By Jake Burroughs on Monday, September 23, 2013 - 09:44 am: Edit PostKnow your grappling roots:
http://threeharmonies.blogspot.com/2013/09/north-koreas-newest-ssireum-champions .html
By robert on Tuesday, September 24, 2013 - 12:07 am: Edit PostA 1000kg bull would make an excellent guard dog... Guard bull...
By Backarcher on Tuesday, September 24, 2013 - 12:20 am: Edit PostOne of my favorite arts. enjoyed it while in S. Korea.
By Tim on Tuesday, September 24, 2013 - 12:31 am: Edit PostStill fun to watch, but it's missing something without the traditional sand pit.
Backarcher,
Did you practice Ssireum when you were in Korea?
By Jake Burroughs on Tuesday, September 24, 2013 - 09:51 am: Edit PostTim - agreed!
BA - Same question! I have been asking every damn Korean I know to teach me! They all say they don't know any.
By Backarcher on Wednesday, September 25, 2013 - 10:31 pm: Edit PostNo, just an observer of competition and training. I didn't have the confidence to try back then. I really wanted to, but this was the 80s, pre-UFC 10, back when wrestling had very little respect. I was studying TKD, trying to distance myself from forms of wrestling.
By Backarcher on Wednesday, September 25, 2013 - 10:37 pm: Edit PostOne of my greatest regrets.
By Tim on Wednesday, September 25, 2013 - 11:45 pm: Edit PostAh well, there's still time!
By Backarcher on Thursday, September 26, 2013 - 07:41 am: Edit PostYou are right. I've been training with a Korean Judoka who is a former Asian Games champion. We've talked about me visiting him when he goes back to Korea. There's my opportunity.
By Timber on Thursday, September 26, 2013 - 11:44 am: Edit PostWhat makes this wrestling style unique? What are the rules of competition?
By robert on Thursday, September 26, 2013 - 04:01 pm: Edit PostWhy dont you read the article smart guy?
"Ssireum is Korea's endemic wrestling style where you hook one hand through a loop on your opponents belt and underhook with the other hand."
(Link in original post)
By Backarcher on Thursday, September 26, 2013 - 06:01 pm: Edit PostThe reason I spent so much time studying it is because their grip is similar to the over/under you often see in MMA...just without the cloth, Yet the tactical concepts similar.
By Timber on Thursday, September 26, 2013 - 09:23 pm: Edit PostI watched the video.
By William on Saturday, September 28, 2013 - 06:31 pm: Edit PostSsireum vs Lucha Canaria
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B0Omo8tKu7s
By Timber on Saturday, September 28, 2013 - 10:20 pm: Edit PostWhat's the reason the limit themselves to that grip? They don't employ trips, arm drags, erc?
By Backarcher on Sunday, September 29, 2013 - 01:43 am: Edit Posthttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P3QzX1ZadJM
Hong Man Choi, former Ssireum wrestling, employs a basic Ssireum takedown on Fedor to get him down initially. Easy to miss, if you don't know the Ssireum curriculum.
By Jake Burroughs on Sunday, September 29, 2013 - 11:37 am: Edit PostNice find BA!
By Tim on Tuesday, October 01, 2013 - 12:15 am: Edit Post"What's the reason the limit themselves to that grip?"
A long time ago, when people wore swords on their left hip, at the outset of a confrontation both combatants would grab the handle of their opponent's sword to prevent the sword being drawn, and would subsequently overhook their opponent's right arm to try and remove or control the grip. Grappling would ensue.
By Timber on Tuesday, October 01, 2013 - 07:05 am: Edit PostThanks, Tim.
By robert on Tuesday, October 01, 2013 - 12:53 pm: Edit PostTim surprises you every time doesnt he.] lol