Say Uncle!: Catch-As-Catch-Can and the Roots of Ultimaet Fighting, Pro-Wrestling, and Modern Grappling

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Catch-as-catch-can, or 'catch wrestling' for short, is the great-grandfather of today's mixed martial arts, professional wrestling, freestyle wrestling and many reality-based self-defence systems. It is a nearly lost form of Western martial art that is rich in history and full of painfully brutal techniques. Say Uncle! traces the background of this unique sport through the US and Japan back to England and Ireland. The book is full of exclusive interviews from legends like Karl Gotch, Billy Robinson, Josh Barnett and more.

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Jake Shannon is the founder of www.ScientificWrestling.com and the inventor of the Macebell. He is the author of "The Authoritative Encyclopedia of Scientific Wrestling";" The Classical Pugilism & Bare-Knuckle Boxing Companion, Volume 1";""and "The Sport of Catch Wrestling." He lives in Salt Lake City.