{"id":19203,"date":"2023-05-10T15:19:17","date_gmt":"2023-05-10T20:19:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rollingaroundbjj.com\/?p=19203"},"modified":"2023-06-17T12:35:43","modified_gmt":"2023-06-17T17:35:43","slug":"bjj-vs-catch-wrestling","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rollingaroundbjj.com\/bjj-vs-catch-wrestling\/","title":{"rendered":"BJJ vs. Catch Wrestling (What’s The Difference?)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
Grappling has many forms worldwide, and Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu and catch wrestling are two of the most prominent submission-based styles. With rich histories behind both, they enrich the other in today’s world of submission grappling competitions. But what is the difference between them?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Both BJJ and catch wrestling are submission-based grappling martial arts. Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu is a more technical and gentle approach to submission grappling, emphasizing positioning. Catch wrestling is a more aggressive and fast-paced martial art with the end goal of pinning or submitting the opponent through pain and pressure. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n The increasing number of practitioners and the submission grappling tournaments bringing grapplers from all styles together blur the boundaries between styles. However, some fundamental differences between BJJ and catch wrestling are still worth knowing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu is a grappling martial art created for self-defense that has evolved into a separate sport and an integral part of mixed martial arts. <\/p>\n\n\n\n BJJ is a grappling system employing a methodical and tactical approach to submit an opponent via choke or joint lock. The main principles of BJJ are leverage, technique, and precision.<\/p>\n\n\n\n BJJ was created in Brazil out of traditional jiu-jitsu and judo taught by Japanese master Mitsuyo Maeda to the Gracie family in Brazil. The Gracie brothers focused more on the ground portion of the fight. <\/p>\n\n\n\n They developed it into a style of their own, allowing smaller people to defeat bigger and stronger opponents through technique and leverage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n BJJ was tested and evolved through countless no-rules matches in Brazil, but it came to prominence in the 1990s with the advent of the UFC. Royce Gracie won three of the first four events and paved the way for the worldwide popularity of jiu-jitsu.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Today, the style is extremely popular, practiced by millions worldwide as a self-defense system, a grappling-only sport, and part of MMA.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Catch wrestling is a grappling style focused on fast-paced, aggressive submission wrestling. The end goal is a pin or a submission; the main methods of achieving them are pressure, pain, and technique. Submission holds are called hooks in catch wrestling.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The true origins of catch wrestling are, in all likelihood, rooted in very deep antiquity. Still, we can track it to the late 1800s in England. Miners and iron workers used to wrestle for fun or small bets after work. <\/p>\n\n\n\n English sailors who traveled the world brought back new techniques and further enriched the wrestling style of the time known as “catch-as-catch,” which can be translated as “catch me if you can” or “catch what you can.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n The style was commonly showcased at carnivals and fairs, where wrestlers would meet challengers for bets. The variety of opponents meant catch wrestlers had to be prepared for anything and always go for quick and aggressive submissions, which were the most straightforward way to win.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Catch wrestling is the grandfather of modern freestyle, folkstyle, collegiate, and professional wrestling. When catch wrestling was introduced to the Olympics, all submission holds were banned because they were deemed too dangerous, leaving only pins as a viable way to win.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Despite this, many movements from Catch were preserved and used in training and competitions in one form or another in fol style, collegiate and submission wrestling, and no holds barred fights. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Recently, many successful MMA fighters have credited their success to catch wrestling.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/a>What Is BJJ<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
<\/a>What Is Catch Wrestling<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Key Differences Between BJJ and Catch Wrestling<\/h2>\n\n\n\n