I wrestled in high school for 2 years. Never made varsity due to state champs in my weight class. I was still pretty good and won a lot of matches when I was the underdog. Well..I'm 26 now, a little out of shape for wrestling, but my desire to wrestle is still very much strong. My question is if there is any kind of wrestling and competitions for people in my position. I'd get back in mental and physical shape of course but it seems like after high school, they don't have anything like that in my age bracket. I lost all my medals, letter jacket, pictures, etc. in a fire so I have nothing to show my achievements and I want that back so bad. Can anybody help?? If there is no wrestling for me, what is the closest martial arts to wrestling and please tell me a bit about it? Thankyou.
2006-10-28 19:57:39 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Sports ➔ Martial Arts
try jiu-jitsu..there are so many places poppin' up nowadays. it's a little different, but pretty cool. you will definitely appreciate the sport (jiu-jitsu) and your wrestling instincts that you bring to the table.
like the other mentioned, if you have no-gi wrestling, go for that. i think that would be more similar if anything.
2006-10-29 03:40:09 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Im from ohio and there are alot of open tournament all year long and they kinda cater to ppl out of high school. i wrestled in a freestyle tournament and the rules are a lot differant than high school i was kinda learning them right up until i got on the mat. being in the marines we do a lot of grappaling so if you cant find any tournaments check into that.
2006-10-29 06:54:21 · answer #2 · answered by Muff 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i don't know if it's still goin but they were trying to do a real pro wrestling with freestyle and greco roman wrestling teams other than that yeah training for MMA stuff might be the way to go with all the UFC promoting on tv an all
2006-10-29 02:02:40 · answer #3 · answered by keoni_21 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Try no-gi grappling. The objectives are a bit different than wrestling, but I grapple with a lot of ex-wrestlers who seem to love it. The objective is to get your opponent to 'tap out' or 'submit'. Think of 'mercy' from when you were a kid. It focuses on joint locks, pain compliance, chokes etc. to get your opponent to give up.
There are amateur competitions as well that you might find interesting. Here's a link to a video that shows no-gi grappling.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aIUWH-tuGGk
2006-10-29 02:06:01 · answer #4 · answered by Jon M 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Check with a YMCA or just ask the local HS coach if you could work out with the team. Most coaches would be very happy to have help
2006-10-29 09:09:30 · answer #5 · answered by WhiteDevilman 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There is Judo, Sambo, Shuai Chiao (chinese grappling), Mongolian Wrestling. There should be at least ONE of those styles near enough to you to look into....
2006-10-29 02:33:20 · answer #6 · answered by kveldulfgondlir 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