http://www.wrestlingpod.com/wrestling-news/w100/ News & events from the side of the mat. Tue, 02 Mar 2010 03:39:46 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://www.wrestlingpod.com/wrestling-news/w100/comment-page-1/#comment-2 Anonymous Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.wrestlingpod.com/wrestling-news/?p=100#comment-2 I like the article and I agree that no-gi submission wrestling is on the rise. I have been the Asst. Wrestling Coach at Cal St Fullerton for the past 3 years and have competed in some submission grappling tourns over the years. I recently founded the International Submission Wrestling Association and the American Submission Wrestling Association which will function as the IGB and NGB for the sport of no-gi submisision wrestling. We will not use a fall methodology but will use the submisison/tapout. We have a pt system that uses aspects of freestyle, greco, folkstyle and brazilian jiu jitsu. I believe in order for the sport to become mainstream it needed organization and safety regulations in place and that was my motivation in creating the ISWA. I love wrestling in all forms and I am student of history (with special attention to wrestling, of course). It is amazing to me how man has this intrinsic tendendacy to compete in wrestling which has been with us since the beginning of our species. I wish to preserve wrestling in all of its forms and from all the different cultures of the world. The art of submission wrestling is growing rapidly with fans of the UFC, Pride and K-1 seeing the importance and effectiveness of submission skills and wrestling skills. I believe that the public is also hungry for no-gi competitions in submission grappling. I believe the ineffective use of the gi in the UFC, Pride and K-1 has created this demand. Wrestlers are also more inclined to enter no-gi submission wr events I like the article and I agree that no-gi submission wrestling is on the rise. I have been the Asst. Wrestling Coach at Cal St Fullerton for the past 3 years and have competed in some submission grappling tourns over the years. I recently founded the International Submission Wrestling Association and the American Submission Wrestling Association which will function as the IGB and NGB for the sport of no-gi submisision wrestling. We will not use a fall methodology but will use the submisison/tapout. We have a pt system that uses aspects of freestyle, greco, folkstyle and brazilian jiu jitsu. I believe in order for the sport to become mainstream it needed organization and safety regulations in place and that was my motivation in creating the ISWA. I love wrestling in all forms and I am student of history (with special attention to wrestling, of course). It is amazing to me how man has this intrinsic tendendacy to compete in wrestling which has been with us since the beginning of our species. I wish to preserve wrestling in all of its forms and from all the different cultures of the world. The art of submission wrestling is growing rapidly with fans of the UFC, Pride and K-1 seeing the importance and effectiveness of submission skills and wrestling skills. I believe that the public is also hungry for no-gi competitions in submission grappling. I believe the ineffective use of the gi in the UFC, Pride and K-1 has created this demand. Wrestlers are also more inclined to enter no-gi submission wr events

]]> http://www.wrestlingpod.com/wrestling-news/w100/comment-page-1/#comment-3 jtownjitsu Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.wrestlingpod.com/wrestling-news/?p=100#comment-3 The ISWA is 501 c3 non profit amateur sports organization and dedicated to the development of amateur submission wrestling on a worldwide level. Once the popularity of submission wrestling has been established it is likely that it will become a professional sport on its own. Until then Im sure our athletes will become mainstays in organizations like RPW, UFC, and Pride and these organizations would benefit from the growth of our organization. For Info Please contact us at intswa@yahoo.com <BR/>our website at (www.iswa.us) will be up soon. The ISWA is 501 c3 non profit amateur sports organization and dedicated to the development of amateur submission wrestling on a worldwide level. Once the popularity of submission wrestling has been established it is likely that it will become a professional sport on its own. Until then Im sure our athletes will become mainstays in organizations like RPW, UFC, and Pride and these organizations would benefit from the growth of our organization. For Info Please contact us at intswa@yahoo.com
our website at (www.iswa.us) will be up soon.

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