Martial Library: Scientific Methods of Wrestling (1925)

[@fakename3042]

You just answered the ever ending question of what Catch is. Thank you

[@fakename3042]

The submission moves were taken out of amateur wrestling so before this was wrestling just Catch Wrestling? What were the takedowns?

[@fighting.words.ma.library]

What became modern Americal folkstyle/collegiate wrestling was Catch or, more accurately, the modern style is amateur Catch. There were other wrestling styles in North America brought over from Europe. Greco Roman (actually a French style despite its name) was pretty popular as well as some styles brought over from the British Isles, like side-hold wrestling and collar-and-elbow wrestling- in many of these styles, as the names indicate, wrestlers began their match with a specific grip on the opponent's body, while, as the name suggests, in Catch-As-Catch-Can, there was no pre-set grip that was used before the start of the match, so the wrestlers had to "catch" hold of their opponent any way they could.