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The ‘Best Martial Art’???
A recent meme has reignited the latent vitriol among grappling tribes. You might have seen it. Along with the accompanied graph showing champions clustered in fighting styles, here’s the caption… ‘The UFC did not prove that Jiujitsu was the ultimate art over the last 30 years It proved wrestling is Wrestlers dominate everyone in MMA’…
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Folkstyle Wrestling and Submission Grappling
If you compete in no-gi grappling (e.g., ADCC, NAGA, Grappling Industries, etc.), folkstyle wrestling can be an unparalleled resource for your skill development on the mat. Why??? Despite the ruleset differences among all of our combat sports, folkstyle arguably resembles modern MMA grappling the most. If you’ve ever watched an NCAA wrestling match, for instance,…
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Takedowns Should Not Just Be Your Warm-Up
Our opinion here at Horsetooth…if you want to be a complete grappler, you should spend at least 60 percent of your practice (read–slight majority) focused on standing, i.e., neutral position, wrestling, and without wearing a gi,. Saturday’s UFC 288 offered a stark reminder of the consequences of what happens when submission specialists can’t take an…
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Reconsider Training in a Gi (or Kimono)…
Spoiler alert for what follows…training in the gi will not make you a better grappler in mma. Or any other form of grappling/fighting where one is not wearing something akin to a heavy-duty kimono. Gi versus no-gi shouldn’t even be a debate any longer. The science behind motor skills and how we learn to move…
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On this day in grappling history…
Today (May 1) represents the 23rd anniversary of the historic fight between Kazushi Sakuraba and Royce Gracie during the opening round of the 2000 Pride Grand Prix Finals. For those who are unfamiliar with the Pride Grand Prix 2000 Finals, it was the Super Bowl of Super Bowls for MMA. With few exceptions, the biggest…
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Small Steps Make a Big Difference
Small steps are essential to improvement and eventual mastery in any given endeavor. Whether you want to get in better shape, learn another language, improve daily habits, or become a stronger wrestler or grappler, I believe it’s best to take small steps so that you can stay motivated. If you try to improve too much,…
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New Classes Starting This Friday (April 14)
More Opportunities to Train!!! This week we’re adding two new classes to our schedule here at Horsetooth. ** ADCC-Style Grappling – Fridays @ 9:00 a.m. ** This session will emphasize submission grappling relevant to ADCC’s Submission Fighting World Federation, which is considered ‘the Olympics’ of grappling and no-gi competition. Technical focus for training will include…
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Women’s Only Grappling Class Added at Horsetooth!!!
NEW CLASS AVAILABLE 🙂 Starting Sunday, April 16, we will be adding a weekly women’s only grappling class from from 12:30 – 1:30 p.m. Emphasis is on folkstyle wrestling, so if you’re interested in competing in the premier combat sport, already compete and want to get some work in the off season, or if you’re…
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Why You Should Be Training Folkstyle Wrestling
Did that get your attention? It’s a bold claim, but we now have approximately 30 years of contemporary, battle-tested data from mixed martial arts to back up this point… The early days of MMA were dominated by Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu fighters, most notably Royce Gracie. Back then, many were eager to declare BJJ as the most effective martial art. But what…
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Entity vs Incremental Theories of Intelligence
Dr. Carol Dweck, a leading researcher in the field of developmental psychology, makes the distinction between entity and incremental theories of intelligence. Consider these theories relevant to your mindset for wrestling… Individuals who are ‘entity theorists’ are prone to language like ‘I am good at this’ and tend to attribute their success or failure to…
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