From July 10-12, we'll be on hand to demonstrate our latest equipment including a brand new product that we're excited to unveil.
Make sure to stop by -- look for the guys swinging War Hammers and Macebells. We look forward to meeting you and answering any questions you might have.
4) PINNING in MMA! Joe Stevenson spladdles Nate Diaz!
I was STOKED to hear about Joe Stevenson pulling out a bad ass spladdle during the last TUF Finals. Way to go Big Daddy!!!
For those of you who don't know how to pin, the Catch-As-Catch-Can guys are gunning for you!
THERE IS STILL TIME TO JOIN THE NEXT AUDIT THIS JULY!! DON'T WAIT, CLAIM YOUR SPOT ON THE NEXT AUDIT SQUAD NOW.
3) ON YOUTUBE: Kris Iatskevich
There is a reason why Kris is a part of Scientific Wrestling, he knows REAL catch-as-catch-can. PERIOD.
4) IN SALT LAKE CITY: Altitude Fitness and Combat Sports opens soon!
Fila World Grappling Championships Heavyweight Silver Medalist Brandon Ruiz and I are partnering up to begin training people at our amazing new facility in downtown Salt Lake City starting July 1st, 2009!
5) IN BRAZIL: Macebell Maulers
Check out newly certified Macebell Mauler Felippe Sirio Guirado's video of some hardcore "Mjolnir" (hammering) exercises!
Fresh off a silver medal at the most recent World Grappling Games, Brandon Ruiz (Greco-Roman Pan Am medalist, Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu blackbelt, and multiple-time Greco-Roman wrestling All-American) demonstrates exercises necessary for grapplers and Mixed Martial Artists using LIVE WEIGHT.
These exercises explicitly show the glaring gaps in competitive grappler's strength training:
Here's an article I wrote that was inspired by Brandon's ideas:
This is CERTAINLY a DVD anyone that is serious about competitive grappling will need to own...
2) UWFi Episodes for ScientificWrestling.com members only!
On top of the WHOPPING 20% member discount on DVDs and the killer forums, articles, and instructional clips, ScientificWrestling.com members get access to full episodes of UWF-Bushido (featuring fights with legends like Kazushi Sakuraba, Gary Albright, Dan Severn, Bad News Allen, Kiyoshi Tamura, and more...)
Tire flipping, stone carries, truck pulling, hill runs, burpees... No one has the credentials of Joe Decker when it comes to Ultra-marathons, strongman competition, and body weight calisthenics.
WARNING: If you are interested in becoming certified in Joe's Gut Check Fitness methodology methodology, you'll need to complete a Gut Check Challenge first!
5) Certified Scientific Wrestler Harry Smith on WWE
Harry is a true student of the sport, studying ALL aspects. As such, on top of now main eventing WWE's ECW television show, Harry is also Certified Level 1 Scientific Wrestler!
Here's a teaser from a recent main even match with Mr. Smith:
We now have competitive grapplers and mixed martial artists, law enforcement personnel, AND professional wrestlers swearing by the quality of education they are receiving as a part of the Scientific Wrestling's Certification program. Join up now before tuition goes up!
6) Torque Athletic - New Site and New Advisory Board
Check out the new Torque Athletic website! They add both myself and Joe Decker to their advisory board (along with Steve Kotter and Steve Maxwell)
This next July's certification promises to be AWESOME. We have guys coming from as far as the United Kingdom to learn! Come to SLC and train with Billy Robinson and I or get trained by Kris Iatskevich in Montreal!
Click here to watch Team Iatskevich in tournament action... They recently had success over some very tough 10th Planet competitors at a recent tournament too, way to go guys!
Massive 4-DVD deluxe set featuring 31 of Albright's fights from the Bushido TV series (including singles and tag team matches)!
Gary Albright started amateur wrestling while in high school in Rhode Island. He wrestled in the NCAA for the University of Nebraska where he set the Nebraska State record for total falls in a season (38). As an amateur he was State Champion, Big 8 Champion, National Open Freestyle champion and World Greco-Roman Elite champion.
