquardt, Keith Jardine, Donald Cerrone, and other skilled MMA fighters at Greg Jackson’s Submission Fighting Gaidojutsu school in New Mexico. Some of Jackson’s students accompanied St-Pierre to Montreal to help prepare him for his fight at UFC 94 against B.J. Penn at the Tristar Gym, including Keith Jardine, Nathan Marquardt, Donald Cerrone and Rashad Evans. Georges’ intensity level and conditioning private instructor is Jonathan Chaimberg of Adrenaline Performance Centre in Montral. Georges’ Head Trainer is Firas Zahabi of Zahabi MMA, out of the Tristar gym. The pair have cornered all of St-Pierre’s most recentfights and stay on as his close friends. Presently, St-Pierre studies Muay Thai under Phil Nurse at the Wat in NY City .

St-Pierre always dreamed of becoming a UFC champion since watching Royce Gracie fight in 1993 at UFC 1. St-Pierre had his first unpaid bout when he was only 16 years old. He said, “When I won my first amateur (MMA) fight, I was 16 years old and I beat a guy that was 25. I was only a Kyokushin karate fighter and the guy I fought was a boxer. At that point my ground skilles weren’t the best , I had no idea about ground work .” St-Pierre won his fight by knockout , going low with several leg kicks and then going high with a head kick.

St-Pierre’s pro entry was against Branden MacFadden and the fight ended in a first round KO win by St-Pierre. In only his second fight, St-Pierre’s challenge for the UCC belt against Justin Bruckmann. He won by submission in the first round. He then went on to defend his title twice . The UCC aka worldwide Combat Challenge was then converted to TKO Major League MMA and he was called the champion. He fought on November 29, 2003 against Pete Spratt in a non-title bout at TKO 14. St-Pierre foiled Spratt with a rear naked choke in the very first round. Following his second win in the UFC, he faced Matt Hughes at UFC 50 for the vacant UFC Welterweight Championship. Despite a competitive performance against the much more experienced fighter, St-Pierre tapped out to an armbar with only 1 second remaining in the first round. The loss was the first of St-Pierre’s career and he has since admitted that he was in awe of Hughes going into the championship bout. Since then he has become one of the best fighters in the world. He gets paid by sponsors to have their logo on his MMA Shorts

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Royce Gracie In The UFC

Wednesday, June 30th, 2010

The Ultimate Fighting Championship

Brainchild of Rorion Gracie and Art Davie, the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) was an eight-man single-elimination tournament with very few rules that would award $50,000 to the winner. The basic premise was to find out how different styles of martial arts would fare against each other. Art Davie placed ads in martial arts magazines and sent letters to anyone in any martial arts directory he could find to recruit competitors for the event. Among the takers were kickboxer Patrick Smith, Pancrase fighter Ken Shamrock, and Savate world champion Gerard Gordeau.

While Art Davie felt that Royce’s older brother Rickson Gracie, who was stronger and more skilled than Royce, was the obvious choice as the Jiu-Jitsu representative, Rorion Gracie chose the younger Royce to represent the family style.

In his first match, Royce defeated journeyman boxer Art Jimmerson. He tackled him to the ground using a baiana (morote-gari or double-leg) and obtained the dominant “mounted” position, also pinning Jimmerson’s left arm around the boxer’s own neck. Mounted and with only one free arm Jimmerson conceded defeat, mostly due to frustration rather than submission.

In the semi-finals, Royce fought Ken Shamrock, who showed excellent grappling skills in his first-round submission win over Patrick Smith. Royce immediately rushed Shamrock, who sprawled effectively and got on top of Royce. Shamrock then grabbed Royce’s ankle and sat back to attempt the same finishing hold he used to finish his first match, but Royce rolled on top of him and secured a rear choke that forced Shamrock to tap the mat in submission. Shamrock has later stated that Gracie used his gi suit as a tool for ligature strangulation to perform the submission, protesting the fact that he was not allowed to wear his wrestling shoes because the event organisers had stated that it could be used as a weapon, feeling that the rules for the tournament were created to favor Gracie. Royce disputed the claim and said he had used a no-gi choke, meaning that there is no need to use his gi to apply this choke.

