[.ca] Greco-Roman Wrestling (ISBN 0873224086)

Stay On Your Feet!:
This is possibly the best book on Greco Roman Wrestling in print. I have a copy of Greco- Roman Wrestling by M. Briggs Hunt which has drawings rather than photos and is no longer in print, which is also very good. Greco Roman teaches holds for above waist, and is practiacal for street fighing, and has holds you can use staying on your feet ... Train hard and have fun! Guro Dennis Servaes ...

MMA Fanatics Review:
I have to say this book is quite awsome, not just from a Amatuer Wrestling stand point, but Also from a self defense stand point. Oddly in MMA circles we devote huge amounts of time into studying Freestyle takedowns. We often over look the value of Basic Greco tactics. I found the adive on where to grab your oppoent for control to be worth the price of the book. Combine what you read in this book with some Boxing, low kicks, and a few submissions you will have a formatible repitore. Still I have to say this is a book, not a video. If you can't put whats going on together in your mind you might want to but the US coaches syllsbus.

Great Guide:
This book is an excellent guide to upper body wrestling. Very useful pictures and text by great athletes. While no book can replace actual training a good one (like this) can provide the theory and correct technique descriptions to guide you and serve as a source of reference. This book is well worth investing into!

Excellent wrestling book:
For those who don't know, Greco-Roman wrestling utilizes throws that all occur above the waist. This is a skill that can come into play in folkstyle and freestyle wrestling, as well as judo and NHB matches. For that reason allone, I'd recomend getting this book. The author does an excellent job of showing where control points are for this kind of wrestling, and devides the throws into body, arm, and head-and-arm techniques. He also covers Par Terre, or ground wrestling, from a Greco-Roman point of view. The chapter on basics is fantastic, and there are sections on drilling specific skills, such as the bridge, as well as some basic weight lifting, and even a training program. This very rigorous sport has been given the master treatment by Mr. Martell.

All You Need:
Exellent book which seems to present you with one or two simple yet olympic quality attacks and defenses for each grappling situation one may encounter . Which allow the author to delve into every possible body position applicable to an upper body attack . The subtleties of this style of grappling cannot be explained in words , the sensitivity one gains in this method of wrestling . You need to know this and this is the best book by far to do so with . The throws are quite painful and turn your whole body into an explosive weapon . Note of caution , this is physically demanding , sissy men and ladies need not apply ...