"I won the advanced 205+ division and the advanced absolute. Grappling X puts on a great tournament and I have had a good experience at their events. Anyone looking to get mat time in out there, I highly recommend these events.
Big thanks to all of my fellow wrestlers for getting on the mat with me that day and my gym, CSW (Thanks Jaime and Mark for helping out). Special thanks to Jesse Marez and the The Training Mat for the support and help."
It was a great day for Catch-As-Catch-Can Wrestling on Valentines Day 2010.
Three students from the Training Mat captured medals.
Ana Murcia won gold in the woman's 150 division. She won her matches via Double Wrist Lock and Front Choke while standing. Her highlights included a high single transition to a high crotch were she got her opponent horizontal. Also, she had the only standing submission I saw all day.
Cody Ross won the Teens 160 pound division. He won his matches via TWL and DWL, two staples of catch wrestling. Cody showed great take down defense, defending shot after shot in both of his matches until he was able to Half Halch his opponents over into side control and secure submissions. His highlights included escaping a nasty arm bar and triangle choke.
Eric Roberts captured 3rd place and the bronze in the men's novice heavy weight. He used great takedowns and side control to win his matches 3-0 and 5-0. His only loss was to the eventual champion in overtime by a score of 2-0.
The highlight of the day was Josh "the Baby Faced Assassin" Barnett capturing both the advanced Heavy Weight and Absolute Advanced championships. Josh won six matches, all via tapout, all under 1 minute! His tapouts included Straight Ankle Lock, Outside Toe Hold, V-1 Pillow Armlock, Knee Bar and Figure 4 Neck Crank.
Josh was a big help to my students and a true gentleman with the fans! Sincerely,
Jesse M. Marez"
By the way, here's footage of Anna Murcia from a a few years back at our VERY own "King of Catch Wrestling Tournament" held in 2007 Los Angeles, California.
3) The Long Beach Toe-Hold Club Enters MMA and Wins!
Our guy is David Neace. He weighed in 197 lbs. David took advantage of a poor front/round kick by his opponent and quickly turned it into a double leg take down. David stayed in side control and started landing some strikes to the head. Those strikes started to open up some double wrist lock opportunities, but, the short 2 minute round wasn't enough time to sink one in.
Round two started off the same. Another poor kick that David turned into a nice hard take down. Again the dominant side control and strikes began to open submission opportunities. The guys arm came up and David turned it into an top wrist lock for the tapout.
Oh yeah! It's official, we'll be having our Toe Hold Club session on Saturdays!
"Hey Jake I used that 6th phase idea from Killer Cradles for one week with my kids. We have 8 that normally do tournaments before using that idea We were getting 3 1st and the rest of 5 varied from 2 to 4. This weekend we had 4 firsts and 4 seconds. Its a awesome approach to teaching kids pins. Thanks, Don Powers"
5) First-ever Macebell Sport Tournament - ONLINE!!
The Scientific Wrestling family is heavily featured in this month's issue of Fight! Magazine.
3) Early-Bird Registration for Billy Robinson Certification Now Open
Congratulations to Randy CoutureOur certification program is receiving RAVE reviews from participants (many with excellent wrestling/MMA credentials in their own right)! Come learn AUTHENTIC catch-as-catch-can with the man who has coach high level competitors like Josh Barnett, Kazushi Sakuraba, and more! PLEASE take advantage of early-bird pricing while it lasts...
Super Bowl / UFC Weekend 2010 - Competitive Catch Wrestling DVD Sale (see the bottom of this entry...)
By Jake
Friday, Feb 05, 2010 11:39
1) Randy Couture Talks About Training Catch-As-Catch-Can
Scientific Wrestling has worked very hard to get authentic Catch-As-Catch-Can wrestling accepted by mainstream American competitors. It seems to be paying dividends... Randy Couture discusses his training and the history of CACC (which almost reads like the front page of ScientificWrestling.com)
Exciting times!!
2) Upcoming Sakuraba Documentary
The man that truly revolutionized MMA with his Catch-As-Catch-Can skills has a new documentary forthcoming:
3) Sakuraba's Catch-As-Catch-Can Coach Billy Robinson Discusses Barnett, Couture, and the Latest Batch of Certified Catch Wrestlers
Here's a quick interview with Billy after the last certifications where he talks about Josh Barnett, Randy Couture, our first certification of 2010, and more!
4) Know MORE about Western Martial Arts (CACC and Bare-Knuckle Boxing) than the next guy with The Fighting Library!
The Fighting Library is a huge success over at Clickbank! Thanks to our affiliates, who are earning $30 per sale from your hoplink!!
5) !!!CHECK OUT OUR NEW TITLES!!!
