SCIENTIFIC WRESTLING - RELENTLESS..!

**PRE-SALE** - THE PINISHER: PINNING FOR GRAPPLING AND MMA At our last training camp we filmed our newest instructional DVD with legendary CHAMPION (and coach of legendary champions) Wade Schalles. We covered "PINISHERS", or pinning combinations that can also make your opponent submit. Truly amazing, game changing stuff here:


-TRAINING CAMP NEWS!
James "The Colossus" Thompson applying an excruciating spladle on
Scientific Wrestling Asst. Coach Alex Cook as Scientific Wrestling Head Coach
Wade Schalles makes some subtle adjustments Click here for my in-depth, detailed write up of our recent trainings in the UK attended by no less than PRIDE FC/BELLATOR fighter James "The Colossus" Thompson and UK-based UFC fighter Danny Mitchell. Tons of cool pics, give it a quick scan! (extra special thanks to Andy Crittenden for hosting and coordinating once again!). Here's a nice testimonial from a seminar attendee: "I can honestly say that was the most mind blowing seminar I have ever been too!" - Sam Oliver (pro-MMA fighter) And here's what "The Colossus" had to say: "My head's still spinning from all the game changing knowledge that was dropped at this years Scientific Catch Wrestling Seminar this past weekend. I'd really been looking forward to it for a long time. To say I was kicking myself in the arse about missing the knowledge that was dropped there, and the chance to meet the legend that was Billy Robinson, would have been the biggest understatement ever uttered. BUT luckily for me, I did make it to the seminar and Jake Shannon and Wade Schalles' Catch Wrestling/wrestling Seminar was totally game changing. It's only a question of time until this explodes onto the mma scene and evolves, taking mma to the next level. It works, which means it's just like a force of nature… it can't be stop, It's that simple. I'm currently watching a lot of DVD's (for the old school mma fans out there) to be precise Wade Schalles' Legal Pain Collection of DVD's and I'm going over and over his technique that I learned over the past three days. I'll be the one who hits some of this gold first in a mma fight (new goal). I can't wait to bring Jake Shannon, Wade Schalles and Marty Jones to Bristol and learn more" - James "The Colossus" Thompson, Pride FC vet and current Bellator MMA fighter James "The Colossus" Thompson

Technique clip from our recent Salt Lake City Training Camp: Our annual EPIC San Diego Training Camp is coming up fast and is being hosted by Luis Ojeda in San Diego and will be lead by Scientific Wrestling Head Coach Wade Schalles with Scientific Wrestling Asst. Coaches Jake Shannon, Sam Kressin, Rick Lazaro and Luis Ojeda. Not to be missed!!! Register here (first come, first served!!)

-KING OF CATCH WRESTLING RESULTS AND OUR ATHLETES IN THE NEWS Anthony Sansonetti, reigning East Coast King of Catch Heavyweight Champion met two-time West Coast King of Catch Heavyweight Champion Luis Ojeda in an AMAZING match that tested both men mentally, physically but also tested their hearts too. Both men are to be applauded for a stellar championship match that saw them lock horns for nearly a full hour. In the end Luis Ojeda unified the title to become the first American Heavyweight Catch-As-Catch-Can Champion in a very long time. What is particularly cool is that both men fought their way to the top, taking all comers in our OPEN tournaments. A BIG congrats to everyone that had the guts to step on the mat to test themselves and put on one HELLUVA a good show! A very game Thomas Velasquez captured championships in both the heavyweight and absolute divisions and took home the Frank Gotch Award! Eddie Goldman and Bob Carson did a really great job covering this historic event! Dan Kanagie and his NACWA ran a truly great event. Here are the full results: Light Heavyweight:
1st Match - Steven Yokay vs. Phil Caracappa
1st Fall: Steve Yokay - sub
2nd Fall: Steve Yokay - pin
2nd Match - Steve Yokay vs. Dave Ellias
1st Fall: Steve Yokay - pin
2nd Fall: Steve Yokay - sub
3rd Match - Phil Caracappa vs. Dave Ellias
1st Fall: Phil Caracappa - sub
2nd Fall: Phil Caracappa - pin
Heavyweight:
1st Match - Christopher Amaroso vs. Rick Norman
1st Fall: Rick Norman - sub
2nd Fall: Rick Norman - pin
2nd Match - Rick Norman vs. Thomas Velasquez
1st Fall: Thomaas Velasquez - pin
2nd Fall: Thomas Velasquez - pin
3rd Match - Rick Norman vs. Thomas Velasquez
1st Fall: Thomas Velasquez - sub
Absolute/East Coast King of Catch:
Thomas Velasquez defeated all comers American Heavyweight Championship:
Luis Ojeda vs. Anthony Sansonetti
1st Fall: Draw
2nd Fall: Draw
3rd Fall: Draw
4th Fall: Luis Ojeda - pin Our friends over at the Kraken Fight Team also held their own KoCW tournament too! Glad to have some of Billy Scott's (UWFi alum and star Billy Robinson student) guys there too. Here are the results: KING OF CATCH WRESTLING - KENTUCKY - 11/8/2014 Catch as Catch Can Rules
170 and under
1st Place - Braedon Ward
2nd Place - Zach Stacy
3rd Place - Matt Moore
Heavyweight
1st Place - John Kessel
2nd Place - Anthony Poor
3rd Place - Dylan Rinck
Women's division
1st Place - Joni Hughes
2nd Place - Tabitha Whaley


In other Scientific Wrestling competition news, Scientific Wrestling Training Camp alum Brandon Ruiz and Colleen Schneider did exceptionally well at the 2014 Pankration Submission Wrestling World Championships recently held in Kecskemet, Hungary. The were part of Team USA that came home with the World Championship trophy! CONGRATULATIONS!
Colleen Schneider, Brandon Ruiz, and Laura Anderson: Repping Catch Wrestling at Worlds

-HISTORY AND ARTICLES OF INTEREST I was thrilled to chat with academic historian (he earned his PhD in history and did his dissertation on catch wrestling), grappling practitioner and catch-as-catch-can enthusiast Nathan Hatton for an hour to discuss nuanced topics in catch wrestling and historical method.


NOTE: My Foxcatcher Interview w/ Olympic Gold Medalist wrestler Mark Schultz. You'll want to listen in to this in-depth interview with my friend Mark about the major motion picture being made about his life!
Also, James "The Colossus" Thompson's thoughtful blog post here about my sorely missed friend and mentor Billy Robinson.

-SOCIAL MEDIA One of our reliable UK Scientific Wrestlers, Martin "Oz" Austwick, has taken to get as many spladdle selfies as possible since having been taught the brutal move by its inventor, our Head Coach Wade Schalles. I think it is pretty hilarious so if you take a picture of yourself putting someone in the spladle, post it to your personal FB page (set the privacy on the pic to "public") and use the hashtag SpladleSelfie, let me know and I will share it to our SW facebook page!