Catch Wrestling: a study of Kazushi Sakuraba

Having had the honor of training with the same coach who trained Sakuraba (Billy Robinson), I wanted to study Saku's most technical match (with Carlos Newton) and compare training notes, basically.

It's PURE Catch-as-Catch-Can Wrestling.

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[alexpapyz31]

@yoshiofdeath I'm not even gonna ask where u got ur information from. All I can say is good job. Ur info speaks for itself.

[yoshiofdeath]

@alexpapyz31 it came from the man who trained Sakuraba, himself. I've trained with Billy Robinson and Jake Shannon in Salt Lake City, UT. I've had the pleasure of being smacked on the forehead by Billy's cane on more than one occasion LOL.

[yoshiofdeath]

@frankcastellanos where do you think Shoot Wrestling originated from? Frank Wolfe --> Karl Gotch --> Fujiwara --> so on... all Catch Wrestlers... same influencers of Shootfighting and Bart Vale... and so-on... keep in mind that Sakuraba's direct mentor was Billy Robinson (of Billy Riley/Wigan Snake Pit... trained there longer than Karl Gotch). It's thanks to Japan that we still have Catch Wrestling alive, today... Gotch, Robinson trained the Japanese back in the day...

[TruNikkaz]

thank you for posting this, i am a bjj practitioner but i dont know a thing about catch wrestling and i aspire to learn some if possible

[wlbube2]

I am dumber for having read these comments. 3 things

1) The only catch moves I've not seen practiced in BJJ is any variation of the shin lock

2) The emphasis on Catch wrestling is top position. The emphasis in BJJ (top / bottom) is coach-dependent

3) The Romans were the first to do this shit several millenia ago. Does that mean CACC and BJJ evolved from Pankration? No. It means there's only a finite number of ways to effectively attack a joint.

Effin-A.

[Lordofthenipplerings]

@theshninja :)

[theshninja]

@Lordofthenipplerings Yup!

[Lordofthenipplerings]

@theshninja whatever

[theshninja]

@Lordofthenipplerings Nice try. ;)

[Lordofthenipplerings]

@theshninja Its just how it is.

[theshninja]

@Lordofthenipplerings TROOOOLLLLLL!!

[Lordofthenipplerings]

@alexpapyz31 They copied BJJ. The very first MMA events where anything was allowed was introduced by BJJ. All this other stuff came afterwards.