Bumpkin Young
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I go to a grappling club on the side, where there are a few guys with various backgrounds. Yesterday we had a little guy come in and when we asked what his background was, he said he learned a few things from family members. Well, we start rolling and he is WAY better than we expected him to be. I think he subbed everyone at least once, and he only weighed like a buck-thirty at best, and he was tossing us left and right from the clinch.
Being the curious type that we are, we drilled him further about his training background, thinking he must have trained in some amount of Judo, and he told us it was Collar and Elbow Wrestling. He then was nice enough to show us a few nogi throws and a couple of gi throws which he called mares.
The techs seemed similar to Judo and seem like they would work well for both gi and nogi. Anyone else have any experience in Collar and Elbow Wrestling or even knew it still existed?
Oh and he showed me a wicked leg lock that I will get him to further explain next time. It was sick! Seemed like he baited me by forcing me to roll out of a heel hook attempt. He then sat up but I'm not sure how he entangled me, but I couldn't do jack! He then showed that he had several options for the finish (showed others, because I was actually tied up at the moment lol).
Whatever it was, I've NEVER seen or been in that position before (and leg locks are my specialty). When I learn it, I'll see if I can upload it to show you guys. I've been searching all the sites but haven't found a video for it, so I'm guessing it either doesn't currently exist in other systems, it's extremely rare, or it's something that he's come up with on his on. Whichever, I was pretty surprised that this little guy brought so much to the table. Sorry for the long post, but it was an interesting session.
Being the curious type that we are, we drilled him further about his training background, thinking he must have trained in some amount of Judo, and he told us it was Collar and Elbow Wrestling. He then was nice enough to show us a few nogi throws and a couple of gi throws which he called mares.
The techs seemed similar to Judo and seem like they would work well for both gi and nogi. Anyone else have any experience in Collar and Elbow Wrestling or even knew it still existed?
Oh and he showed me a wicked leg lock that I will get him to further explain next time. It was sick! Seemed like he baited me by forcing me to roll out of a heel hook attempt. He then sat up but I'm not sure how he entangled me, but I couldn't do jack! He then showed that he had several options for the finish (showed others, because I was actually tied up at the moment lol).
Whatever it was, I've NEVER seen or been in that position before (and leg locks are my specialty). When I learn it, I'll see if I can upload it to show you guys. I've been searching all the sites but haven't found a video for it, so I'm guessing it either doesn't currently exist in other systems, it's extremely rare, or it's something that he's come up with on his on. Whichever, I was pretty surprised that this little guy brought so much to the table. Sorry for the long post, but it was an interesting session.