2009: The Year of the Scientific Wrestler!

1) Kris Iatskevich's COMPETITION CATCH-AS-CATCH-CAN DVDs! We finally have received the proofs for Volume 2! Here are the chapter titles from Volume 2: 1) Establishing Control From Rear Rides 2) Crossface Variations 3) Half-Nelsons 4) Quarter Nelson 5) Single Leg Rides 6) Head & Arm Transitions 7) Double Wrist Lock Reversals 8) Top Wrist Lock Reversals 9) Judo Headlock Counter 10) Straight Arm Bar Escapes 11) Basic Triangle Escapes 12) Guard Counters 13) Guard Passes 14) Guard Pass Counters 15) Achilles Lock from the Ground 16) Advanced Achilles Lock Variations from the Ground 17) Reverse Hell Hook Counter to Leg Hold 18) Switching the Legs 19) Rolling Toe Hold 20) Transitions from Ankle Locks, Heel Hooks, Kneebars, and Toe-Holds 21) Thinking Creatively About Leg Locks 22) Kneebar Mechanics & Positions 23) Forward Kneebar Entries 24) Backward Kneebar Entries 25) Standing Kneebar Entry 26) Position/Submission/Pinning Chains 1 27) Position/Submission/Pinning Chains 2 28) Position/Submission/Pinning Chains 3 29) The Geometry of Throwing 30) Off-Balancing 31) Using Your Head 32) Upper Body Control Points 33) Arm Control 34) Bodylocks & Takedowns 35) Wrist Control, Duck Unders, & Arm Drags 36) Headlocks 37) Standing Front Headlock Escapes 38) Escaping the Front Headlock on the Ground 39) 2-on-1s 40) Putting It All Together Also, here is a nice highlight featuring the man that showed Kris the ropes of CACC, Eddie Carpentier: We should have the proof for Volume 1 (knock on wood) next week, then they will begin shipping! 2) Some nice Scientific Catch-As-Catch-Can counters for the BJJ Lockdown:
From Erik Paulson To learn some nasty neckcranks, check out Erik's epic DVD NECKBREAKER Here's a lockdown counter from Kris Iatskevich: 3) Brandon Ruiz Takes The Silver! Takanori Kuno Takes The Bronze at the Grappling World Championships! Takanori is Billy Robinson's student from Japan and he placed third in his division, 92 kg/202.5 lbs! Brandon is a local Salt Lake City athlete and good friend of Scientific Wrestling. He took second in the 125 kg/275 lbs division at the World Grappling Games. Way to represent guys!!! 4) GUT CHECK FITNESS: Joe Decker's Attempt for One Mile Speed March World Record Read about Joe's attempt at winning the "Beer Mile", a premier event in the emerging field of "digestive athletics"... Limited FREE memberships are available for those of you (and your family and friends) that are looking for WORLD RECORD BREAKING fitness regimen. 5) Join Our Facebook pages! Ok, we finally gave in... Check us out on Facebook! Scientific Wrestling Facebook Page Macebell Mauler's Facebook Page Gut Check Fitness Facebook Page My Personal Facebook Page 6) Macebell Strength Training Basics DVD They are shipping now! There are is really so much to be done with the Macebell. Here's a recently uploaded video to Macebell.com: 7) The Next Certified Scientific Wrestler Audits... ...will be here before you know it! March 7th and 8th in Salt Lake City, Utah and Montreal, Quebec. First come, first served! Here's what one of our newly minted Level 1 Certified Scientific Wrestlers had to say: "The certification audit was phenomenal. I have been to seminars and certs before through a variety of different programs, and usually I judge them based on the amount of new material I am introduced to. Most programs I have gone through had little substance; I already knew most of the material so usually they are a waste. This was not so with the SW audit. Almost everything I learned over the two days was brand new to me. I felt like an ass actually because I can normally do okay when it comes to new techniques, but there were a lot of times where things were so new I have to put on my beginner mindset again! (This is a good thing.)"
Dan Donche