Female Grapplers, Listen Up, Stay Off Of And Don’t Give Up Your Back

March 18, 2023,

Very few good things happen when you are engaging in an activity while lying on your back.

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Oil drips on to your face.

Even holding your cute little baby up in the air and saying goo, goo, goo can have dire consequences if they have not digested their food properly.

As a female wrestler, try not to wrestle your opponent while they are on top of you and you are playing defense, on your back.

How did you get on your back?

Surprisingly, in our video reviews, time after time we have seen a female submission wrestler, in a somewhat weakened state because they fell to the floor and attempted a floor to sitting, kneeling or standing body scissor.

That move speaks to a thinking that, in hand to hand upper body combat, you don’t feel that you can win so there is an illusion that if you fall on your back and grasp them in a floor to sitting or standing body scissors that you are in control.

You are not.

The opponent often breaks the hold and she is instantly falling forward on top of you. Let’s face it, based upon gravity where else can she go. And please don’t let her be larger or stronger than you.

Now, she is on the offense and you have to desperately fight from your back.

The worst part?

You will tend to stay there until she submits you.

Where else are you going to go?

In one match, we saw a talented female wrestler spend 90 perfect of the time, with her back on the floor, while her opponent opened up the playbook to submit her. Naturally she lost the match.

The irony of that match.

The girl who lost was actually the stronger of the two. She previously defeated her in arm wrestling.

The other mistake often seen is when a female wrestler engages and there is a mutual headlock, they struggle, and she goes down to the floor grasping at her opponent’s neck from the mat floor.

So, what will help prevent you from being trapped on the mat floor?

You need to develop upper body strength in the shoulders and arms and right from the start, when engagement begins, you need to stand your ground and fight it out from there.

Understand?

That is where the match is won or lost is right from the beginning, while both of you are on your knees and engaging in hand fighting or hand behind the neck struggle, you need to win the fight up top.

What can help?

Here is what not to do.

Don’t raise your arms and hands in engagement and just leave them there in the blocking position. You need to be the attacker. Don’t wait for them to take the action to you.

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Lunge at them.

Charge at them.

Bull rush them.

Take the fight to them right from the beginning.

Otherwise?

Get ready to fight from your back and all that goes with that.

Let’s think offense.

Time to build up those arms and shoulders.

First on video.

Here is a good starting place https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=beZtbc-ZfDU

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Over 100 exercises for lifters. Amazing.

One more.

Since you will begin most of your matches from your knees and engage in hand fighting, this book seems ideal.

Mastery of Hand Strength, Revised Edition Paperback – January 15, 2009

By John Brookfield (Author)

“Mastery of Hand Strength is the beloved book on grip strength that just about every grip guy in the last 10 years has read, probably at least twice. And now there’s a reason to read it yet again. John has added a whole raft of new training ideas and approaches, 38 new exercises on crushing grip and dynamic training with hand grippers, pinch grip, dumbbells, fingers and wrists–all newly-minted material that is typical of John’s creativity and cutting-edge thinking. If strong hands and mighty wrists appeal to you, it’s your starting point for world-class grip and lower-arm strength.”

Grip, grip, grip.

That is what you will be doing right from the beginning. Especially hand grabbing and behind the neck grasping.

Hand strength is critical.

In summary, right when the match begins, try and get the upper hand right from the start. Lunge for a head lock, bull rush and push her backwards but don’t let her take the fight to you.

If you secure that headlock, take her down so that your body falls on top of hers.