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Old 04-09-2007, 05:51 PM   #130
SFDMALEX
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Originally Posted by graywolf624
Actually.. All the time we do..
I have failed to see any olympic wrestling match were I saw any from of kicks...

Neither have I seen it in highschool.


To which your trained to catch the other leg. In wrestling what you are describing, sans the actual kick is one of the most common ways to try to escape from a take down (in one form of wrestling where facing your back to the ground loses it, rather then escaping entirely being the key, there are at least 3 different styles with different points and rules). Wrestlers are trained to catch the second one as the man twists and drive to the ground.
If you catch both my legs both your arms are occupied, and I am lying on my back with my fists free to do whatever I wish.


To me the key is what I can do during the take down, not when Im lying on my stomach.
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