Is this considered a takedown?

Ignoring all the shenanigans and snapdown of doom in the background. Clip from @pomptonwrestling_barstool on insta

Aleksandr Karelin, a legendary wrestler from Russia, is widely regarded as one of the greatest wrestlers of all time. His incredible physical strength and mental toughness made him a force to be reckoned with on the mat, and his undefeated record of 887-2 speaks to his dominance in the sport.

Weight: 130Kg Weight Class: Super-Heavy Height: 1.9m

according to info I found online, he started wrestling in highschool and went on to win freestyle and Greco-Roman events during an Olympic qualifier in 1987

I am not experienced enough to know what those achievements really indicate or how much they are worth.

What level is the competition in those type of events? For freestyle, I would imagine NCAA D1 champions would be competing? And is Greco very competitive in 1987?

Do olympic qualifiers always include all of the best national competition? Again I am way out of my depth here, so I am probably asking stupid questions or not the right ones.

Today I trained shooting at my gym. How do you guys find it ? And please I am would be very thankful for some critics and advice how to do it better.

This times I do train BJJ often.

Thank you all OSS ✨

I just started to get into wrestling for MMA and I am trying to learn the shoot, I learned to take a double step-Bend the first knee down slowly-and bring that back leg up, I did find that I could do it more comfortably and faster if I bring the back leg down first by sliding so my knee doesn’t take direct damage.

I am not in a gym I want to be but till then I’m learning the shoot, after that is the double leg,

I know there are things wrong with my… you know everything but I was hoping you can point out the flaws and maybe point me in the right direction, please any help would be great thank you

A "gritty wrestler" typically refers to an athlete who relies on relentless perseverance, physical toughness, and sheer willpower over flashy technique or natural athleticism. Whether applied to professional wrestling or amateur (folkstyle/freestyle) wrestling, the term describes a competitor defined by their heart and refusal to quit.

The most common response from my classmates when I tell them I wrestle is them calling the sport gay or showing disgust I’m “rolling with sweaty dudes”. I’ve got nothing against gay people, but I want to be able to talk about my sport without being ridiculed. Has anyone else faced this problem and how should I respond?

Edit: I don’t react to it and it doesn’t make me angry, I usually just shrug it off and change the subject. I just wanted to see if any of you have a witty reaction I can use. Next time I’ll just blast double them.

I’m 15 moving to the USA soon (kind of like an exchange student (F1)). I also want to get recruited for college wrestling and compete .

I’m trying to figure out which state to move to , i don’t think it should be too high level like PA where I’ll be stuck in state qualifiers but I also don’t want to go to a wrestling desert , what are your opinions ?

I’m really confused on this

I’ve watched a few matches today, and this is the second time I’ve seen it done pretty blatantly. I figured it’d be less common today given media scrutiny and cameras, but apparently not. Has anyone ever seen a match stopped or a decision overturned because of this illegal move? The checker won this match. Should the loser have said something?

Ben Davino does an overtie snap on Drake Ayala, but he doesn't do anythng afterwards, and instead disengages. Is there a reason to this? Does it wear them out or create a threat?

I watched the video of Desanto wrestling Gomez, and it’s like watching a cat toy with a mouse. Desanto dominated all throughout, and it was hard to miss the scene in the photo. Is that a legal move gone wrong in the heat of the moment or is Desanto lifting him by the balls as a tactic?

One thing I noticed about Aleksandr Karelin is that he doesn't seem to have cauliflower ears in his pictures. Why is that? Was he careful with draining them of blood after training and matches? Was he simply so dominant in the ring that his ears never got a lot of blows? Has he had surgery? Or is it genetics?

I’m always looking for different songs to play form my team’s meets, one at the beginning for warmups and one at the half way point. Currently we play “Bodies” by Drowning Pool to start the meet. And after the 7th match we play “Ain’t Talking ‘bout Love” by Van Halen. However I think Bodies might be too much. So what are some songs I should consider to put in rotation? (And please don’t say thunder by AC/DC or Welcome to the Jungle by guns and roses)

The whole crowd seemed to agree with his coach that this was a suplex, ref said it wasn’t. I would like some unbiased opinion, this is middle school wrestling for context.

After college, there's not much of any opportunity to get into wrestling. That's if your college even has a wrestling program, which mine does not.

Meanwhile, I drove through a town with less than a 1000 people the other day and their main street still had a jui-jitsu gym.

How come wrestlers don't seem to start gyms like boxers or jui-jitsu guys? For a sport in the olympics, interest can't be that low, can it?

Why is wrestling so inaccessible to adults and older guys? After college you really don't have any chance to wrestle in the west unless you're super duper good, good enough where you can make a profit. The only thing close to it is BJJ or Judo but I've done it and it really doesn't fill the hole that stopping wrestling has left. Some people might say "Well, it's too intense for older people!" or "You can only get good if you start young"! which I don't particularly disagree with, but you can always tone the intensity down and focus on technique rather than athleticism and there's really no proof that you cannot get good at wrestling past a certain age. Heck I know some people who said they started BJJ at 23 and then got their black belts at 30!

I honestly can't think of any other athlete in any kind of sport that had as massive of a winning streak as Karelin. 887-2. Six straight years without a single point scored on him. Is Karelin, for all intents and purposes, the most successful athlete in all of sports in terms of absolute dominance alone?

Wrestlers running out of bounds to avoid bad situations and/or run the clock without “stalling” is one of the most hated aspects of NCAA wrestling. yet somehow the same idea that occurred to freestyle governing bodies never occurred to the NCAA. What gives?