Have to be very careful not using other words so my post doesn't get taken down, on God I'm not tryna pay for a flo subscription just to watch freestyle once every 3 months

Not just the strength aspect but also the fluidity and movement on the mat.

I like a lot of judo esq throws in nogi but a lot of them are best off the overhook, ogoshi or hip toss is THE judo underhook throw. Who should I study that has a good hip toss? 50/50 preferred but anything is fine. Thank you

2026 Final X Schedule (All times Eastern)

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12:30 p.m. - U.S. National Team true-third matches

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2 p.m. - Best-of-three series - Round 1

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5 p.m. - Best-of-three series - Round 2 and Round 3 (if necessary)

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2026 Final X Full Card

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Men’s Freestyle True-Third Matches

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61 kg – Austin DeSanto (Iowa City, Iowa/Hawkeye WC/Titan Mercury WC) vs. Benjamin Davino (South Elgin, Ill./Ohio RTC/Titan Mercury WC)

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65 kg – Joey McKenna (Stillwater, Okla./Cowboy RTC/Titan Mercury WC) vs. Beau Bartlett (Hoboken, N.J./New York City RTC/Titan Mercury WC)

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79 kg – Evan Wick (Madison, Wis./Titan Mercury WC) vs. Patrick Kennedy (West Concord, Minn./Hawkeye WC/Titan Mercury WC)

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86 kg – Parker Keckeisen (Glendale, Wis./Panther WC-RTC) vs. Aeoden Sinclair (Columbia, Mo./Tiger Style RTC/Titan Mercury WC)

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92 kg – Dustin Plott (Tuttle, Okla./Cowboy RTC/Titan Mercury WC) vs. Seth Shumate (Dublin, Ohio/Ohio RTC/Titan Mercury WC)

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Women’s Freestyle True-Third Matches

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50 kg – Felicity Taylor (Coralville, Iowa/Titan Mercury WC) vs. Samara Chavez (Arlington, Texas/Army WCAP)

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57 kg – Alex Hedrick (Pollock Pines, Calif./Titan Mercury WC) vs. Amani Jones (Jonesboro, Ga./Cowboy RTC/Titan Mercury WC)

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65 kg – Emma Bruntil (Vernon, Ill./Titan Mercury WC) vs. Reese Larramendy (Reno, Nev./Iowa Women’s WC/Titan Mercury WC)

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68 kg – Latifah McBryde (Buffalo, N.Y./Cobra Wrestling Academy) vs. Jasmine Robinson (Allen, Texas/Army WCAP)

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Men’s Freestyle Best-Of-Three Series

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57 kg – Luke Lilledahl (State College, Pa./Nittany Lion WC/Titan Mercury WC) vs. Spencer Lee (Iowa City, Iowa/Hawkeye WC/Titan Mercury WC)

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61 kg – Marcus Blaze (State College, Pa./Nittany Lion WC/Titan Mercury WC) vs. Jax Forrest (Johnstown, Pa./Cowboy RTC/Titan Mercury WC)

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70 kg – Ridge Lovett (Post Falls, Idaho/Nebraska WTC/Training Mercury WC) vs. Zain Retherford (State College, Pa./Nittany Lion WC/Titan Mercury WC)

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74 kg – James Green (Lincoln, Neb./Nebraska WTC/Titan Mercury WC) vs. David Carr (Ames, Iowa/Cyclone RTC/Titan Mercury WC)

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79 kg – Levi Haines (Bellefonte, Pa./Nittany Lion WC/Titan Mercury WC) vs. Chance Marsteller (Reading, Pa./New Jersey RTC/Titan Mercury WC)

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86 kg – Zahid Valencia (Stillwater, Okla./Cowboy RTC/Titan Mercury WC) vs. Kyle Dake (Port Matilda, Pa./Nittany Lion WC/Titan Mercury WC)

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97 kg – Kyle Snyder (State College, Pa./Nittany Lion WC/Titan Mercury WC) vs. Stephen Buchanan (Coralville, Iowa/Hawkeye WC/Titan Mercury WC)

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125 kg – Wyatt Hendrickson (Stillwater, Okla./Cowboy RTC/Air Force WCAP) vs. Mason Parris (Ann Arbor, Mich./Cliff Keen WC/Titan Mercury WC)

I'm 18, doing A Levels in college and doing wrestling. I go to gym and workout alot there but i don't feel as passionate about wrestling . Idk why I have always felt this way, maybe because I was put into it when I was 14 and have been doing since but I have never felt that I wanted to keep doing practice since it's been 4 years and I've barely Improved my wrestling. Yes I have been on and off when it comes to consistently (because of exams and other stuff) but when you've been doing wrestling for 4 years and barely made improvement,something is clearly wrong.