In the finals, Royce defeated Savate World Champion Gerard Gordeau (who broke his hand in the first round of the tournament against Teila Tuli), taking his opponent to the ground and securing a rear choke.

Over the next year, Royce Gracie continued fighting in the UFC, obtaining submission wins over fighters such as Patrick Smith, 250 pound (113 kg) European Judo Champion Remco Pardoel, and Kimo Leopoldo. His final UFC victory was in a match that lasted for 16 minutes (there were no rounds or time limits at the time), during which he was continuously pinned underneath 260 pound (118 kg) wrestler Dan Severn. To end the match, Royce locked his legs in a triangle choke for a submission victory. The match extended beyond the pay-per-view time-slot and viewers, who missed the end of the fight, demanded their money back.

Time limits were re-introduced into the sport in 1995 and MMA legend Ken Shamrock would become the first fighter to survive Royce Gracie’s submission attack and earn a draw. The match lasted for 30 minutes and a 5-minute overtime. Fans have been calling for a rematch ever since. The draw sparked much debate and controversy as to who would have won the fight had judges determined the outcome, or had there been no time limits, as by the end of the fight Royce’s right eye was swollen shut. However, the swollen eye was a result of a standing punch due to a sudden change of the rules in which both of the fighters were restarted on the feet. After this fight the Gracies left the UFC.

At UFC 45 in November 2003, at the ten year anniversary of the UFC, Ken Shamrock and Royce Gracie became the first inductees into the UFC Hall of Fame. UFC President Dana White said; “We feel that no two individuals are more deserving than Royce and Ken to be the charter members. Their contributions to our sport, both inside and outside the Octagon, may never be equaled. ”

Royce’s official UFC record when he left did include one loss. In the second round of UFC 3 Royce was to face fighter Harold Howard in the semi-finals. Although Royce came out to the ring, he was dehydrated as a result of his first round match against Kimo Leopoldo. The announcers of UFC 3 stated that Gracie’s shoulder had been hurt in the previous round. Before the Howard match began, Royce’s corner threw in the towel.

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Arm Moves In Wrestling

Friday, May 14th, 2010

There are many arm moves in wrestling, the most well-known of which are the arm drags, arm swings, arm breakers and over the shoulder arm drags. Another wrestling arm manoeuvre is the arm bar take down. The arm bar works by forcing the opponent’s arm downwards.

The attacked person feels the pain around the shoulder area and the assailant then grips the arms extending them lengthwise. The shoulder is eventually forced to the mat. This is a pin in most instances unless the wrestler can wriggle his/her way out of the hold.

The arm breaker manoeuvres include the slamming of the arms, typically on an area of the opponent’s body where it will cause some pain. Usually, the pin ends with the scissors hold, where the wrestler’s legs, crossed over the challenger’s body, are used to hold his/her shoulders down to the mat.

The various moves and holds look dangerous in the ring, but the fact is that the moves are all show, i.e. a theatrical display to get attention. The actors rehearse their scenes long before they step into the ring and are trained to send ’signals’ to end the bout when they wish to.

The wrestling manoeuvres seem real on television, because the cameras and other distractions, including beautiful models, divert the attention of the audience. Wrestling is really quite similar to magic acts. Magicians rehearse their stage act before they go on the stage. There is always a feint or an explanation, yet the magician does his act so professionally and the audience is so distracted, that the magician fools people into believing that he or she is performing the illusion for real.

The ‘arm drags’ involve the assailant getting the opponent in a hook move and then flipping the challenger down to the mats. Most of the moves are thought up by one or the other of the wrestlers and sometimes it may become a popular move. Some of the older moves are the Gallatin and the Banana Split

The ‘over the shoulder’ move ought to be called the ‘body slam’ because the opponent throws the challenger over his shoulder, slamming him/her down onto the mat. Previously, this wrestling manoeuvre was probably in the group of ’slammers’, but today it is called the shoulder-arm throw sequence.

