Dear Friends, guess who wrote these precious texts...enjoy, this one truly is a FANTASTIC read!
Paragraph #1. Cornish were the masters of SUBMISSIONS.
NOTE: Wonder if Cornish Wrestling Association are aware of that long forgotten or better say LOST page of their own history.
Paragraph #2. Greco-Roman style was invented by the Vikings.
NOTE: Wonder what French think of it, especially those from the South of France (Midi).
Paragraph #3. Lancashire wrestling was a style of coal-miners and steelworkers who at the same time were sailors who travelled the world because Lancashire is a seaport.
NOTE: Wonder if Mancunians, Salfordians and Blackburnians are enjoying their lives by the great water, I mean the ocean, or at least a sea. My guess is that that the author confused the above historical "Lancashire wrestling" cities with Liverpool, and as a matter of fact Liverpool is a seaport, BUT Liverpool is Merseyside (which is NOT Lancashire), and has nothing to do with Lancashire wrestling.
Paragraph #4. Ancient Greeks and their deadliest and most vicious SUBMISSIONS.
NOTE: Wonder if Greeks know about that long forgotten or even lost page of their Olympic ORTHOPALE wrestling history..
Paragraph #5. Deepest analyses of the styles and a deepest thought there is.
NOTE: No Comments.
Paragraph #6. Rules, rules and rules again.
NOTE: Originally I wanted it to be another 'No Comments' but, changed my mind. I wonder what Henry Irslinger and Sir Atholl Oakeley would say if they were privileged to read ANY of this.
Thanks.
looks like billy robinson's version of history, ive never been able to find any other reference to the use of submission holds in cornish or devon. Billy was attempting to build an association, and as such was guilding the lilly, it is professional wrestling after all. The greeks are well aware of the pankration history, it's well documented. Did you miss the post that stated liverpool was part of lancashire until 1974? Upon further thought on cornish, and i recalled this from 1903, stating cross chokes with the jacket used to be common, as well as purring
Liverpool was indeed Lancashire at this period, Salford was home to Manchester docks and had obvious connections by virtue of sea going vessels and sailors Cross lane had the nickname Barbary coast.technically Manchester and Salford were by the sea by proxy.steelworkers I find hard to connect. Ruslan have a look at a taste of honey sixties film on YouTube to look at cosmopolitan Salford. I take your point about some of the observations raised but hey Ruslan it's wrestling