Wrestlers: What does it mean to wrestle "funk?"
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Funky wrestling is a less traditional very flamboyant and high risk style of wrestling, and askren is probably the best at it. Very quick transitions and lots of awkward positions. Often involves dangerous moves like rolling over your back.
Not to be confused with the funk, which is a counter to a high single. This move is, however, funky. My best shot at describing it would be to say you dive and grab a guy's ankle and then roll under it, but thats not a very good description. Perhaps it is too funky to be described with words alone?
Not to be confused with the funk, which is a counter to a high single. This move is, however, funky. My best shot at describing it would be to say you dive and grab a guy's ankle and then roll under it, but thats not a very good description. Perhaps it is too funky to be described with words alone?
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my understanding is that a funk wrestler is a guy with a unorthodox style and can pull of very athletic moves and is hard to pin or keep on bottom posistion because of the crazy stuff they pull off.
my understanding is that a funk wrestler is a guy with a unorthodox style and can pull of very athletic moves and is hard to pin or keep on bottom posistion because of the crazy stuff they pull off.
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Askren does a funk at :55 in that video. Its not textbook but thats a funk.
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did you see at 2:00 that also looked like a funk
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Its really stretching to call that a funk.. More like he was threating to funk but went the other way with it when his opponent blocked it.
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Funk = unorthodox. It involves a lot of high-risk rolls, attacks, and finishes - many involving the feet or lower legs - which often rely on flexibility, balance, and most importantly, spur-of-the-moment creativity. It's a fun way to wrestle - I always have had an element of funk to my wrestling, and I bring it to bjj whenever possible too. I cannot really describe too many 'funk moves' in detail (other than the classic single leg counter series) because a lot of it just comes from having a good sense of bodies in motion and the daringness to improvise on the fly, but even though it lacks discreet techniques, it does still rely on sound fundamental concepts. I suppose the best analogy for bjj players is a comparison to a heavy leglock game, in that it is not 'the norm', it is an approach that introduces a fair amount of risk (50/50 spots and the positional sacrifice etc.), and that, in a manner of speaking, it is an 'indirect' approach to attacking/countering an opponent's game. In summary, funk (and a leglock game to a degree) involves finding a way around you opponent's game and flanking him instead of attacking him head on and strength for strength.
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at least 2 armbars and 5 kneebars could've been executed.
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at least 2 armbars and 5 kneebars could've been executed.
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basically, its when someone has a single leg on you, or just as a hold or your leg, and then you grab their leg, and you try to bring it over your head so that you can eventually bring your whole body in between their legs and take their back. its hard to imagine if you dont do it in person.
i remember in wrestling when i was getting Funked on , i was like in my head, "i could armbar or triangle him right now". its probably not the best idea in BJJ, but there is so many different position you could end up in im sure you could find a way to make it help you.
