Melbourne Wrestling Academy is for all levels Beginners and Advanced

The Benefits of Wrestling

Agility - the ability of one to change the position of his body efficiently and easily

Quickness - the ability to make a series of movement’s in a very short time frame

Balance - the maintenance of body equilibrium through muscular control

Flexibility - the ability to make a wide range of muscular movements

Coordination - the ability to put together a combination of movement’s in a flowing rhythm

Endurance - the development of muscular and cardiovascular- respiratory stamina

Muscular Power (explosiveness) - the ability to use speed and strength simultaneously

Aggressiveness - the willingness to keep on trying or pushing your adversary at all times

aDiscipline - the desire to make sacrifices necessary to become a better athlete and person

Self Defence - wrestling teaches the basic skills about how to protect yourself in the event of a physical altercation: Body positioning, How to control an opponent, How to defend against different types of attacks and toughness

A Winning Attitude - the inner knowledge that you will do your best win or lose

Wrestling for BJJ / MMA

At MWA we are well known for our strength and conditioning using international drills and techniques recognised at a Olympic level. Both Ali and Bill train BJJ and are coached by black belt Murat Karadenizli (www.nexusbjj.com), this allows them modify wrestling techniques to cater for BJJ or even MMA athletes.

At MWA we can help in the following ways:

-Improve your takedowns

-Better positioning and controlling opponent

-Improved base to assist in your top game

-Assist with your BJJ, MMA, Footy and Rugby tackling

-Conditioning for explosive movement and stamina, both of which are critical in competition

-Improve overall wrestling skills and grappling-specific conditioning

Wrestling for Footy & Rugby

Wrestling can play a key role in footy and rugby in that skills learnt on the mat are transferable on the field.

Wrestling is important for rugby because there is a functional carry over from the gym based strength exercises to the rugby specific movement patterns … tackling, rucking, mauling and scrummaging all of which use many different movement pattern at the same time… wrestling helps rehearse and develop theses movement patterns.

Tackling, rucking, mauling and so on use concentric and eccentric actions and varied movement patterns all at once unlike traditional gym exercises. Many of the gym based exercises are very good at developing raw strength and power but wrestling transfers that adaptation into a functional, rugby specific application and is good fun!

Wrestling can assist footy players in a variety of ways. Tackling being the obvious but also ways to defend from being tackled and ways to manoeuvre to increase chances of recieving a free kick. Wrestling also develops balance and stability to help stand your ground when being tackled or pushed around in contest.

Bill - 0408 269915

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Ali – 0422258862