From what I was told Nolf has trained no gi only a handful of times.
Brooks brother is doing mma. Greg has talked about doing mma so he has been doing no gi.
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Gi or no giā¦
Deciding on a takedown that by its very nature puts your opponent in your back seems very ill advised in a grappling compā¦
I think Brooksā brother is a pro now if memory serves. Heās training with the same coach that Greg worked with for CJI. I used to go there for open mats a lot, I like that coach a lot. He helped my wrestling, particularly Greco, a lot. He knows a lot about fighting and BJJ.
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Yes but heās a novice. I was told before facing Ruotolo he trained a handful of times. Iām not sure if he has taken it more serious since.
I belive so. I spoke to him and his dad last fall but he hadnāt turned pro yet.
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I know some other high level wrestlers that arenāt in college yet that may do no gi once their wrestling careers are over.
Pan american freestyle champs, multiple time super 32 champs, state champsz etc.
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Side note, I was at PSU about 4 weeks ago for a freestyle duals and ran into Cael at an IHOP of all places.
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He posted some goofy darce off that setup and said it was what he was trying to do.
I hope he was kidding to have a reason to make that reel. Because you have to be pretty silly to think a fantastical thing like that is viable against a high level guy.
He posted this comical one earlier in the yearā¦
Iām sounding like a Nolf hater. Iām not. I have just been disappointed with how heās handled his transition to BJJ. He could have been good.
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I donāt think he is taking it as serious as people may think.
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Nolf was a great folk wrestlerā¦
And a mediocre free wrestlerā¦
The differences between the two is being able to finish shots cleanly with little to no scramblingā¦
I watch grappling exchanges on the feet and think about how these guys would get thrown in their domes by an average Greco guyā¦
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Anyone here heard of this Japanese kid? Looks very impressive and will be wrestling for Penn St. this year.
Get better soon Ben!
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Lol, Ono is a machine.
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Ok, I wasnāt sure, lol.
Onoās run at senior worlds last year was the most beautiful expression of wrestling I have ever seenā¦
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I was a completely average college guy who did Greco. I can attest to the pour of your post. A really good or great Greco guyā¦. People get hurt badly In MMA.
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I just see so many openings in upper body positions and just how uncomfortable everyone is those positionsā¦
Iām reading that usually NCAA wrestlers go from folkstyle to freestyle after they graduate, Ono will have to adjust in the reverse. Itās also uncommon for a world champion to be entering the NCAA so should be very interesting to see how he performs.
They say heāll likely be at 133lbs while Blaze will wrestle at 141. He also only has 2 years of college eligibility so will have to make the most of it.
It also looks like isnāt fair how powerful and dominant Penn St. is, wtf.
Haā¦
So much to say, but, it would all just be rehashed and itās lateā¦
You can not win a world championship in folkā¦
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Yes, from what I gather Folkstyle wrestling is only adopted in US High School, NCAA and USA Wrestling right? World Championships and Olympics are Freestyle wrestling.
So would it be safe to say that itās much more common for folkstyle wrestlers to have to adopt to freestyle if they want to compete on the International scene but less common for freestyle wrestlers adopting to folkstyle, especially high level freestyle wrestlers such as Ono?