After working for professional wrestling in the U.S., Canada, and Japan in various style of pro-wrestling, the "Three-time All-American" champion found his calling and returned to Japan for a very different promotion, an older style popularized by many of the old greats such as legendary grapplers Lou Thesz, Billy Robinson, Karl Gotch, and Danny Hodge with whom he trained and launched a legendary professional career in which he would make his name known worldwide in 'shoot-style' circles.
Almost SEVEN HOURS of bone crushing action that you have to see to believe, including his epic battles with Japanese MMA pioneers Nobuhiko Takada and Kiyoshi Tamura.
Disc 1 - Combining Martial Arts - Using Body Weight - Switching from Hips-Up to Hips-Down - Strikes from Headlock Position - Submissions from Headlock Position - Pummeling Drill - Pummeling Drill (2) - Double Leg Takedown - Lateral Drop - Close Quarter Combat - Jawbreaker from Cross Body - Lateral Drop to Keylock - Keylock to Gooseneck - Keylock to Straight Arm-bar - Variations from Headlock Position - Gaining A Competitive Advantage - The UFC Experience - Conclusion
Disc 2: BONUS MATERIAL - Warm-up - 2 Severn Fights from UWF-Bushido
Our Scientific Wrestlers Continue To Challenge Conventional "Wisdom"...
By Jake
Wednesday, Apr 22, 2009 01:15
1) The "You Name It" Scientific Wrestling Spring '09 Sale!!!!
Hey gang, it's spring time and I haven't had a sale in a LOOOONG time.
I thought I'd just put it out there and ask, of all our DVDs, which one would you like for me to put on sale this week?
To vote, simply send me an email at training@scientificwrestling.com with your choice from our selection of DVDs and books!
2) Scientific Wrestling Certifications, why YOU should join the next squad...!
Last week I reported the successes of the Quebec Toe-Hold Club at recent tournaments.
Well, Level 3 Scientific Wrestler Jesse Marez over at the Inland Empire Toe-Hold Club just coached his team to medals! He just sent me this wonderful note:
"On Saturday, April 18, I took six students to a no-gi grappling and Pankration tournament. We were the only Scientific Wrestling School in attendance. Even though most of our best submissions were not allowed (leg locks and neck cranks) we brought home seven medals: four gold, one silver and two bronze.
I give much credit to Jake Shannon and Billy Robinson for my students' success, directly tied to my level 3 Catch Wrestling certification in Salt Lake City. During my Level 3 certification, Billy and Jake DRILLED, and I mean drilled into my head the importance of controlling the tie ups, controlling the distance, and the importance of taking your opponent down into a dominant position. So many wrestlers rush into double legs or singles that they end up getting caught in guard (I must admit I fell into this quite often). At my audit, I had to wrestle live and show the effectiveness of these principles. There was no guess work or passing out of certificates; you have to work hard to learn and show the techniques.
Billy and Jake did a great job of stressing the importance of getting YOUR tie up, and executing a take down that puts you in a top/dominant position. At the tournament, my students did a great job of doing just that. By using excellent top control, leg riding and submissions, we were able to perform very well. I am proud of my students for carrying out the game plan Billy and Jake taught me in Salt Lake City.
I would strongly recommend the Scientific Wrestling method to anyone interested in taking their game to the next level."
Also, Level 1 Scientific Wrestler John Potenza (and proprietor of the New Jersey Toe-Hold Club) also posted this on his blog:
"2 More Gold Medals for Team Modern Martial Arts at NAGA Grappling Tournament! Phil Doig and Jay Eib both brought home the gold from NAGA yesterday!"
WAY TO GO GUYS!!! This is COMPETITIVE Catch-As-Catch-Can at it's best...
By the way, the great fellas over at Taking It To The MMAt just put up this new clip featuring Billy Robinson and I (filmed at the audit before last):
3) Trying the IDL (indian death lock) in a match against Eddie Bravo
I love to see people opening their minds like this! Check out the IDL at about 3:22 in:
These full length episodes are reason enough to sign up for ScientificWrestling.com today (not to mention the forums, instuctional clips, and 20% discount on all books and DVDs...)!!!
