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Shoot wrestling

Index Shoot wrestling

Shoot wrestling (also known as shoot style or strong style) is a combat sport that has its origins in Japan's professional wrestling circuit of the 1970s. [1]

52 relations: Akira Maeda, Antonio Inoki, Bart Vale, Bas Rutten, Billy Riley, Black belt (martial arts), Catch wrestling, Catch: The Hold Not Taken, Combat sport, Fighting Network Rings, Freestyle wrestling, Grappling, Greco-Roman wrestling, Hybrid martial arts, India, Japan, Judo, Jushin Liger, Karate, Karl Gotch, Kazushi Sakuraba, Lion's Den (mixed martial arts), Masakatsu Funaki, Minoru Suzuki, Mixed martial arts, Muay Thai, New Japan Pro-Wrestling, Pancrase, Pehlwani, Pranayama, Professional wrestling, Puroresu, Sambo (martial art), Satoru Sayama, Shoot (professional wrestling), Shoot boxing, Shootfighting, Shooto, Stand-up fighting, Submission wrestling, Sumo, Synonym, Takada Dojo, Takeshi Caesar, Tatsumi Fujinami, Tiger Mask, Toshio Fujiwara, United Kingdom, Universal Wrestling Federation (Japan), Volk Han, ..., Wigan, Yoshiaki Fujiwara. Expand index (2 more) »

Akira Maeda

(born Go Il-myeong (Hangul: 고일명, Hanja: 高日明), January 24, 1959) is a Japanese promoter and retired mixed martial artist and professional wrestler of Korean descent.

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Antonio Inoki

Muhammad Hussain Inoki (born on February 20, 1943) is a Japanese professional wrestling and mixed martial arts promoter, politician, and retired professional wrestler and martial artist, best known by his ring name Antonio Inoki.

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Bart Vale

Bart Vale (born June 4, 1957) is an American former kickboxer, mixed martial artist and professional wrestler.

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Bas Rutten

Sebastiaan "Bas" Rutten (born 24 February 1965) is a Dutch actor and retired mixed martial artist, kickboxer, and professional wrestler.

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Billy Riley

Billy Riley (17 May 1889 – 27 August 1977) was an English practitioner and teacher of catch wrestling.

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Black belt (martial arts)

In East Asian martial arts, the black belt denotes a high competence in the martial art.

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Catch wrestling

Catch wrestling is a classical hybrid grappling style and combat sport developed in Britain circa 1870.

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Catch: The Hold Not Taken

Catch: The Hold Not Taken is a 2005 documentary film that contrasts the billion dollar industry of professional wrestling with its humble roots in Lancashire, England, where the original tradition struggles to survive.

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Combat sport

A combat sport, or fighting sport, is a competitive contact sport that usually involves one-on-one combat.

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Fighting Network Rings

Fighting Network Rings, trademarked as RINGS, is a Japanese combat sport promotion that has lived three distinct periods: puroresu promotion from its inauguration to 1995, mixed martial arts promotion from 1995 to its 2002 disestablishment, and the revived mixed martial arts promotion from 2008 onward.

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Freestyle wrestling

Freestyle wrestling is a style of amateur wrestling that is practiced throughout the world.

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Grappling

In hand-to-hand combat, grappling is a close fighting technique used to gain a physical advantage such as improving relative position, or causing injury to the opponent.

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Greco-Roman wrestling

Greco-Roman (US) or Graeco-Roman (UK) wrestling is a style of wrestling that is practiced worldwide.

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Hybrid martial arts

Hybrid martial arts, also known as hybrid fighting systems or sometimes eclectic martial arts or freestyle fighting, refer to martial arts or fighting systems that incorporate techniques and theories from several particular martial arts (eclecticism).

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India

India (IAST), also called the Republic of India (IAST), is a country in South Asia.

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Japan

Japan (日本; Nippon or Nihon; formally 日本国 or Nihon-koku, lit. "State of Japan") is a sovereign island country in East Asia.

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Judo

was created as a physical, mental and moral pedagogy in Japan, in 1882, by Jigoro Kano (嘉納治五郎).

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Jushin Liger

, better known as and later is a Japanese professional wrestler and former mixed martial artist who primarily works for New Japan Pro-Wrestling.

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Karate

(Okinawan pronunciation) is a martial art developed in the Ryukyu Kingdom.

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Karl Gotch

Charles Istaz (August 3, 1924 – July 28, 2007) was a Belgian professional wrestler and trainer, best known by his ring name Karl Gotch.

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Kazushi Sakuraba

is a Japanese mixed martial artist and professional wrestler, currently signed to Rizin Fighting Federation.

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Lion's Den (mixed martial arts)

The Lion's Den is a mixed martial arts team and training facility that was based out of Lodi, California and San Diego, California but has recently moved its headquarters to Reno, Nevada.

