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Fri, 10/16/2009 - 11:24
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Check out this history of the style written
by Lockflows own Tombak :

http://www.no-gi-grappling.com/greco-roman-wrestling.html

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Fri, 10/16/2009 - 12:13
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Fantastic! I had no idea of the history on this. Thanks for posting!

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Fri, 10/16/2009 - 14:25
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bshaw wrote:
Fantastic! I had no idea of the history on this. Thanks for posting!

Yep Thanks man.
bshaw, next week I'm coming in with a lot more confidence, now that I know my people half spawned the sport :P

Here to add my support.

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Fri, 10/16/2009 - 15:13
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somewhere i read that greco wrestling (or an early type of it) was practised by the army of Napoleon.
Good article by the way, I would like to read some deatails of the rest. Maybe Tombak can share some links with us here?

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Fri, 10/16/2009 - 16:09
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Great post! Thanks for sharing.

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Fri, 10/16/2009 - 20:46
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Lion wrote:
somewhere i read that greco wrestling (or an early type of it) was practised by the army of Napoleon.
Good article by the way, I would like to read some deatails of the rest. Maybe Tombak can share some links with us here?

I'm kinda still 'old school' so I still head down to the library for research/reading ( I like the feeling of thumbing through pages :lol: ). I'll recall some of the books I read whilst reading up on the subject.

Books:
Combat Sports in the Ancient World : Competition,Violence& Culture - Michael B. Poliakoff

As for web links:
http://www.fila-wrestling.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=14&Itemid=35&lang=en

http://books.google.com.sg/books?id=nHoX3hY6WFsC&pg=PA284&lpg=PA284&dq=zeus+wrestling+cronus&source=bl&ots=gCNrhaUqye&sig=AgnGDVJ-_cSQXFTf8sCFRGjUPcM&hl=en&ei=kDLZSoJNhezoA6C--ZgG&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CAwQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=zeus%20wrestling%20cronus&f=false

http://martial-arts.thingzilla.com/european/roman-wrestling.html

There were a few more websites that provided infos, I will sum them up in a future posting.
After summarizing my findings, only then I would go online for further studies& in regards to this article, it matched what I had researched.

I will revert asap in regards to the books for they were a great find/source& I think apt to share.

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Fri, 10/16/2009 - 22:09
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Ok, make Kimbo read this haha

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Mon, 10/19/2009 - 09:11
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Thanks guys, Tombak definately did a great job !

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Sat, 12/26/2009 - 17:23
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nice article, nice information on wrestling.

louis parnes

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Sat, 12/26/2009 - 21:57
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Very insightful. Pays to be a history buff sometimes, too, lol. Thanks, Tombak!!!

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Sat, 11/06/2010 - 19:53
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thx for posting really enjoyed reading this

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