If you are in San Diego, Orange County, the Inland Empire, or the Los Angeles area, come on down and be a part of the FIRST EVER Gut Check Challenge! Sign up today and be a part of history!!!!
Meet and train with the World's Fittest Man, JOE DECKER, this weekend! Take advantage of this opportunity, you'll be glad to say you did!
7) Dan Severn's Hall of Fame Grappling Secrets, deluxe 2 DVD set: THE BEST OF THE BEAST
Here's what you'll find when you watch this THIS OUTSTANDING DVD from UFC "Hall of Famer" Dan Severn:
Disc 1 - Combining Martial Arts - Using Body Weight - Switching from Hips-Up to Hips-Down - Strikes from Headlock Position - Submissions from Headlock Position - Pummeling Drill - Pummeling Drill (2) - Double Leg Takedown - Lateral Drop - Close Quarter Combat - Jawbreaker from Cross Body - Lateral Drop to Keylock - Keylock to Gooseneck - Keylock to Straight Arm-bar - Variations from Headlock Position - Gaining A Competitive Advantage - The UFC Experience - Conclusion
Disc 2: BONUS MATERIAL - Warm-up - 2 Severn Fights from UWF-Bushido
SCIENTIFIC WRESTLERS: Always Learning, Always Trying To Be Better!
By Jake
Wednesday, Apr 01, 2009 12:34
1) Certified Scientific Wrestler Program
17 days until early bird pricing goes away. Contact me right before A9ril 17th to set up a payment plan if that will help you certified training in Catch-As-Catch-Can wrestling. As always, there is a MIL/LEO discount for those of you in public service!
2) Joe Decker Promoting The Gut Check Challenge on CrossFit Radio tonight!
Also, check out Joe's latest video highlighting in his performance at the Calfornia's Strongest Man competition:
Learn from the best. Believe in yourself. Get your Gut Check now (you can sign up for the limited membership free)!!
3) Entrepreneurship Less Risky Than Jobs?
I have often been asked to help people get their own online business given experience building quality internet businesses. I started in earnest when I saw the writing on the wall for this economy back in 2004. I don't know the guy that makes
In the process I've purchased thousands and thousands of dollars of educational material. Well I wish someone had told me what I am going to suggest to you. It would have saved me a ton of money.
Here are two programs that I own and recommend:
The Guru Assassin (beside having a name that I really like!) is a very comprehensive program that will basically hold your hand through the process of getting your own online business up and running.
Once you are running, you will need a niche market. One of the better ways I've seen for generating a solid list of people that might be interest in you product is with the Twitter Traffic Generator. It really is an amazing system. I've automatically added nearly a thousand follows to my Twitter account in little more than a week!
Check them out, it is my firm belief the ENTREPRENEURSHIP, not bailouts, will solve this crisis alone.
EPISODE 5 - Filmed lived at Shizuoka Taikukaiken! Episode Five explodes with the following four fights:
Makoto Ohe vs. Merv Wihnon
Kiyoshi Tamura vs. Yukoh Miyato
Gary Albright vs. Yoji Anjoh
Nakano & Yamazaki vs. Scott & Takada
EPISODE 4 - Stellar fights from Hakata Starlane! Episode Four features the following four fights:
Juan Arellano vs. Makoto Ohe
Yukoh Miyato vs. Tatsuo Nakano
Billy Scott vs. Kazuo Yamazaki
Anjoh & Boss vs. Tamura & Takada
6) Dan Severn and Brandon Ruiz DVDs: COMING SOON!
Scientific Wrestlers are picky. We do our best to learn from Legends, from Olympic Gold Medalists, from World Record Holders, from UFC Champions. We believe in modeling excellence.
Soon we'll have UFC Hall of Famer Dan Severn for all of you Scientific Wrestling aficionados to learn from! Trust me, the pummeling instruction on here will be well worth the purchase alone...
