There are many famous folk style/freestyle wrestling moves that wrestlers use to gain an advantage and score over their opponents. In this article, you can find some of the most common and effective moves. What this article covers: Most Common and Effective Wrestling...

6-Time World & Olympic Wrestling champion John Smith shows how to finish his signature takedown, the low single. With these options, you can build a system for finishing against an opponent's defenses with this takedown he innovated. Coach Smith's takedown series, with his...

The Olympic Wrestling Champion & UFC Double Champion shows how to set up and finish an inside trip using a two on one tie up. See how this useful and efficient takedown can be added to your arsenal right here!     

Steven Keith is a former collegiate wrestler who represented Harvard University at the NCAA Division I Championships on four occasions, earning All American honors in 2012 and becoming captain for the Crimson team. Keith is also a very well respected wrestling coach with a wealth of experience in teams such as Stanford University, Brown University as well as Johnson and Wales University.

Stephen Neal is a multi-faceted athlete and a retired American wrestler who dominated the heavyweight scene at a collegiate and international level before turning his focus towards the National Football League (NFL) at the turn of the century.

Shelton Mack is an American wrestler, well known as a competitor and as a coach. Mack competed for the University of Pittsburgh throughout his collegiate career, and was particularly successful in the freestyle ruleset where he conquered Pan American and US Senior National titles.

Sean Russell is an American amateur wrestler and a 3 time NCAA Division I All-American athlete for Edinboro University. Russell first gained notoriety while competing in the high school circuit, where he won 4 Georgia State Championships before joining the Fighting Scots.

Myles Martin is an American wrestler, well-known for his vast list of achievements in both the Folkstyle and Freestyle rulesets. A former McDonogh School and Ohio State University standout, Martin turn heads at the 2016 NCAA Division I Championships by winning the tournament in his debut, then becoming the 15th athlete in the history of the event to conquer the title as a true freshman, and the first No. 11 seed to do so since 1979. Myles Martin continued his impressive career in the years that followed, both in the collegiate and international circuits.

Nathan Tomasello is an accomplished American wrestler in the folkstyle and freestyle rulesets, well-known for his relentless style on the mats. Tomasello first achieved notoriety while competing for the Ohio State Buckeyes, where he earned All-American status on four occasions and an NCAA Division I title. From there, Nathan aimed at a successful international career earning multiple important medals to his credit, most notably the Alexander Medved International, the Bill Farrell Memorial, and the US Nationals.

Nazari Kulchytskyy is a retired Ukrainian-American wrestler who competed in the freestyle and folkstyle rulesets for both countries at the highest level.

Nick Gwiazdowski is an American amateur wrestler with vast experience in the folkstyle and freestyle rulesets, who conquered 2 NCAA titles as well as Pan American and the US Nationals gold medals.

Patrick Smith, commonly known as Pat Smith, is an American amateur wrestler who specializes in the Grecco-Roman ruleset.

Hayden Zillmer is an American amateur wrestler who competed extensively and successfully in all three (3) major styles in the sport, folkstyle, freestyle, and Grecco-Roman, achieving great success across the board.

Mitch Finesilver is an Israeli-American wrestler, who competed on the NCAA for the Duke University, being one of two wrestlers in the Blue Devils' program history to qualify for the Nationals on four occasions.

The collar tie is probably the most basic tie/system of control in pretty much any combat sport. Wrestlers of all disciplines learn it, Muay Thai practitioners learn it, Jiu-Jitsu players learn it. The collar tie is so simple and so effective that it...

It’s pretty well known that having double underhooks is pretty much one of, if not the strongest positions that you can find yourself in when it comes to clinch positions. The thing is that a good position is pretty much useless if you...

Having your back taken in pretty much any combat sport is pretty dangerous. If your opponent has your back, you can’t attack and you can’t defend all that well. Meanwhile your opponent has a ton of attack options that they can exploit with...

Deron Winn is a professional cage-fighter and Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) middleweight who competed extensively in wrestling prior to his Octogon career. As a folkstyle wrestler, Winn conquered 3 high school state titles, 2 NJCAA (Junior College) titles as well as a 3rd place at the NAIA Championships before transitioning to freestyle where he was equally impressive with podium placements at the the Dave Schultz Memorial, Bill Ferrell International, and U.S. World Team Trials.

Johnni DiJulius is an amateur wrestler who competed extensively in the folkstyle collegiate circuit while representing Ohio State University, a squad he assisted in winning its first National title as a team. DiJulius became a 4x NCAA veteran, later turning his career towards coaching where he worked with Kent State’s Golden Flashes and Harvard Wrestling.

John Smith is an American amateur wrestler and coach who specialized in folkstyle and freestyle. Widely regarded as one of the greatest wrestlers of all time, Smith is a two-time NCAA Division I national champion, and a six-time world level champion with two Olympic Championships and four World Wrestling Championships.