The History of Catch Wrestling feat. Jake Shannon of Scientific Wrestling

As a proud Scientific Wrestling affiliate gym, we take catch wrestling serious. Under the tutelage of Jake Shannon and the other top-tier Scientific Wrestling coaches, Black Flag has quickly gained a name for ourselves in the brutal art! Watch as coach Shannon breaks down the fascinating history of this incredible sport.
Filmed/edited by: Sean A. Malone - / @ishootfights4962
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[@jellydomino]

Keeping catch alive…Appreciated !💫 Much thanks from Wigan 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

[@peterheyes8552]

Alot of misinformatiom in this vid

[@JivecattheMagnificent]

Hah, ah man, it's funny hearing that, since in the South-West we're also known as a bunch of country folk. But yeah, for sure there is a stereotype that people from the North are uncultured or whatever. 😂 But there was also a history of wrestling/grappling from Cornwall and Devonshire, both jacketed forms, I think. Bristol/Somerset (where I'm from) was also very well known for the skill of their bareknuckle boxers (who would traditionally have grappled too, until the rules changed). Love the video man, and yeah, good point about "Greco-Roman" being new, like it was a French style of wrestling. 😅 The shin kicking as well, ahahah, yeah man, ah, people still do the shin kicking stuff here and there (obviously without the crazy shoes hahah). Super interesting video, guys, very nice and detailed. Love that catch wrestling has a new life in the USA, since yeah, in the UK there's only a handful of places that still teach it.

[@hanzowong3535]

Wonderful historical lecture! Thank you for sharing!😊👍👍👍👍👍!!!

[@pm7081]

Wonder how much would have come back with soldiers serving in India during the Empire? Seems there are exercises: Hindu squats, Mace exercises, maybe even moves and techniques taken from Indian wrestling. Anything new that your opponent didn't know, would have been an advantage.

[@StandWatie1862]

Who knows but wrestling was pretty established well before 1858

[@seanfaherty]

I was told that was brought to England by the Great Gama

[@colemanstarr5404]

Potato famine was 1840s and North of England is by Scotland not ireland

[@kallepikku4991]

Conveniently forgot to mention that half of it was borrowed from Asia, circa 1600s to 1850s From British occupied India where Persian originated Pahlevani wrestling was popular. Prior to that, none of the European wrestling styles had leg grabs. That's purely a Persian/Indian concept. As is all the mat wrestling on the ground. Before that European styles were more reminiscent to modern Greco-Roman wrestling.

[@maksymmerkulow5196]

Man, just watch a medieval German wrestling. It has leg grabs.

[@jjjjj2220]

Actually a lot of medieval people had all sorts of locks and way to take people down

[@87jonah]

This guy has no clue