Also, look for a revolutionary conditioning program from Brandon Ruiz (silver medalist at the World Grappling Games, 3X U.S. National Super-Heavyweight Submission Wrestling Champion & 2008 Absolute Champion. Former BYU Wrestler, 2004 & 2006 ADCC North American Team Trials Runner-up. Ranked 3 U.S. Olympic Greco-Roman Wrestling Ladder).
1) Scientific Wrestling in the U.K. - Learn Directly from Kris Iatskevich
Scientific Wrestling Lead Instructor and authentic Catch-As-Catch-Can ambassador Kris Iatskevich has been booked and will be heading across the pond soon for a seminar!
Sign up if you are nearby:
2) Macebell.com Shirts coming soon!
Be sure to join Macebell.com if you haven't already!
3) Josh Barnett shirts from Japan!
I haven't received any inquiries on the awesome shirts that Josh brought back from Japan. WARNING: If I receive none, I will be putting these up on Ebay in the coming weeks...
4) Gut Check Challenge in San Diego: APRIL 25TH
Click on Joe's deadlift photo below for more info on the competition!
FYI: CrossFit Radio was able to book Joe Decker for their April 1st show. Put it in your calendars!
5) Newest Audits are Scheduled: JULY 2009
Spots went fast for the last Scientific Wrestling Certification audits in Salt Lake City and Montreal. Sign up soon to guarantee your spot on the summer 2009 squad for your Level 1 (or Level 2 or 3, as the case may be):
6) Follow my adventures in truth-seeking, expertise acquisition, and entrepreneurship on Twitter!
SCIENTIFIC WRESTLING IS GROWING FAST: Get Online or Get Left Behind...
By Jake
Tuesday, Mar 17, 2009 12:15
1) Newest Crop of Certified Scientific Wrestlers!
We are amassing a small army of men that have learned Catch-As-Catch-Can under the watchful eye of Billy Robinson (Wigan-trained and submission coach for Sakuraba), American Catch-As-Catch-Can legend Dick Cardinal, and coaches Jake Shannon and Kris Iatskevich!
Congratulations to all the guys that toughed out their weekends in Salt Lake City and Montreal! The next audit is already scheduled. This time we will be enforcing the early bird pricing. One month from now the price will increase to $1200.
(Remember we still offer LEO/Mil discounts. We've had many defensive tactics instructor love our approach to grappling and we are confident you will too!)
2) Josh Barnett is Rocking...
Check out this great training footage, Quinton Jackson helps Josh prepare:
Josh has sent me a BUNCH of cool designer shirts from Japan, most of them made by Art-Junkie. I will be selling them on Ebay in about a week or two. If you want first dibs, email me. These imports will go for approx. $40 each.
3) Jake Schalles: National Champion at 165lbs!!
Way to go Jake! You can read more about it here. Meanwhile you can see he and his World Record winning father teach the secrets to nailing the cradle here (yes, that's Jake's face morphed with his father's):
Be sure to check out all our Macebell gear (and more!) right here.
5) Even MORE Reasons To Join Scientific Wrestling Today!
- Another new "Bushido: Way of The Warrior" episode from the UWFi starring the likes of Dan Severn, Kazushi Sakuraba, Billy Robinson, Lou Thesz, Gary Albright and more!
- Facebook style member profile pages
And as always, members get:
- a WHOPPING 20% off all DVDs!
- access to our high quality forums
- tons of EXCLUSIVE video instructional clips not available ANYWHERE else.
- satisfaction knowing that you are lending your support to our efforts to bring legitimacy to competitive catch-as-catch-can wrestling!
6) Are YOU Up For Joe Decker's Gut Check Challenge? BE THERE APRIL 25th!
If you are in Southern California and enjoy a tough, fun challenge then check this out:
(Just a gentle reminder, Limited Access Membership at Gut Check are still FREE for now!)
7) New Dan Severn DVD coming!