The ‘wringer; is another of the arm moves in wrestling which is often known as the ’spin wrist lock hold’. This manoeuvre is often followed up by the Irish Thrash moves, mallet locks or gouges.

Some other arm moves include the arm stretches, arm breakers, arm wringer, arm locks, arm bar and arm scissors. While the arm moves are very well-known in the ring, there are many moves you may see today that you would never have seen when wrestling first began in ancient days. The Amityville Horror is one of wrestling’s more modern moves. Although, I haven’t figured out what this move entails, we are about to look at it together.

From what I can make out the Amityville Horror is just a ploy to persuade people to rent or buy the movie with the same name. The move is listed in the roll of wrestling moves, but, so far, no information is available about what this move entails. Moves are basically brands made up by the wrestlers themselves, so I’m assuming that the wrestler felt he had devised one of the most horrific moves in wrestling and so he called it the Amityville Horror.

Why is it that some moves get loud cheers? Well, it can start when a wrestler in the ring introduces a new manoeuvre and it becomes his signature, popular final manoeuvre in his fights.

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Reenacted Moves In Wrestling

Tuesday, April 13th, 2010

Wrestling moves are tricky, since if you are not paying close attention, you might believe the acts are real. At the moment I am still a little reluctant to fill you in on the moves, since I am not a wrestling fan, however my son is, and he is going to give us the inside information on wrestling moves to help us see it for what it is, fake.

One of the older moves is the banana splits. However, today, the move is known as the ‘leg splits’. During this move, one starts wrestling with both hands on the legs of the other wrestler and splits the legs apart as far as the legs will stretch. This move will force the wrestler to push his/her own shoulders to the mat. If the wrestling move were for real and the wrestler fails to submit, his/her legs would split some muscles, tendons, ligaments, etc.

The ‘Cobra Clutch’ is yet another of the holds that would actually cause real agony. The cobra move is universally recognizable as the cross chokes or arm locks. The challenging wrestler comes from the back of the other pugilist and using a single arm in the “Nelson Hold”. The opponent then uses an arm to tug the wrestler’s arm, trying to prevent him from drawing across the neckline and choking him as a result. The ‘back clutch’ or ‘bombard’ is similar, however the challenging wrestler is on his back under his opponent extending his arms upward from underneath.

The ‘Rock Bottom’ moves entail the adversary pulling his opponents arm over his shoulder. The wrestler then places the opponents arm over his/her shoulder and lifts and dives forward onto the mat. During this attack, the challenger is hitting the mat head first, which if actually executed, would break some bones, or else cause some serious pain.

The ‘Choke Slam’ entails the attacking wrestler gripping the opponent’s arm and lifting his arm close by his opponent’s side, over his shoulder. Then he lifts the opponent and throws him to the mat.

The ‘Big Boot’ is a running move. The wrestler lifts up his boot, connecting with the face of his opponent. So, a kick in the face with a boot in other words! This would knock a person on his/her backside any time, causing the kicked person to feel severe giddiness for a while.

What makes wrestling so enthralling is the shouting, the outfits, the characters and the moves. If you think of the Superman films, and how he dresses, you will notice that without his outfit he wouldn’t have any character appeal as Superman. Likewise, the wrestlers wear outfits that make them seem like they are super heroes of the ring, punishing the baddies. Each wrestler has his/her role in the ring. It is usually quite placid, but made to look violent!

Wrestling has rules, as well as restrictions although the moves are fake. Wrestlers must respect the ropes of the ring, as well as the colour codes in the ring. There are also styles of wrestling, which include the folk style, freestyle and Greco Romanian styles.

The styles have their own set of rules, however freestyle and folk style are similar. Usually, the styles are enacted so well that you wouldn’t know whether the wrestlers are using the freestyle, folk style, or Greco style.

As with a script or a dance routine, most of the moves are choreographed, which means that a director is out of sight using his/her hands to direct the wrestlers in the rings. For the most part, wrestling is nothing more than an act with a few exemptions like when the KAYFABE is broken, when a real fight might break out. The KAYFABE is wrestling’s verbal communication.

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