The British Amateur Wrestling Association. Wrestling PDF
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know the game EL62 Published in collaboration with U.K. price 3/6 І ПВ Drlllbll rtlliaieur nrcauiiig нооиоіаііиіі (Limp cover edition) BRITISH AMATEUR WRESTLING ASSOCIATION Chairman: W. H. Whatham, Esq. Hon. Secretary: A. Wishart, Esq., Vice-Chairman: H. Jacob, Esq. 60 Calabria Road, London N5. (Tel. CANonbury 3931) EASTERN, WESTERN & MIDLAND COUNTIES ASSOCIATION Chairman: J. Benbridge, Esq. Hon. Secretary: R. Morland, Esq., 24 Wheeleys Rd., Birmingham 15. NORTHERN COUNTIES ASSOCIATION Chairman: J. Scholes, Esq. Hon. Secretary: M. Shacklady, Esq., 12 Adamson Rd., Barton, Eccles, (Tel. Eccles 3278) Manchester. SOUTHERN COUNTIES ASSOCIATION Chairman: F. Dodds, Esq. Hon. Secretary: L. Wills, Esq. 30 Grosvenor Road, London N3. (Tel. FINchley 2352) Information and addresses of clubs can be obtained from the above. С < У ‘KNOW THE GAME’ SERIES W R E S T L I N G Produced in collaboration with the National Technical Committee of THE BRITISH AMATEUR WRESTLING ASSOCIATION EDUCATIONAL PRODUCTIONS LIMITED © EDUCATIONAL PRODUCTIONS LTD., 1964 Printed in Great Britain by John Blackburn Ltd., Leeds 10. C O N T E N T S Page Page Introduction 5 Ground T hrows 24 W restler ’s Outfit 7 Quarter Nelson 24 Holding H ands 8 Half Nelson 26 Wrestling Stance 9 Further Nelson 28 Initial Hold 9 Further Nelson and arm 30 Standing T hrows 10 Double Nelson 32 Cross-buttock throw 10 Cradle hold 33 Leg pick-up and back heel 11 Further arm hold 34 Double thigh pick-up 12 Ground Lancashire turn 36 Further arm and near leg pick-up Ч Arm roll 37 Cross ankle take down 15 Double arm roll 38 Flying mare throw 16 Exercises for the Wrestler 39 Standing arm roll 18 Bridging exercises 39 Lancashire turn 20 Extracts from the Greco -Roman Ground D efence Position 22 and Freestyle International Ground Control Position 23 Wrestling Rules 41 Ground Position 23 I N T R O D U C T I O N and Midland Counties Association, the Northern Counties Association, and the Southern Counties Wrestling , which originated in ancient Greece, is Association. Each of the three counties associations one of the oldest-known sports. It is one of the finest holds county and counties championships in junior, forms of exercise, bringing into use all the muscles of intermediate, and senior grades. Every year from the the body, and is also a wonderful mental stimulant. counties championships, two wrestlers are nominated Moreover, it is one of the compulsory sports of the in each of the weights to enter the British Open present-day Olympic Games, where two forms are Championships, which are organised by the British practised: freestyle and the Greco-Roman style. Amateur Wrestling Association. With freestyle wrestling, which has evolved from For the junior grade of wrestler, the age group is the Lancashire and “catch-as-catch-can” styles, any 12 to 17 years, the weights starting at 6 stone and fair hold is allowed, but in the case of the Greco- rising by £ stones to і От stone, 11 stone, 12 stone Roman style no holds are allowed below the waist and over 12 stone. and the use of the legs is not permitted. Two other With the intermediate grade the age group is from styles are practised in Great Britain: the Cumberland 17 to 19 years, and a wrestler enters the senior grade and Westmorland and the Devon and Cornwall. This when he is over 19. Weights are the same for both book deals only with freestyle wrestling. these grades and are given in the section on inter The National Amateur Wrestling Association was national rules at the end of the book. formed in 1904, the name being changed to the British Wrestling takes place on covered mats. These Amateur Wrestling Association in 1945. The Associa should be not less than 18 ft. by 18 ft. with a padded tion is affiliated to the International Amateur Wrest surround of 3 ft. to obviate injury from contestants ling Federation under whose rules all competitions, falling outside the mat area. For Olympic Games and matches, championships, Olympic Games, Asian international matches, the mat is 26 ft. by 26 ft. with Games, Empire and Commonwealth Games, and a 3 ft. surround. international matches are conducted. Intermediate and senior wrestling bouts are each Three associations are affiliated to the British of ten minutes’ duration: two periods of five minutes Amateur Wrestling Association: the Eastern, Western with a minute rest between. Junior wrestling bouts are of six minutes’ duration: two periods of three minutes sport. A number of publications on advanced with a minute’s rest between. wrestling can be obtained from booksellers. A wrestling bout is controlled by a referee, time keeper and three judges. A fall is given when a wrestler holds both the shoulders of his opponent to the mat for a period of one second; the referee counts one and two, striking the mat with his hand at the same time. For a fall to be valid, two judges must agree with the referee. Each of the wrestlers wears a coloured anklet: one contestant has a green anklet and the other wears red. If no fall occurs, the judges, each of whom has three flags or plaques (green, red and white), consult their score sheets, stand, turn their backs to the mat and, on the sound of the referee’s whistle, hold up the colour worn by the wrestler they consider to be the winner on points, e.g., three reds or two reds and a green indicate that the contestant wearing red is the winner; two white and one red/green, or a red, a green and a white indicate a draw. The scoring points given to a wrestler for various moves are given in the section on international rules. This book has been produced by the Technical Committee of The British Amateur Wrestling As sociation, to further amateur wrestling as a recrea tional and competitive sport. The holds and throws described are the basic ones given to beginners in the WRESTLER’S O U T F I T Fig. і A wrestler’s outfit consists of a costume, jock strap, wrestling boots, socks, track suit and handkerchief. Fig- 4 Wrestling stance WRONG When hands are clasped during wrestling the fingers must never be interlaced as shown in Fig. 2; the Butcher’s Grip (Fig. 3) must be used.
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