As always, we ONLY work with the best, so when we were recently approached by Championship Productions to work together, we accepted! NOW, check out the new titles HAND-PICKED for Scientific Wrestlers:
Learn with with John Smith, Oklahoma State University Head Coach, 5X NCAA Championships as a coach; 2X Olympic Gold Medalist, 6X World Champion, 2X NCAA Champion
Learn with Rob Koll, Cornell University Head Coach; 2005 NWCA Division I Coach of the Year; 2009, 2008, 2007 EIWA Conference Champions; 2X World Cup Champion, NCAA Champ and 4X All-American
6) LIMITED TIME ONLY: Save 15% when you get BOTH volumes of Kris Iatskevich's COMPETITION CATCH WRESTLING DVDs!!
A quick note to let you know that available, for a LIMITED TIME ONLY, are all 6 DVDs of Kris Iatskevich's Competition Catch Wrestling Vol 1 & 2 - SAVE 15%!!!
7) Speaking of Competition CACC, congratulations to friend of Scientific Wrestling "Queen of Spades" Shayna Baszler in her win using the old school staple of CACC, the wrestler's guillotine (i.e., "twister")!!!
1) Latest Batch of Certified Catch-As-Catch-Can Wrestlers
Here's a quick interview with Billy after the last certifications where he talks about Josh Barnett, Randy Couture, our first certification of 2010, and more!
Here's the latest update of our roster of those who've made it through an audit:
LEVEL 1 Scientific Wrestlers
Jacques Abellira: Hawaii Julien Boulianne: Quebec David Brown: Seattle Glenn Chang: Southern California Moushaid Choudhury: Michigan Chris Cruz: Texas Dan Donche: Seattle Thomas Doty: Colorado John Fabbricatore: Colorado AJ Fales: North Carolina Amel Figueroa: New Jersey Todd Franks: Illinois Padriac Gavin: Illinois Yan Gobeil: Quebec Brandon Johnson: North Carolina Brian Johnson: North Carolina Jesse Kristofferson: California Jody Kristofferson: California Dominic Leclerc: Quebec Bobby Luffman: Tennessee Jason Phillips: Texas Matt Porath: Florida Don Powers: Orangeville, IL Simon Roy: Quebec Burlay Toukam: Michigan
LEVEL 2 Scientific Wrestlers
Alex Cook: United Kingdom Eric David: Kentucky Shawn King: San Diego Sam Kressin: La Jolla Michael Long: California John Potenza: New Jersey Luis Ojeda: California Mike Raho: Italy Martin Roy: Quebec Joe Shay: Ohio
LEVEL 3 Scientific Wrestlers
Jesse Marez: California Harry Smith: Florida Harry Yotis: Quebec
The next CACC Audit is scheduled for April 24th and 25th, be sure to get in on early bird pricing (which will end in approximately one month...)!
2) Josh wins Gracie Nationals
Josh was going to make it to the certification but instead went and won the Gracie Nationals in his weight class in the advanced division! Here's what he had to say:
"This one's for Billy. CSW, Catch!"
3) Randy Couture training Catch-As-Catch-Can
Randy is being exposed to some of the arsenal of Catch-As-Catch-Can via Neil Melanson, one of Gene Lebell's guys!
I'm hoping to get Billy, Randy, and Neil together soon! Can you imagine Randy Couture learning from Sakuraba's coach?!?
4) Fighting Library!
The Fighting Library is a huge success over at Clickbank! Thanks to our affiliates, who are earning $30 per sale from your hoplink!!
5) CHECK OUT OUR NEW TITLES
As always, we ONLY work with the best, so when we were recently approached by Championship Productions to work together, we accepted! NOW, check out the new titles HAND-PICKED for Scientific Wrestlers:
Learn with with John Smith, Oklahoma State University Head Coach, 5X NCAA Championships as a coach; 2X Olympic Gold Medalist, 6X World Champion, 2X NCAA Champion
Learn with Rob Koll, Cornell University Head Coach; 2005 NWCA Division I Coach of the Year; 2009, 2008, 2007 EIWA Conference Champions; 2X World Cup Champion, NCAA Champ and 4X All-American
As always, we ONLY work with the best, so when we were recently approached by Championship Productions to work together, we accepted! NOW, check out the new titles HAND-PICKED for Scientific Wrestlers:
Learn with with John Smith, Oklahoma State University Head Coach, 5X NCAA Championships as a coach; 2X Olympic Gold Medalist, 6X World Champion, 2X NCAA Champion
Learn with Rob Koll, Cornell University Head Coach; 2005 NWCA Division I Coach of the Year; 2009, 2008, 2007 EIWA Conference Champions; 2X World Cup Champion, NCAA Champ and 4X All-American
2) Billy Robinson arrives tomorrow!
Here's a great video from the last Certification in July, 2009:
3) Kris Iatskevich
Kris has asked to step down from his positions with the Scientific WrestlingBoard of Advisors and Certification program. We wish Kris the best in his future endeavors and will continue to carry his EXCELLENT DVDs.
