Catch wrestling

Catch wrestling is a grappling style that combines pinning an opponent with submission holds, including joint locks and neck cranks.

Pinfall: A wrestling victory condition in which an opponent's shoulders are held against the mat for a prescribed count. Catch wrestlers can win by pinning, not only by forcing a submission.
Lancashire wrestling: A traditional wrestling style from Lancashire, England, known for standing grappling and leg attacks. Lancashire wrestling is a major regional source of catch-as-catch-can techniques.
Freestyle wrestling: An Olympic wrestling style that permits attacks on an opponent's legs and uses exposure and pins to score. Unlike catch wrestling, freestyle wrestling restricts submissions and emphasizes points and pinning.
Mixed martial arts: A combat sport combining techniques from striking and grappling disciplines under a unified ruleset. Catch wrestling provides takedowns, top control, and submission attacks used in MMA.
Submission hold: A grappling hold intended to make an opponent concede, typically through pain or threat of injury. Catch wrestling uses submissions alongside pins as a route to victory.
John Graham Chambers: A Welsh sports promoter and writer who helped codify and popularize nineteenth-century wrestling rules. His work helped shape the rules and public profile of catch-as-catch-can wrestling.
Greco-Roman wrestling: An Olympic wrestling style that prohibits holds below the waist and emphasizes upper-body throws and control. Its restrictions on leg attacks and submissions contrast with catch wrestling's broader hold repertoire.
Shoot wrestling: A Japanese combat-sport tradition combining realistic professional wrestling with catch wrestling and other martial arts. Shoot wrestling adapted catch wrestling techniques for competitive, unscripted matches.
Joint lock: A grappling technique that applies leverage to a joint to control or injure an opponent. Joint locks are among the submission holds used in catch wrestling.
Professional wrestling: A form of performance sport built around staged matches presented as competitive contests. Catch techniques entered professional wrestling through wrestlers who competed and performed across both settings.

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