Bjj-->Brazil, Judo-->Japan, Muay Thai -->Thailand, Wrestling --> ???

[KBE6EKCTAH_CCP]

I think the whole russian danger thing is overrated. There are many many western misconceptions about the ex-Soviet countries. I went there alone twice and nothing bad ever happened to me. But I speak some russian, at least spoke some back then.

Once I entered Belarus without a visa (I thought my russian visa would suffice). They detained me for a couple of hours (some policeman had to escort me to go pee and all, felt pretty Bournish) then kicked me out of the country. Got myself a visa, came back a couple of hours later, got back on the train and everything was fine. They treated me very well.

All in all, I love ex-Soviet countries and their people. If I could I would also go train there. TS, you're a lucky bastard if you pull this through !
The only thing you should be worried about is that mad russian strength while you wrestle !

 

[td82394]

Russia has execellent wrestling. But I'd imagine if you wanted to learn Greco-Roman, you'd want to, I don't know, check out Greece maybe? It's only the birthplace of modern wrestling, and believe it or not, boxing too, actually.

 

[KJGould]

Anyone know of anything in Greece? Since it's the fatherland of wrestling pretty much, plus their economy is in the toilet so maybe staying there would be super cheap. I'd like to think you could learn original Pankration techniques from an old Mediterranean man called Stavros.

 

[KJGould]

Russia has execellent wrestling. But I'd imagine if you wanted to learn Greco-Roman, you'd want to, I don't know, check out Greece maybe? It's only the birthplace of modern wrestling, and believe it or not, boxing too, actually.

Greco-Roman as we know it started in France and came out more of the jacket Breton Wrestling (similar to Judo).

 

[DynamoJudoSambo]

I think the whole russian danger thing is overrated. There are many many western misconceptions about the ex-Soviet countries. I went there alone twice and nothing bad ever happened to me. But I speak some russian, at least spoke some back then.

Once I entered Belarus without a visa (I thought my russian visa would suffice). They detained me for a couple of hours (some policeman had to escort me to go pee and all, felt pretty Bournish) then kicked me out of the country. Got myself a visa, came back a couple of hours later, got back on the train and everything was fine. They treated me very well.

All in all, I love ex-Soviet countries and their people. If I could I would also go train there. TS, you're a lucky bastard if you pull this through !
The only thing you should be worried about is that mad russian strength while you wrestle !

The problems a few members of some of my teams have experienced include:
-Walking into a Georgian Bar and having the door locked behind us and then they tried to extort money from us.
-Having two wrestlers lost on the Moscow subway for over eight hours.
-One guy was detained by police for a hour or so because he did not have his passport on him.
-One very unfortunate, stupid (but now funny) incident involving one of the younger wrestlers, a prostitute, her pimp and a police officer.

But overwhelmingly the people are great and many speak some English and will go out of their way to help you. But remember you're going to be a stranger in a strange land. I, having been there so many times am quite confortable waking alone in Moscow or in Alushta, Ukraine.

 

[Gumbi_guard]

go to ireland and train collar and elbow wrestling. its very adaptable to modern combat sports, and ireland is currently number one for quality of life. very stable country.

 

[IamfromOZ]

they won't stamp your passport so no chance of Homeland security trying to arrest you for traveling to Iran or Russia./QUOTE]

What are you talking about. Traveling to Russia or Iran will not get you arrested. People do that all the time. As long as you are not hopping fences or going in illegally tourism in these countries is A-okay.

 

[jmoh]

I'm a citizen in Iran (both parents were born there), I have been a couple times as a kid. I might hit up a wrestling club just to mess around next time I go there and show off my blue belt skills. They probably haven't ever even heard of jiu-jitsu haha.