Scientific Wrestling is picky. We learn from Legends, from Olympic Gold Medalists, from World Record Holders, from UFC Champions. Soon we'll have UFC Hall of Famer Dan Severn for all of you Scientific Wrestling aficionados to learn from! Trust me, the pummeling instruction on here will be well worth the purchase alone...
8) Erik Paulson in Utah, March 21st
For those of you nearby, you won't want to miss Erik here in SLC!
For those of you who can't make it, you can still learn from Erik in the comfort & privacy of your home:
9) Mark Schultz & Cael Sanderson: The Gut Wrench...
This clip taken from the 4-DVD deluxe instructional:
For you regular readers of this blog, you know that I am opening up to a select few the tricks of "bootstrap entrepreneurship" that I've learned over the last few years.
Well, I was approached by a friend of mine, Shelly Martinez (former WWE diva and TNA knockout) to help her with some entrepreneurship a few months back. Here is the fruit of our labor! Check out ShellyMartinez.com:
3) The Inaugural Gut Check Challenge
Another friend that I am helping with his entrepreneurial ventures, Joe Decker (aka The World's Fittest Man), is putting together a friendly competition in April, check it out:
4) Macebell Maulers Gathering
For those of you maniacs out there swinging Macebells, please mark your calendars for the first ever Macebell Meetup this summer!
5) HUGE UPDATES for ScientificWrestling.com members!
You will want to sign up now (before I bump up the entrance fee), here's why:
a) UWF-Bushido.com and ScientificWrestling.com are merging!
That's right, when you sign up for membership at ScientificWrestling.com, not only do you get all the incredible discounts on DVDs and books, access to all our exceptional instructional videos, access to our incredible private forums, but NOW you will get to watch ALL 75 HOURS of the Bushido: Way of The Warrior television series featuring legends like Sakuraba, Dan Severn, and Gary Albright!
b) New Member Profile Facebook style - It allows you to post profile information about yourself, submit photos, create mini-blog posts, connect with friends and leave notes for each other.
c) The new forum layout is modeled after the popular phpBB and vBulletin forum layouts. It allows us to have avatar photos with each post as well as counting the number of forum posts you've made and how long you have been posting. There are options to lock discussion threads or make them 'sticky' so that they remain at the top of the forum.
d) we will be dropping the monthly member option soon. Those of you on the monthly plan will be grandfathered in and can stay on it for as long as you like but we won't be allowing new members like this.
e) You still get a whopping 20% off of DVD purchases!!
"Honest, Hardworking, Strong Character, Creative, & Energetic... Wow. Jake you're on a roll with this certification! I support you wholeheartedly my friend." - Mark Schultz, Olympic Gold Medal-winning wrestler, successful UFC competitor, 2x Freestyle Wrestling World Champion, and 3x NCAA Wrestling Champion.
"JAKE, YOU ARE THE VERY BEST INDIVIDUAL PERSON TO COME ALONG IN THIS GENERATION AND DO WHAT YOU HAVE DONE FOR WRESTLING, I CAN'T FIND WORDS TO EXPRESS MYSELF. MUCH RESPECT" - Billy Wicks, Catch-As-Catch-Can and Pro-Westling legend and retired law enforcement officer.
"ScientificWrestling.com is an excellent web resource, offering a large number of high quality videos... The information is top notch, especially for submission wrestling. I got a particularly good compression armlock from the welcome page alone" - Review from Fighters Review
"When I first sat down and watched Yoshiaki Fujiwara's Submission Master DVD I was blown away by it. I honestly love this DVD... Outside of the actual techniques there are some fantastic conditioning segments that present all of the latest and greatest methods for getting in shape. This is almost exactly the same stuff you've already spent your hard earned money on so that you could get the newest fitness innovations . . . except it was originally recorded before UFC 1!" - Review from Maximumg.com
"The Authoritative Encyclopedia of Scientific Wrestling is an extrememly pleasant walk down the sport's memory lane. Almost 500 pages of century old techniques that every modern day wrestler thinks he invented. It's a must have for anyone who has spent more than one season in America's wrestling rooms."
