Is Catch Wrestling the most useful art to know in MMA?

[@GreatGama777]

This!!!!! Even if there arent enough schools of catch around, if you blend your wrestling with good subs and escapes it really is the ultimate grappling art.

[@lekcindr]

the downfall is there's nowhere to learn it

[@tutoschinnerling1727]

And learning it is a pain in the fucking ass

[@perfectsplit5515]

Trying to learn Catch Wrestling is like trying to learn Gracie Jiu-Jitsu in 1972.

[@adonisb39]

Because of that I wrestle twice a week, do BJJ 2-3 times a week, and do sambo twice a week.

[@perfectsplit5515]

@@adonisb39 Well, I hope you’re not sandbagging the lower belt divisions. ;)

[@adonisb39]

@@perfectsplit5515 I compete in white belt cuz I’m still a white belt is that sand bagging? I didn’t even wrestle in HS

[@kallepikku4991]

Kinda have to agree with this one.

[@frankiecal3186]

💯 percent.

[@abujay1285]

No Gi is not just BJJ, its Judo, Sambo, Wrestling and luta livre

[@frankiecal3186]

Catch wrestling is half of Folkstyle wrestling.

[@abrahamlincoln6201]

You've got it backwards

[@abrahamlincoln6201]

@@user-kj5ql1cq7v I don't know about american folkstyle being practiced for 300 years I would think right when it was added to schools the submissions were taken away but I think the guy was talking about American folkstyle

[@sinjinsmythe1571]

Yeah dont show off that you got rid of half your offence and stopped teaching the whole style. Even judo is mostly ippon, they still taught armlocks and footlocks. Folkstyle chose to wipe out the full curriculum.

[@carboncringe9558]

Rather freestyle. When politicians and whatnot came down on the brutality of catch and banned submissions, it turned into freestyle. Catch was supposed to be in the 1904 Olympics before that happened.

[@J.M.Bracero88]

One would argue that Folk Wrestling his half of catch wrestling.

[@SunWarriorMexica]

I beg to differ because Alex pereira has 0 wrestling and poor jiu jitsu but has been exposing mma fighters Poot striking skills .. when compared to boxers, K-1 kickboxers, and Thai fighters .. man the striking technique is so poor ..

[@amosdraak3536]

I feel like both train relatively easily, just that some people are either lazy or it doesn’t click with their brains. Wrestling can be broken down into simple fundamentals, and striking basically the same. Then just muscle memory and learning some tricks.

[@MatthewNguyen-zx3de]

He hasn't really faced good wrestlers yet. Jan is his best and he made it hard before losing... so tbf maybe he's on his way to greatness.

[@extraficalCO]

You do realize Alex has been training Jiujitsu for a decade. His ground game is just trash compared to UFC fighters. The average elite kickboxer would do MUCH worse

[@katietrotter9374]

A “division 1” catch wrestler? Not a thing. Does catch wrestling even exist most places now?

[@SINdaBlock411]

Dear Christ not these clowns again ...

[@abujay1285]

No Gi bjj is luta livre if you think about it BJJ is original gi and the gracies learnt no gi from luta livre guys

[@_shmunk6816]

luta livre is brazilian catch wrestling with more emphasis on guard playing

[@abujay1285]

😊

[@thatoneguy6165]

The closest thing is No-Gi BJJ

[@ektran4205]

the gracies ran away from a brazilian catch wrestler