The most important style of wrestling to learn is folkstyle 

No doubt!!!! I could listen to him talk about the same shit over and over for hours lol

When I was 15, I was the Michigan and Ohio State freestyle champ. Tried folksyle for the 1st time (without fully understanding the rules) and lost in the finals to the folkstyle champ. He talked smack and took an L in the fist fight. Doesn't always work but I agree, folkstyle transitions best to mma!

I am interested in Wrestling but I have noticed that when he talks about other topics, John Danaher is similar

@Gene Bone Oh yeah, and Muay Thai is just boxing except you can use kicks and your joints

Tovarisch Karno your right 🙂

Travis Kraft bruh I've seen u on Eddie bravo/mma videos for YEARS lol

Troy Yang Travis is a big deal around this scene

Mike Tang around what scene

I prefer Greco for street fighting Folkstyle for ring

And what's your thoughts on freestyle wrestling?

Bullsh*t... If Collegiate wrestling was the best we would've seen americans dominate the Olympics... But russians are the ones that do that.

Folk styles are folk for a reason, they're local to an area. American folk style and freestyle are brothers anyway, their dad is catch wrestling.

Original comment, think of it yourself?

Karl Malone you're welcome. Thanks for reading , commenting, and thumbing. I'll be here all week.

Im a simple man. I cant make this video play.. I go listen to Trump lying to me and wear my maga hat.

jocko said wrestlers are more likely to pass buds

Literally every other combat sport

Yeah, but they all weigh the same as a child. They don't don't have that body weight to pin down opponents. Dan Severn and Mark Coleman were both NCAA champions but they didn't constantly get up when 1 was taken down. Difference between having a 135 pound man on you and a 250 plus pound man on you

I agree my off-season greco increased my strength in the standup, but took a month to undo the throws as a response once folk season started.

Example Randy Couture

@@stealthbombsmith7770 Another example Chael Sonnen himself.

dlp2600 GSP would get destroyed with escapes, riding time, and back points. GSP is good at takedowns. Not wrestling as a whole.

Alo Oso Where people make the mistake about St Pierre is they say he isn't good at something it's simply not true. Chael himself has said on numerous occasions he was beaten by George when they went up against each other and he was shocked & impressed with him. This is been repeated by Rashad Evans former college champ & Dan Henderson many others. He was offered to wrestle for Canadian national team in Olympics but he couldn't because of his UFC commitments. He trains with the best international wrestlers all the time especially from Russia this is not a secret. Canadian coach is former Russian Olympic Gold Medalist. My point is that he is example that he didn't specialize in one style and became really really good at it.

Gene Bone What's bullshit? I was just saying he is one guy that i know of that didn't wrestle in college and was highly sucessful. He wrestles with Canadian national team all the time was asked to represent the Olympic team but couldn't because of his UFC commitments as champ. His wrestling coach is former wrestling gold medalist from Russia that's how he became so good at it of course he is work alcoholic. It's well documented from many many Wrestlers like former College Champs & international stars like Dan Henderson, Randy Colture, Rashad. Evans, Chael himself, brag how good he is and Evans & Chael they would get beat in workouts by St Pierre.

You can do takedown on me all day. But if I get on top I'm going to turn you and tech you. GSP can take me down, but can he turn me??? I get one takedown on him or a reversal, if I end up on top I'll turn him and tech him.

Alo Oso Ok but that goes for anyone! What makes you think you could do that to GSP because you say so?? That's ridiculous argument and your missing the point. Second your making assumptions that you have no facts about unless you were in the room, which you weren't. No way in hell wrestlers by the dozens has stated on numerous occasions how good he is not with just take downs with grappling period. Bottom, top etc! Your just focus on his takedowns because in UFC that is the highlight reels, just like Chael has stated when he grabs you it's on another level and he was shocked. That's all i need to know.

Billy Riley would have approved!

Folkstyle is Catch.... without submissions.

@@kallepikku4991 Exactly. Catch is folkstyle WITH submissions. Much better

Bullsh*t... If Collegiate wrestling was the best we would've seen americans dominate the Olympics... But russians are the ones that do that.

But he did give some explosive takedowns but wasn't able to control them

bipluv nakarmi exactly. Freestyle rewards explosive quick takedowns and doesn’t encourage ground control. Folkstyle places heavy emphasis on ground control.

BlackBeltValeTudo I’m a deputy and I’ve always found that I use my greco background more so than my jitz for grappling with suspects.

rick toretto are u policeman?

Khalikov Kamil Yeah, I’m a deputy sheriff in the United States we have policemen and deputies they are essentially the same thing deputies just have a larger jurisdiction.

When?

Bullsh*t... If Collegiate wrestling was the best we would've seen americans dominate the Olympics... But russians are the ones that do that.

And yeah Chael is full of sh*t

@@uafc1 in his freestyle vs greco video.

Wat?! Folk style actually is to me easier than free

Folkstyle rules are much more direct and simple than freestyle. No judges involved awarding points for amplitude, etc.

Ninh explains, has good videos on the three styles different rules.