-Wade Schalles: wrestling legend, NCAA Judo All-American, 9th Degree Black Belt and multi-time champion in Sombo, and the Guiness Book of World Records all-time leader in wrestling victories.
"Dear Jake, What you have put together is wonderful! Very insightful. You will run a great clinic and be a success. I have never seen anything like this." - Frankie Cain (aka The Great Mephisto), Carnival Wrestler and Boxer and Wild Bull Rider
"A tremendous, spectacular text filled with fascinating material!! ...Strangler Lewis, Earl Liederman, the notes on gouging, I'm only 1/3 of the way, I've found interesting thoughts and memorabilia on each page! Thanks for this treasure & congratulations!" - Dick Cardinal, former carnival wrestler and Catch As Catch Can Wrestling Legend
"This is a very nice and impressive book, and, as the author of 16 books myself, I know how much work goes into such a project. The book will be placed in our library here at the museum, so that others can have access to it." -Mike Chapman, Executive Director of the International Wrestling Institute and Museum
"The Sport of Catch Wrestling is a unique combination of historical information, a pictorial of authentic catch wrestling techniques, and a practical workbook. Jake is to be commended for his efforts to both preseve and spread catch-as-catch-can wrestling." - Mark S. Hewitt, author of Catch Wrestling: A Wild and Wooly Look at the Early Days of Pro Wrestling in America
"Jake is Southern California's true master of catch wrestling. Merely shaking hands with this gentleman can bring about an infinity of pain!" - Bob Calhoun, co-author of The Godfather of Grappling and author of BEER, BLOOD & CORNMEAL!
"Jake, you are a visionary in the world of wrestling. It amazes me how good your stuff is (which I am still studying), thank you!"
- Master Sidartha Lonngi, 6º Dan Mexico
"I thank you for the education you have given me in western martial arts. It has been an eye opener and it was worth every penny.
Many thanks,"
- Stephen Hore-Lacy Victoria, Australia
"Got your books today - currently going for my Master's and just finished a cognitive development paper on religion and gotta say, I'm pretty damn impressed you have Paul Bloom as a reference in the Certification manual!!! Did not see that coming!!
Great stuff, have you set a date yet for the next certification?
Take care,"
- Ali O.
"My son was able to use 1 of the techniques from the Schalles DVD in his first tourney today!!!
As he got the chicken wing and he jumped over I was thinking 'Oh Sh$t !!! he's gonna use that technique we watched last nite!' Needless to say he got the pin. Thanks!" - Bobby Delos Santos
"I just got the Complete Catch Wrestler package today. Whoa! It's a lot of information and I'm not sure where to begin. I wasn't expecting as much stuff as I received in this package. I feel very good about my order now. Thanks!" - Rob Tewis
"To The Scientific Wrestling team, I recently bought the 'Dominating the Mat" DVD starring Mark Schultz and Wade Schalles and I just want to say that the DVD is awesome stuff!!." - Martyn Smith Norfolk, England
"I have purchased all of the gracie, saulo riberio, mario sperry, and bas rutten tapes, what I have seen from Scientific Wrestling truly is the best Real grappling instructionals on the net!" - Jason Bray
"I received Volume 1 today. I must say that it is well done. It is incredibly informative and well conceived. - Paul Britt
"Jake,
I will have to say that was the best produced instructional material that I have seen in a long time.
