Gouren

gouren, wrestling, Celtic, lutte, Bretons worstelen, French wrestling

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• Celtic
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• French-wrestling
• Bretons-worstelen
• Bart
• Konings

[azraelangelofred]

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?

[Raijuu234]

the dog in the background is making me giggle.

[Matsuo00Taiki]

@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 )

[Wolfenman08]

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.

[LutteFrancais]

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

[samuelsammmo]

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.

[moominpic]

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)

[moominpic]

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

[Parrot486]

Cornish wrestling is actually based off of Gouren wrestling

[azraelangelofred]

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.