After you have been wrestling for a while, you start to understand the importance of being creative. There are definitely fundamentals in wrestling that have a high success rate, but as you climb up the ranks you have to keep progressing your...

  With Fanatic Wrestling holding a 35% off sale when you use code HALLOWEEN2020 at checkout for all instructionals, I messaged Coach of the Year, three time US Open Champion, and multiple time world team member Reece “Highlight” Humphrey to see if I...

The Duck Under is one of the most important attacks in grappling. The reason the duck under is so valuable is because of what it achieves if done correctly. In wrestling, when two athletes square off, they are in an equal position to...

  John Smith really needs no introduction. At the moment, the best American freestyle wrestler to ever live, he has innovated and contributed decades of technique and excellence to the sport. He did this with three takedowns: the low single, the high crotch,...

Feints and fakes are a great way to get your opponent guessing and get information of your opponent in any combat sport. However, in all grappling arts, feinting is nowhere near used as much as in the striking based combat sports.  Feints are...

The ability to move your opponent in any combat sport is the root of all control in combat sports. If you are able to move your opponent, you are able to make them stand still. The ability to do this stems from the...

  Wrestling is a very precise and reactive sport. Particularly when you get to higher and higher levels, you need to be practicing drills with the mindset of being a few steps ahead of your opponent. Intensively training fakes and feints gives you...

  In the clip below, Pat Smith demonstrates a nice option from an underhook, for when your opponent clamps down on the overhook to try and defend the position. Check it out!   Breakdown Pat begins by taking an underhook and getting his...

Greco Roman wrestling is not a sport for the weak or faint of heart. There are no leg attacks whatsoever. Greco Roman is explosive and has an emphasis on throws from the upper body and tilts while on the floor.  Wrestlers are forbidden...

  There are challenging times and positions in wrestling when one may begin to think they have nowhere to go or are not in a position to finish. This can be true in some cases, but you would be surprised at how digging...

Wrestling is kind of back now. With multiple events having taken place, from Wrestling Underground and Flo cards that are a sort of wrestling equivalent to an MMA Pay Per View, and staples like Who’s Number One, Senior Nationals and Super 32 are...

Scoring a takedown isn’t really enough if you’re competing in wrestling or MMA. If you just spent a ton of energy to score a takedown to only have your opponent break free and get back to a standing position, then you just used...

Wall or Cage wrestling has become one of the most important aspects of MMA. depending on what setting you’re fighting in, the wall, cage or ropes plays a massive role in both offensive and defensive wrestling, as well as being a strong position...

Defense is one of the most important aspects of any sports and wrestling is no exception. Being able to stop all of your opponent’s attacks will not only stop them from scoring points and getting a better position but you are also dissuading...

  Interviewer: For new wrestlers which one of your instructionals would be most beneficial to their development? Dan Vallimont: I would say it really depends on the wrestler. “I think it is really important for a wrestler to have a fundamental attack to...

Jordan Oliver is an athlete who ran a successful collegiate wrestling career for the Oklahoma State University Cowboys, where he conquered NCAA D1 titles and All American honors, after which he went on to lead a successful run in freestyle wrestling.

J'Den Cox is one of the top American amateur wrestlers, an athlete who consistently competed at the highest level for a decade with outstanding success.

A good reaction speed is one of the most important traits that an athlete can have in any sport. In terms of combat sports it can be the difference between a win and a loss, a punch landing or being blocked or in...

Gabe Dean is a 2x NCAA wrestling champion from the Cornell University, who set a record as the winningest wrestler in Big Red history. Check Dean's list of acomplishments and history in this sport, here.

Successfully transitioning to a takedown from a single leg usually lands you in a pretty dominant spot. However getting there can be difficult at times, especially against an experienced wrestler. As more and more athletes come up in the sport, more advanced techniques...