Wrestling Breakdowns, Rides, and Pinning Combos
Although the difference between freestyle and professional – such as those you see in the World Wrestling Entertainment – wrestling is glaringly obvious at times but there are still a lot of moves that you can use in both styles without violating any rules and regulations.
The Different Ways You Can Defeat Your Opponent in Wrestling
Stretches
When used in professional wrestling, stretching isn’t that dangerous because everything that happens in the ring, as we all know, is rehearsed. It only becomes dangerous when used in freestyle wrestling. Also known as submission holds, stretching allows a wrestler to place pressure – or stress – on certain parts of the opponent’s body.
When the pressure becomes unbearable, the opponent can do any of the following to submit to defeat: he can verbalize his abdication from the match, tap out by slapping the mat or ground thrice.
Chokes
This is another technique that will employ pressure to an opponent until he’s forced to admit defeat. Chokes are used to cut off oxygen supply to the brain, although not to the point that it will cause the subjugated wrestler serious physical injury.
Anaconda Vice
This technique was invented and popularized by Japanese pro wrestler Hiroyoshi Tenzan of New Japan Pro Wrestling. If both wrestlers happen to occupy sitting positions on the mat, the Anaconda Vice can be executed. First, one arm is used to take control of the opponent’s head – which is the primary target zone in wrestling – and bend the opponent’s arm while his other arm goes around the opponent’s waist.
Afterwards, the wrestler will shoot his arm pass through the circle created by his opponent’s bent arm and lock both his arms together. When this happens, you’ll be able to subject your opponent to substantial pressure.
Obviously, this move is somewhat akin to how an anaconda kills its prey.
Rear Chin Lock
This is a popular move used in entertainment wrestling. A wrestler goes on the offensive with the rear chin lock by lifting his opponent from a supine to a sitting position. Next, the wrestler keeps his knee on the other man’s back while keeping hold of his enemy’s chin and exerting pressure either by pulling the chin back or to the side. Extreme care must be showed when executing a rear chin lock because it can tendons in the neck to break if done improperly.
Arm Bar
Although not a finishing move, the arm bar can substantially reduce your opponent’s energy. To accomplish this move, all you have to do is twist your opponents arm and place pressure on his elbow and shoulder.
Hammer Lock
With a hammer lock, a wrestler takes hold of his enemy’s arm and pulls it backwards. Pulled far enough and this move can cause the enemy’s arm to become immobile.
Suplex
This is a move that’s used in professional, freestyle, and competitive sport wrestling. As such, we’ll be discussing several variants of it. The suplex requires a wrestler to use his strength and weight to bring down another wrestler to the mat. In most cases, a recipient of this move will land on the mat flat on his back.
Vertical Suplex
This is a type of suplex that’s commonly used in almost all kinds of wrestling. A vertical suplex is also known as Brainbuster in Japan. After locking the opponent’s face or head from the front, the opponent is raised up by the wrestler then thrown in a backward motion until the opponent’s back forcefully hits the ground.
When a vertical suplex is made effectively, it is usually enough to render a wrestler temporarily immobilized, enough to enable the other wrestler to pin his opponent down and win the match.
Reverse Suplex
The basic starting move – a front face lock – is once again used for this particular version of the suplex. Instead of ending on his back however, the opponent is lifted up then hits the mat face down.
Please remember that all the moves described above shouldn’t be attempted by any individual without proper guidance and supervision of a professional wrestler. No matter how skilled or flexible you are, many of these moves can cause harm not only to you but to other people as well. Take special care when exercising these moves, and do keep them within the ring or mat.
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