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Masakatsu Funaki

is a Japanese actor, mixed martial artist and professional wrestler, who has previously wrestled in All Japan Pro Wrestling (AJPW), New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW), Pro Wrestling Fujiwara Gumi (PWFG), Newborn UWF (UWF), and Wrestle-1 (W-1).

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Minoru Suzuki

(born June 17, 1968) is a Japanese professional wrestler and mixed martial artist, currently working for New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW) as a freelancer.

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Mixed martial arts

Mixed martial arts (MMA) is a full-contact combat sport that allows striking and grappling, both standing and on the ground, using techniques from other combat sports and martial arts.

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Muay Thai

Muay Thai (มวยไทย) or Thai boxing is a combat sport of Thailand that uses stand-up striking along with various clinching techniques.

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New Japan Pro-Wrestling

, operating as, is a Japanese professional wrestling promotion based in Nakano, Tokyo.

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Pancrase

Pancrase Inc. is a mixed martial arts promotion company founded in Japan in 1993 by professional wrestlers Masakatsu Funaki and Minoru Suzuki.

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Pehlwani

Pehlwani is a form of wrestling from the South Asia.

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Pranayama

Prāṇāyāma (प्राणायाम) is a Sanskrit word alternatively translated as "extension of the prāṇa (breath or life force)" or "breath control." The word is composed from two Sanskrit words: prana meaning life force (noted particularly as the breath), and either ayama (to restrain or control the prana, implying a set of breathing techniques where the breath is intentionally altered in order to produce specific results) or the negative form ayāma, meaning to extend or draw out (as in extension of the life force).

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Professional wrestling

Professional wrestling (often shortened to pro wrestling or simply wrestling) is a form of sports entertainment which combines athletics with theatrical performance.

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Puroresu

is the popular term for the predominant style or genre of professional wrestling that has developed in Japan.

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Sambo (martial art)

Sambo (p; САМозащита Без Оружия) is a Russian-Soviet martial art and combat sport.

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Satoru Sayama

(born November 27, 1957) is a Japanese professional wrestler and mixed martial arts promoter, best known as the original Tiger Mask.

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Shoot (professional wrestling)

A shoot in professional wrestling is any unplanned, unscripted, or real-life occurrence within a wrestling event.

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Shoot boxing

is both a combat sport and a stand-up fighting promotion company based in Tokyo, Japan.

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Shootfighting

Shootfighting is a martial art and combat sport, with competitions governed by the International Shootfighting Association (ISFA).

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Shooto

Shooto is a combat sport/mixed martial arts system and mixed martial arts organization that is governed by the Shooto Association and the International Shooto Commission.

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Stand-up fighting

In martial arts and combat sports, stand-up fighting is hand-to-hand combat between opponents in a standing position, as distinguished from ground fighting.

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Submission wrestling

Submission wrestling (also known as submission fighting, submission grappling, sport grappling, or simply as no-gi) or combat wrestling (in Japan), is a form of competition and a general term for martial arts and combat sports that focus on clinch and ground fighting with the aim of obtaining a submission through the use of submission holds.

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Sumo

or sumo wrestling is a competitive full-contact wrestling sport where a rikishi (wrestler) attempts to force another wrestler out of a circular ring (dohyō) or into touching the ground with anything other than the soles of his feet.

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Synonym

A synonym is a word or phrase that means exactly or nearly the same as another word or phrase in the same language.

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Takada Dojo

The Takada Dojo is a mixed martial arts academy in Tokyo, Japan.

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Takeshi Caesar

(born August 17, 1955), better known by his ring name, is a Japanese actor, retired kickboxer and the founder of shoot boxing.

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Tatsumi Fujinami

(born December 28, 1953) is a Japanese professional wrestler, who famously used the nickname "The Dragon".

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Tiger Mask

is a Japanese manga series written by Ikki Kajiwara and illustrated by Naoki Tsuji.

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Toshio Fujiwara

Toshio Fujiwara (藤原 敏男 Fujiwara Toshio, born March 3, 1948) is a Japanese former kickboxer.

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United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom (UK) or Britain,Usage is mixed with some organisations, including the and preferring to use Britain as shorthand for Great Britain is a sovereign country in western Europe.

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Universal Wrestling Federation (Japan)

The original Japanese-based Universal Wrestling Federation (UWF) was a Japanese professional wrestling promotion from 1984 to 1986, formed by wrestlers who had left New Japan Pro Wrestling.

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Volk Han

Magomedkhan Amanulayevich Gamzatkhanov (Магомедха́н Аманула́евич Гамзатха́нов; born April 15, 1961 in Anchih, Dagestan), better known by his alias Volk Han (Волк-хан), is a Russian professional wrestler and later a mixed martial artist of Avar descent renowned for his technical mastery of sambo.

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Wigan

Wigan is a town in Greater Manchester, England, on the River Douglas, south-west of Bolton, north of Warrington and west-northwest of Manchester.

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Yoshiaki Fujiwara

is a Japanese professional wrestler and trainer.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shoot_wrestling

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