Josh Barnett Interview Part 3 

I’ll gladly listen to Josh Barnett anytime. Thanks for interviewing him!

Amazing interview. And I'm so happy and proud to be a part of the "Reviving Catch Wrestling" project (in my small way at least). I will do my best to learn and honor the tradition. Fight Team!!!

This whole interview is gold. I teach Catch as part of the HEMA club at Oklahoma State University even though I’m not a great wrestler. But I felt like no one was teaching the wrestling from the treatises, no one was keeping European wrestling techniques alive. And we have a phenomenal base of collegiate and highschool wrestlers. I would love if more people would get into it, even if they don’t have a school near them. Just like HEMA, you may just have to learn by doing and looking at the resources online.

What a friendly, earnest, thoughtful and terrifying man! As someone who still hasn't really wrestled, it hadn't occurred to me to consider someone not wanting to have their face kneeled on as being "soft". I have now been educated!

Great discussion. The Catch community infighting has to stop. We can't afford the destructive rivalries that BJJ has. We are too small.

This channel represents a style of fighter that has become endangered in the West; he who seeks combat for the sake of. There's plenty of guys who wanna win, a bunch of guys who don't wanna lose, a few guys with something to prove, but almost none that just want to fight with the outcome be damned!!

Nobody practicing jiu jitsu back in the day could've imagined all the refinements and adjustments its been through as it grew. Imagine what kind of sophistication catch is concealing.

Thanks for the last part of this great chat. 🤩

Magnific interview. About the subject cross face, neck crank, etc... i always assume that is part of what bjj cals "presure". Its very important. Its jiujitsu too. The exlclusion of "i want to save my life" heel hooks, and head slams, i agree too becouse it takes time and money from the matt. And i am 45 with kids. But disconfort... i can tap if is too much, the fast stuff is the problem. Anything with control in training is ok. And train your jiujitsu with punches too, from time to time. Is a diferent jiujitsu.

I love catch. I am from the North of England and I think it embodies everything a Northern working class man was. Tough, honest, down to earth. Shake hands, do your best to fuck the other man up. Then shake hands afterwards and down the pub for a nice pint.

that was a very pleasant listening. If you have the opportunity please make a video with Josh about bare knuckle boxing as he suggested, that would be great.

I hope his Warmaster nickname is a Warhammer 40k reference

I'm a old guy who took up BJJ , I've always wanted to wrestle catch , stuck in Leicester there's nothing . Theses series of videos are superb , its time to change what I've wanted to try , so post sorting my knackered shoulder Im gonna find a place to train (a old fat guy ha who just loves the art ).

"Let's change the world." - Fight Team

I also transitioned from a HEMA medieval and Renaissance weapons focus to wrestling, though my interest is Backhold, Collar and Elbow, and Cornish, with the weapon interest more towards things that have modern applicability, like bowie knife, dagger, quarterstaff, tomahawk, etc. But the wrestling is the most fun, and has a cheaper entry cost monetarily.

Would love to hear you guys talk about bare knuckle boxing aswell.

Great interview overall. I'm nearing 40 and have not been wrestling most of my life so I will never be a competitor, but I'd love to learn more. Will keep an eye out for anything in the NYC area!

JB is surprising with the vector of his social critique & the intersection of pop culture & athletics.

Would love to see a Boxing flow-up! Great interview, really enjoyed these!

I would love to hear about bare knuckle with josh! And also anything you guys could say about wrestling in traditional pugilism would be cool too

Again great interview . I currently teach Nogi at a BJJ school , been wanting to start a pure Catch class aswell once I get the time. As for BKB since it was mentioned at the end , I want to air a thought I have been having about La Lutte, the senegalese "wrestling", Laamb its called without punches. But they go for knockdown or throw in a way that really reminds me of the London prize ring rules, And I have come to believe LPRR to be its origin... Just a little MA conspiracy theory I came up with at the end there ;) Again great show!

I forgot to mention at the gym I train at the scarf hold chest compressor is known as "the josh barnett" and doing it to someone is known as "barnetting" them (this is a bjj gym so the impact josh has had on the sport is that).

I started to read classical pugilism manuals and now I do Muay Thai I am curious, do you miss looking at silver and all the sword stuff? I know the silver guys can be very argumentative which makes it less fun, but as a system and sport do you miss that side of HEMA?

Firstly thank you for all you do and the enthusisam you have for CACC. Its an incredible cultural gift that needs to be kept alive in the UK. I train and teach martial arts in the Birmingham area, but am desperate to develop myself as a grappler and CACC would be my preference. Do you know of anyone in the Birmingham area who teached CACC? Thanks in advance for your time and congrats on a great interview.

Awesome thanks 🍻😎

We’d be interested in competing in interclub level stuff if you get anything organised.. we’re primarily a Sambo club but we train ‘no kurtka’ too

I live in northeast Ohio and every school in the area that mentions wrestling online turns out to be a jujitsu school. I want to learn Catch wrestling

Hey can we see rolling/sparring footage? You seem well versed, but I'd like to see how you actually fight

Did he say that there's a world championship happening? Is that something watchable online? Also did he say there was a British Championship? Same question?

Amazing.

would you beat him on a sword fight tho?

Get in touch with John hathaway for catch interclub.