Gouren
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From: BartKonings62
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  • Man, wish I had friends that liked this kind of grappling where I live. (Kansas). I'm more for Irish Collar and Elbow, but eh...I'd hop on this. Just grab his collar and the elbow of his sleeve and there ya go. What happened to the good ol' days where wrestlin' or boxin' was the measure of the man?

  • the dog in the background is making me giggle.

  • I have not found any principal differnce between this kind of grappling and something like judo, sambo etc. Can anyone explain this difference? I ask about technic , not about rules of competition.

  • I would say just based on strategies and training methods, alot of these systems all have similar techniques but different strategies.

  • The thing about Martial Arts, there are only so many ways to move. So, there is going to be alot of technical similarities between different styles, regardless of differences in time or space. However, Grappling especially is limited. There are only so many ways to hold someone.

    However, these wrestlers are holding more on the back then you'd see in Judo.

  • @samuelsammmo

    Grappling / sambo/ judo : authorised fight when u're on the floor .

    No armlocks . You must let the opponent grab into the "roched " ( the white tee )

  • The Irish version of grappling is called "Collar and Elbow" or "Scuffling". Also called "Coilear Agus Eille" in Irish Gaelic. But like 1trume said, it's extremely hard to find. I myself could only find two books on that matter, "Gallagher's Wrestling" and "The Magnificent Scufflers". Neither of which produce much.

  • I used to practice Scottish Backhold and knew some of the Irish Celtic Wrestlers. They were also doing Backhold. I don't know anyone does C&E anymore (or even totally knows what it was/is)

  • That's pretty cool. I'm going to Ireland this year, hopefully I'll be able to post some clips of Irish Gouren for those of us out there driven to watch and practice diverse martial arts. This looks kind of like Judo on sawdust without the gi (no disrespect intended). Hopefully I will be able to learn a new and valuable perspective on stand-up wrtestling when I go over.

  • It'll be hard to find Irish Celtic wrestling. There is a small group in Connemara, but very small.

    Perhaps Cornish wrestling in Cornwall would be easier to find (it's like Gouren). Also, check out the Cumbrian/Backhold wrestling (check Youtube for Bridge of Allen games).

  • Cornish wrestling is actually based off of Gouren wrestling

  • I think it's a bit of a cross-pollenating thing.

  • i know this wrestler...tuedee le'deur, wrong spelling tho he he. hes amazing!!!

  • Hi Denise !

    Tudy Le Meur actually.

  • What about you? Since when do you speak english?

  • thanks!

  • thanks for posting this

    where did you take this footage?

    thanks

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