I was watching some videos of animals grappling with each other (while i should have been working...) Gorillas, Lions, Dogs etc. , and it looks like they usually just lock up and try to push the other one over.
Has anyone seen any video in which deliberate tripping is used?
And on a sort of related topic, does anyone have any Idea why some folk wrestling styles allow use of the legs to trip while others do not?
Or why some forms start with a fixed grip and others don't?
I've read that a lot of folk wrestling styles were bio-mimicked from animals (indigenous australian wrestling is supposed to be derived from the wrestling of kangaroos
http://www.coreedaoz.com/)
As far as the fixed gripping is concerned,my guess is that it might have something to do with the chaos of fighting or battle, where your grip is likely going to be a neutral one any ways and you wont be changing your grip a lot.
This has interested me for a while now, so hopefully some other people are interested in finding out as well.
Has anyone seen any video in which deliberate tripping is used?
And on a sort of related topic, does anyone have any Idea why some folk wrestling styles allow use of the legs to trip while others do not?
Or why some forms start with a fixed grip and others don't?
I've read that a lot of folk wrestling styles were bio-mimicked from animals (indigenous australian wrestling is supposed to be derived from the wrestling of kangaroos
http://www.coreedaoz.com/)
As far as the fixed gripping is concerned,my guess is that it might have something to do with the chaos of fighting or battle, where your grip is likely going to be a neutral one any ways and you wont be changing your grip a lot.
This has interested me for a while now, so hopefully some other people are interested in finding out as well.