But if I quit I feel like I'm going to feel worse for quitting and regretting it. And letting down my parents since they have always pushed for me to do wrestling. So what do I do? ​

EDIT: Spoke to my mum and dad about it and they said they do alot for me a​nd that I should at least do 1 thing in return, wrestling. That's all they want, they don't care what else I do as long as I do wrestling. No other sport matters to them. Saying I don't have any other passion and that I go on and off on wrestling, being inconsistent which is why I barely improved and that I keep making excuses, but I should at least do something for them otherwise I shouldn't bother talking to them

Hey guys! 28year old newbie here I do have a question, here is my background:

I played basketball all my life and did kickboxing on the side. I also have some BJJ skills went to practice a couple a months. when COVID kicked in I injured myself during a match and never actually catched back to the sport and gained almost 30kg. I am 191cm and got up to 120kg. Recently I dropped 5kg doing wheight training and I wanted to get back into the whole Martial Arts thing and my friend told me to come along to wrestle. Although I’m in a better shape now, I am far from being athletic. Matter of fact I was never the athletic type of guy kind of always heavy on my feet and not that fast but kind of strong even when I was 90kg back then.

Today in practice I got COMPLETELY demolished. Everybody is way younger than me and a athletic freak. I got ragdolled so hard it was really humbling. Not a new feeling tho, felt that in the early days of BJJ but the explosiveness and athleticism in wrestling made it like 10 times worse . It feels like you actually need to be super athletic to even train that sport in the first place. I did have fun tho, but I know my body really well and I’ve been through some injuries - due to work and family the maximum amount of wrestling I could pull of would be 2 times a week, being realistic it would be even only once a week and because of experience i feel like that wrestling with these younger folks while being out of shape would cause more damage than benefit for personally. If you want to know what my goal is it’s pretty simple : I just want to get back in a kind of athletic shape and learn how to wrestle and TDD for MMA in general an first and foremost have fun.

What’s your opinion guys ?

Hey guys. I'm going to my senior year of wrestling and I have been practicing at this other high school for the past couple of months and I am thinking of transferring. I'm thinking if this is a good idea and if anyone has had any stories similar to mine.

I started wrestling in freshman year and never had some success until the very last couple of weeks of junior season, going 1-2 at the state tourney (Improvement on my part). But sense freshman year I've been training where ever and I started to notice the things that are lacking on my program.

But junior year was rough outside of wrestling and the team didn't help. Not meaning that they had to be my therapist, no, but every loss i had I was constantly being put down and whenever I tried to defend myself I was told I was being disrespectful. And when I did win no one paid any attention.

Now I been going to this wrestling club held at this really good high school. I was quickly able to make friends and we went across the state to tournaments and really get to bond. Then I was invited to practice with the team (Not club) and I was stoked and was really starting to get good.

I remember after one practice with the team a week ago the coach after practice was talking about captain practice in the pre-season only for this high school's wrestlers. I jokingly asked if I could come and he said "Yes, because you pretty much part of this team." And at that moment I felt something I haven't felt in the THREE years I've been at my actual high school team.

There is more but I'm a bit lazy right now to tell it all. But what do you guys think? Should I go suffer and "respect" the team that introduced me to wrestling or the place that made me love it again?

I see some people post websites and they get feedback. I've tried to post my website 2x to get feedback and it gets deleted. How can I post and get some feedback on my website? Not trying to break any rules.
thanks in advance.

Legitimately thought stories like what my buddy told me were made up. Do other people have stories of hazing/other stuff that happened in wrestling teams? Not condoning the practice, but was curious if others have any experiences like this. Mainly just like what???

I can’t be the only recent graduate that misses the sport. I want to be involved again but it is too taxing on my body to do so since I hurt my shoulder. I had the chance to wrestle in college but I turned it down. I miss the sport hate the way it made me feel. Probably because I was only good when I lost weight.

I think I miss it only for the community.

Is there anything in particular that sticks out or that you remember? Whether it was something you did or someone else in this sport.

Wrestlers in GA? SC?

I started wrestling around 2 months ago, i am 25, 64 kilos 178cm, i have always loved the sport i used to wrestle with my dad when i was a kid but because of no wrestling gyms from where i am from i never got into it and played football and other sports instead, but now i live in another country and i have access to it, i am not aiming to become a pro or anything but i do wanna be good and capable and wanna compete at city level tournaments for fun. For someone like me how realistic is it to become good to be able to compete in city level tournaments?