Too many to explain in a comment

You want to talk to Chael about direction for your kid why? It seems like he’s doing fine

@@booooo-urns he's doing great! My kid wants to fight though. My dad was an Olympic alternate for boxing and used to work with him, but he died a few years ago. Some people prefer a couple different gyms and some people go to a MMA gym. Does training kickboxing and BJJ make the most sense or does training "MMA" make the most sense? Should I keep the kid in school wrestling or should I look into club? Are there good "camps" that I can send him to where he can get an idea of what being a full-time fighter would be? There are a ton of different directions and I trust Chaels opinion on the subject more than most as he's a very cerebral athlete like my son.

@@aamantium1 I think a place that does judo/bjj/catch wrestling (CACC)/sambo would be interesting as that would seem to cover it all for grappling. As far as striking, I don't know yet which combination or blend would seem ideal (of course to mix with the grappling).

Cool story bro

Freestyle allows grips just about anywhere as well as allowing trips, to the best of my knowledge. Grecco only permits grips above the waist. Never wrestled or studied it seriously but thats what Ive gleaned from spectating it.

The rules dictate the techniques and training; scoring differs. Folk style awards control while international styles award high amplitude throws. Also the allowed techniques differ. In Folk Style you can do techniques that hurt but not injure such as the wrestler's guillotine, while in international styles these aren't allowed. Also scoring is different. An international pin is 1 second while folk is 2 to 3 seconds. Ride time is awarded in folk. Par Terre generally gets stood back up like judo in the international styles, so they generally don't learn ground control instead they learn how to roll people over, because they are awarded for instances of back exposure while in folk back exposure is awarded by a 2 to 5 seconds of exposure, in other words you must hold and control it not just roll around. In international wrestling you can slam while in folk you can only takedown with control; you literally must be able to stop the moment is the referee says stop, which you can't do at the height of the arc in any suplex. International rules throws are better for fights, but the handles, controls, takedowns, and pins from folkstyle are better if you aren't trying to injure another in a fight, and if you are trying to injure them then they do allow you to control a person to do much damage if you know submissions and strikes; early ground and pound is an example of it, because the ground fight allows knees and elbows while you have a person tied and held immobile, which aren't allowed in current rules.

Yes

What seperates the different Wrestling styles in skill set?

jacob harris Great question. Collegiate (US folk style) focuses on takedowns and controlling the opponent on the mat. It teaches dominant positioning. Freestyle and Greco both emphasize back exposure more than control. Freestyle (similar to US folk style) allows lower and upper body attacks. Greco-Roman only allows upper body attacks such as throws. Finally, both freestyle and Greco reward high altitude throws.

@@johnchristian3387 so greco and judo are similar?

The short answer is a qualified yes. IJF judo allows only upper body grips plus the trips (ashi waza) and the pins and submissions. Kosen rules judo is like the folkstyle equivalent of judo. Leg grabs are allowed, and there is more time on the ground to secure a pin or submission.

Gene Bone nonexistent? He outwrestled weidman who is the best wrestler at 185.

Gene Bone dan had great wrestling don't know where you get that from he rarely used it offensively but it was always there when he needed it. Randy couture was a greco roman guy and he is a 4 time champion ( one of the titles he lost was via bullshit eyepoke by belfort so we can't really count that.

Romero did use his wrestling against Whittaker in the first fight but Weidman actually took him down twice with single legs and then got kneed. Also Brunson double legged Romero a few times and then Romero landed a huge punch and knocked Brunson out. I think Romero is a better wrestler then most but you can see that him not having any NCAA wrestling experience hurts him a little bit when it comes to getting take downs and defending take downs.

Gene Bone HW in mma is a joke. Some of the ATG's are heavyweights. Also couture competed in lightheavyweight as well and cleanly outwrestled tito who is a collegiate wrestler. And hendo was outgrappled not outwrestled. Which BJJ guys are you referring too? You do know big nog was like twice his size?

Gene Bone who kept him there? Hendo created great scrambles against those guys and had no problem being on his back unlike most wrestlers. Shields is a great wrestler himself.

The actual best style for mma.

It's the same style. Folk is catch without submissions.

Lol 1 year on... still no one cares to tell you what they think...

@@TheSoonToBePurgedJackMeHoff55 😂😂😂

yes

for the most part. high school and college are both folkstyle, but only college is considered colligiate. Some small differences such as college rewards "riding time" and high school does not

Yes, college matches are a minute longer though and you can earn a point for every minute of top control, which isn't a thing in high school wrestling. There's also more emphasis on wrestling the edge of the mat, scoring before going out of bounds/ keeping from being scored on before out of bounds, which isn't really taught to high schools kids. Although you might see it in wrestling powerhouse states like Ohio and Pennsylvania.

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zef sagala you obviously have never wrestled folkstyle and missed the whole point of the video either that or don’t know the meaning of < or >

@@icydedppl thats in a street fight...a greco roman wrestler slams you to the ground and youre done boyyy

@@icydedppl you cant always rely on ground controll...watch Pride FC...kicks and knees were legal to the head of ground opponent....didnt really work well for folkstyle wrestlers

zef sagala, having wrestled all three styles at a very high level all I can say is you’re wrong, but you’re entitled to your opinion I suppose. 🤷🏼‍♂️👍

@@icydedppl bro do you even watch MMA....go watch Pride FC pleaseeeee

Tk not first

English fighters don't have wrestling backgrounds since they're mainly strikers.

Lol k

Bullsh*t... If Collegiate wrestling was the best we would've seen americans dominate the Olympics... But russians are the ones that do that.