Was it shot on film or digital? Couldn't really tell at times... Seems like you guys had alot of fun. Fujiwara can still move! Take Care, Randy Cadiz
"Jake,
Hey Jake, I am almost through the 4 volumes of the encyclopedia and it is a tremendous work on the history of wrestling. My favorite books are by Burns and from Milos to Londos, mostly because of Burns' values on hard work and clean living and the latter because of the in-depth history on wrestling. I never knew much about Muldoon so it was great to see something on him because he grew up (Belfast)about a half an hour from my town. Thanks, Jeff Hackett
"Hello,
Just like to say the Mark Schultz Front Headlock and Leg Attacks DVDs are awesome. I have been going through the lot since I got them and seeing what material I can attach the moves to, follow ups, different entries, etc. Nice one!! Greg Hall
"Hey Jake, Had to write and let you know that I got the DVD's today. Came in, opened the envelope, popped the first one in and didn't move 'til it was over. It's got me ready to go, the amount of info is alot to absorb so I'll just have to go over it again!" - David Schlehuber
"Hello! I just wanted to let you all know that the DVDs have arrived today. I have had my first look into them and they are in excellent conditions, and it's excellent material, Thank you very much!!! Best wishes from Berlin, Germany" - L. E. Schwarz
"This is awesome. I found your website and man this is great. I am a wrester and am looking to get back into it. Currently I am however deployed in Iraq. When I return I want to jump right in. Thank you. - Tony Guld
"Got my copy of the DVD today- wow, great stuff! Exactly what the doctor ordered!" - Daryck Beyer
"Just want to let you know Mr. Shannon that I think you're doing a great job and I enjoy your magazine." - Kevin Walker
Boston, MA.
"The Scientific Wrestling news is one of the highest quality informative reads that I have found... And thanks again for the integrity to stand up for what is right!" - Ben Benito
"Your site is the best... I'm glad there's someone out there keeping real grappling alive and well. I'm also glad you hooked up with one of my favorites, Karl Gotch..." - Mike Brown
"Thanks Jake, and I'll try to keep up with whatever project you come out with next! Your credibility is definitely SOLID; You're a stand-up guy." - Donald Pillow
"Grapplers: BUY THIS BOOK!!!! This is a great book, especially for people with a historical interest in wrestling. I've already collected several of the books that went into this and now it's great to have the whole series. I've been hunting for the rest of Ed Lewis' work for a while now& Anyone interested in Wrestling, Submission Grappling, BJJ, MMA, etc should get this book. Many Gems from some of the best." - Benjamin Bradley
"This collection is a testament to how the true champions of catch wrestling trained& I especially enjoyed the Scientific Wrestling Lexicon, it was packed with information and descriptions of techniques and short bios of the greatest catch wrestlers of the past era. It was money well spent and I eagerly await Volume II." - Jeremy Frost, Massachusetts
"Phenomenal collection!!! Jake Shannon has put together a collection of very rare books that should be part of every wrestlers Library! I have been collecting rare wrestling books for years and I know that some of the books in this collection are worth hundreds of dollars each! Better yet, some of the books in this Encyclopedia are near impossible to find at all. Fantastically put together this is by far the single best collection of rare wrestling material ever compiled and I am grateful to Jake for his exhaustive work on this project! I look forward to future volumes of The Authoritive Encyclopedia of Scientific Wrestling!!"- Bill Cogswell, Sombo Blackbelt
"Hello Scientific Wrestling, My name is Greg Smit I had the very good fortune to train with Karl Gotch in 1993-4. He is the most generous and honourable man you could ever meet. It is good to see you honour his legacy as he is the greatest athlete of all time. He deserves to recognized for his immortal contribution to the sport and his generosity of spirit. True wrestling will never die because it is the sport that is inherant to humanity, thank you for keeping the faith. Congratulations on a very good website." - Greg Smit
"You have done a great job of bringing back western martial arts (i.e., wrestling)" - Rod G.
"I tremendously enjoy your website and admire the passion and encyclopedic knowledge bring to scientific wrestling." - Adam Hauptman
"Gentlemen, I would like to thank you for putting out such excellent legitimate information on the subject of catch wrestling. Although I am a novice at grappling, I am thrilled to have begun subscribing to your newsletter and I am eager to receive the next issue. Yours truly," - Kevin Baptiste
"Thanks for doing great work, and thanks for reminding me the type of fighter I want to be. I'm am a big fan of pro wrestling and I forgot all about the shooters. BJJ is great, but at heart I want to be a catch wrestler." - Scott Buendia,
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