4) The Fighting Library is BLOWING UP over at Clickbank!
The Fighting Library is killing it over at Clickbank! Maybe because our affiliates earn 60% commission (that's $30 per sale from your hoplink!!)
"sir...Im an Indian I didnt know about the mace until you guys showed me what it's all about...Its like teaching basketball to an american...I'm grateful to you,sir for exactly that...now I stay loyal to my mace and my clubs and throw in some deadlifting and pressing for good measu...re...my countrymen are still rather ignorant about mace swinging and the like but I do hope somebody brings back the good ol' days of mudpit wrestling and mace swinging....."
Check out the NEW Scientific WrestlingFighting Library project on Clickbank, we've repackaged the Digital Library, lowered the price and made it available on Clickbank!
This mean YOU can sell it and make a 60% commission when someone buys it from YOUR link (which you can post on blogs, facebook, myspace, twitter, etc.).
2) ECW PRESS is now behind Scientific Wrestling!
I am proud to announce that just signed my first book deal with a publisher (who says self-publishing can't lead to something great)! My next book (working title 'Say Uncle: The Roots of Mixed Martial Arts, Pro-Wrestling, Freestyle Wrestling & Western Self-Defense in Catch-As-Catch-Can Grappling') will be published by ECW Press in 2011.
This likely means book tours and AUTHENTIC catch-as-catch-can in Barnes & Noble, Borders, Walden Books, etc. across the country!!
3) Cool Shooto lockflow clips
4) Sign up to get trained by Billy Robinson, along other Certified Catch Wrestlers.
This is the last chance to sign up (and may be one of the only certifications we do within the United States this year).
Last day to save!!!!If you want more than one, you have to order them separately (the shopping cart only accepts one discount code). So when you buy more than one, only pay for shipping on the first order. On the others, just pick the free shipping option.
Happy Holidays!
2) Brandon Ruiz and Shayna Baszler take home silver from FILA Worlds!
More friends of Scientific Wrestling kicking ass in high-level competition!
3) AWESOME OLD CATCH-AS-CATCH-CAN MATCHES ONLINE!
Dick Shikat vs Jim Londos June 6th 1930:
Ed "Strangler" Lewis vs Dick Shikat (1932 - Part 1/2)
4) Get Started In Authentic Catch-As-Catch-Can NOW
I thought I'd repost this great video analysis done by level 1 Certified Catch-As-Catch-Can Wrestler Eric David after coming to his first certification...
It's funny how to most people Saku's style looks crazy but once you figure out Billy's method it makes total sense. Now it just takes lots of drilling to pull that off during a match!
We already have a bunch of repeat guys coming out. For you level 1 or 2 guys that have been away for a while, remember these skills are perishable.GET OUT HERE AND BRUSH UP (besides this we are only an hour from some of the best snow in the country, you can make it a working vacation for you and your family!)
Get your start with the top-dominant, unorthodox grappling system that will leave your opponents guessing! Read the past entries in this blog, our guys are winning tournaments. Actions will always speak louder than words!(Josh Barnett will be making a special appearance with Billy Robinson at this certification!)Click here to register for this amazing training opportunity.
3) Scientific Wrestling BIG DVD SALE
For one week only! Check these killer deals! If you want more than one, you have to order them separately (the shopping cart only accepts one discount code). So when you buy more than one, only pay for shipping on the first order. On the others, just pick the free shipping option. Happy Holidays!
4) Brandon Ruiz heads to FILA World Grappling Championships!
Had a blast working leglocks last week with Brandon Ruiz as he prepares for the 2009 World Grappling Championships next week! He's got a few tricks up his sleeve... heheh ;)
5) Check this cool old 'Night and The City' clip!
6) Megumi Fujii: PFP the best female fighter in the WORLD!
Looks like Josh won to me (but then again I don't know how BJJ scores things)...
Anyway, if you watch this video then buy Josh's Attacking The Guard DVD, you can see precisely what he is doing...
2) 8-Weeks Until Certification!
Billy and I will be in Salt Lake City, and Josh Barnett has told me he's going to try his best to be here too. Hope you find yourself here with us! You register here, then email me and I will give you the address of the gym so you can book a hotel nearby!
As you may or may not know, from time to time I take on projects to help my friends with their businesses. Most recently my production company has been working with Shelly Martinez (aka "Ariel" on WWE's ECW and "Salinas" on SpikeTV's TNA).
She is still generating a ton of attention, as you can see on Paul Heyman's website also Shelly is 17 on this list on WWE.com!
Here's why, check this latest video tease promoting the new fan site we are helping her with:
5) !!!Josh Barnett Seminar in Riverside, CA December 6th!!!
December 6th, starting at 11am at the USKO in Chino Hills. Space is extremely limited and it will be approximately 6-8 hours of training. People can contact The Training Mat or just click on the Inland Empire Toe Hold Club link on the front page of ScientificWrestling.com.
6) Some Top BJJ Players Seem to Be Finally Coming Around to our CACC Perspective
This quote is from Ryan Hall, one of the top BJJ fighters in the world:
"Being on top is key. According to Hall, the guard, as a strategy, is not effective against elite level competition because it puts the bottom fighter at a major mechanical disadvantage. Because of this, Hall believes that the guard will eventually disappear and be replaced by takedowns and top positioning. That's not to say that the guard won't be used in the event that a fighter does end up on bottom, but the days of a fighter immediately pulling half guard will cease to exist"
A Catch-As-Catch-Can Man is the Ultra-Heavy Weight Jiu-Jitsu World Champion!
By Jake
Sunday, Nov 15, 2009 08:26
1) Josh Barnett is the 2009 No-Gi BJJ World Champion!
First Sakuraba, and now another Billy Robinson-trained CACC man is dominating! Got this note from Josh last week concerning his being the BJJ Champ:
"Thanks to all for the support and to my opponents as well. Catch Wrestling lives!"
Today Josh competed at the Got this note from United Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Championships Men's Absolute Division. Keep in mind, these are BJJ Rules - no neck cranks, no heel hooks, and no wrestling shoes. They also made him wear a gi.
Here's the report from our man on the scene, Jesse Marez:
"Josh won his first match via straight ankle lock in 4 min 52 seconds. Second match ended tied but they screwed Josh, no sudden death. They just said he lost, that the other dude ad more advantages. That's funny since Josh had him screaming in a toe hold and they made him let it go..."
Also there is an upcoming Josh Barnett seminar in Seattle Nov. 28th @ Ivan Salaverry MMA 230 8th Ave. N. Seattle, WA 98109. $100 a head and very limited space.
Also, next week I will be announcing another Josh Barnett seminar in So Cal... Stay tuned!
2) Our next 'Competition Catch-As-Catch-Can Certification' is just 2 months out...
Hurry up and get in because this cert is almost filled to capacity. It will be our largest so far. Even Josh Barnett is mulling over the idea of coming too (no guarantee he will be here though)...
By the way, here's a great note from one of our Level 3 Certified Catch Wrestlers:
"Dear Jake, On Sunday October 26 I took five students to the Grappling X Championships in Long Beach California. Here is how they did:
Lawrence Decoud won Gold/1st place in the men's 145 pound and under division. Lawrence is 135 pounder and they combined his division with the 145 pound division, so he was one of the lightest competitors out there. Lawrence won his division and never allowed a single point against him. He won 2-0 in the semi-finals and 7-0 in the finals. He won with great takedowns and riding people out. He controlled the tie ups and standing position in true catch fashion, especially with 2 on 1's.
Troy Castro won the men's 175 pound division. He won his semi-finals match via Double Wristlock, and finished the way Billy shows by putting his knee on his opponents head. He won in the finals by a score of 8-0. Troy did not allow a point to be scored on him in the tournament either.
In his first ever tournament Cody Ross captured Silver in the teens 170 pound division. Mark Houston also added a silver medal.
Eric Roberts won the men's 225 pound division. He won his first match with a 2 on 1 arm drag, to a high single to mount to shoulder choke/judo choke. In the finals he hit a half halch take down and rode the man out the rest of the period, winning 3-0. But the true win for Eric was the cauliflower ear he got from warming up Josh Barnett! What a great guy Josh is, giving his support to the Inland Empire Toe Hold Club and using one of our guys to warm up. Eric got to pummel with Josh and be a take down dummy. It was the high light of the day! What a family and community Jake has created where Josh Barnett is congratulating beginners on their performances. It was the best day ever for my students.
Josh dominated the open absolute advanced division. He blasted through rubber guard, hit two amazing supplexes, and hit a variety of catch submissions. Josh hit a heel hook, neck crank, and DWL. But the best moment came when he told my 11 year old son he would hit a front face lock/Grovit somewhere in the tournament. Well, in the finals match, Josh made true to his promise and won the Absolute Finals with a standing front face lock. It was motivational to see Josh put to use all of the great techniques Billy Robinson teaches. Thanks to Jake, Billy and Josh for making Scientific Wrestling such a family community!
Sincerely,
Jesse M. Marez"
Come be a part of this energy. Our guys from Quebec, New Jersey, and California are dominating tournaments, you can too. Here's a quick note from Kris Iatskevich:
"Hey Jake,
Thought you might like to know that saturday four of my guys (Eric Dumaine, pierre Marcoux, Rejean Groulx, Guillaume Lamarche) were fighting on the Ringside pro MMA card and all four of them won. One by TKO and the other three via submission ;) Hope all is well Kris"
3) Zombieland MMA article over at Damage Control MMA
"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
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"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
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