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Love your content but something strange has happened with this video. YT kept placing it at the top of my notification feed for hours upon hours. The only reason I can think it occurred is because you are a man in a dress, YTs algo forced you over the other notifications that were coming in at the very same time. I'd be interested to hear from you if your engagement has increased on this video?
Seth Uchi Mata is one of the more difficult throws in judo (of course your mileage may vary), however, you should try the Mongolian version of uchi mata.
I don't think a single person without experience in that competition would have expected it to be stacked with that level of technical and accomplished wrestlers
Which is crazy if you think about it. Wrestling in America comes from Greece right? The original Olympic Games? This originated from hand to hand/sword to sword combat. Highlanders vs Government in the 1700s.
@@jaywilliams6250weirdly, no, Greco Roman wrestling comes from France. They named it that because they wanted to make it sound like it has a historical connection to ancient Greece, but they flat out did not know the rules of ancient Greek wrestling. It seems that their rules were a submission style, iirc. You had to raise one finger to show you were giving up (tapping out comes from Japan), so there are stories about Greek wrestlers who would break their opponents fingers so they couldn't submit even if they wanted to.
@@formlessone8246 ah that is very interesting thankyou. I just thought the main goal of American wrestlers is the compete in the Olympics so I assumed they just took on the sport from the original Olympics lol. I just thought the rules have changed massively over the years as sport became more about the sport and less about the physical domination(destruction) of your opposition and society celebrated public violence less and became softer lol
@@jaywilliams6250 As far as I know, American wrestling has different rules compared to Olympic wrestling. It's not "freestyle" but it's also not "greco-roman" which are both staples of Olympic wrestling. American school/collegiate wrestling is called "folkstyle", but I don't know why. Maybe because it borrows techniques from British (Scottish, Cornish, English) folk wrestling, and maybe some borrowing from Native American wrestling styles. I remember reading that it was based around Greco-Roman wrestling but it soon changed to incorporate other wrestling styles. Wrestlers do go on to compete in Olympics but it's usually the highest caliber collegiate wrestlers who are sent to represent their country, and they also have to adapt to a different ruleset.
@@jaywilliams6250 No it didn't.....it's much much older.....Wrestling is found in almost every culture in the world. If Scottish Backhold Wrestling evolved from anything, it was Glima...the viking/icelandic style.
I'm going to comment on something that came to my mind last week and since Rokas's last video was with Seth, that will make even more sense. Rokas be like: I'm on a journey to find myself, to find meaning for martial arts and make aikido great again; Seth be like: LULZ LEMME TRY SOME WEIRD S**T 😂😂 I love both of them, but that contrast is so funny, IMHO 😂
All joking aside, there's A LOT of different wrestling traditions around the world and variations of wrestling in specific circumstances. Some examples I am aware of includes Oil wrestling, wrestling in sand, and parts of the MCMAP where they wrestle partially submerged in water.
I know how it came about. This happens with brothers anyway- you're glad to see em, give em a big hug, and then it's a wrestling match that goes pretty much like that. It's bro-hug wrestling.
Id love to see you try Irish Collar & Elbow with Ruadhan McFadden. Hes singlehandedly brought the sport back from extinction through holding competitions at BJJ Globetrotters Camps and he runs a podcast The Hero With a Thousand Holds. Definitely would be interesting
Nice! Nordic style (viking style) got three branches of wresling, belt hold, back hold and loose "hold". Belt hold survived in Iceland and is known as Glíma. I know there was a time there was viking-age scandinavian settlers in Great Britain. Backhold surely was practice then, but was it before? With that said, try Glíma!
Backhold wrestling is one of the oldest martial arts out there. The bouncer at my local pub was a backhold champion! Nice coverage across all the arts.
Oh definitely so. Watching him wrestle Kyle the 2nd time. He was doing very well, that's when I remembered. Sense Seth is very much a martial artist. He's done such a variety of arts that he can quickly adapt to most anything. His famous chubby surprise. Trully a jack of all trades, master of none. I mean that in the best possible way because he's always up there, just not always #1.
Try legit catch wrestling. Like the legit version of pro wrestling. And all you need is level one to be able to compete. At wigan catch wrestling is level one through six. Catch wrestling alliance ( Coach Raul Ramirez studied at wigan until level 4).
I just recently started practicing various styles of Celtic wrestling (Scottish Backhold, Irish Collar and Elbow, Cornish Wrestling). I was introduced to Backhold and Gouren at a Highlands Games about 15 years ago and always wanted to do it. I wish I hadn't waited so long, but it's sooooo fun. And so awesome to see your channel give it some exposure!
Now try Shin Kicking, featured in our 'Cotswold Olimpicks' (not a misspelling, the event was started over 400 years afore the Olympic Games as we know it) here in England. I wonder if Seth will come upon against our Eddie Hall, who is taking a similar road in regard to Sumo.
Don't worry, Sensei Seth. I have "nearly hairless legs" too, despite being a grown man of partially Scottish lineage. Chicks dig hairless legs! Or so I tell myself . . .
Good play, Seth! Always fairing well in rulesets you've never tried before. A true contender. Now, let's add more historic wrestling fashions to your list. Next you have to try Coiléar agus Uille (Collar-and-elbow) and style of Irish jacket wrestling where each man grips their opponents collar in their right hand, their right sleeve at the elbow with their left, and get them to land flat on their back in the process (similar to Ippon in Judo). It kind of died off by the 1900's, but recently saw a revival in 2019 with people wearing heavy, belted gi, like the kind you would be used to, since the old rules only stated "The men shall wear knit shirt and short coat or jacket, not extending below the hips, with strong collar and elbow for grasp of the opponent, and thin rubber sandals on the feet."
YES! I briefly competed in Highland Games competitions for 2 years in a row with my friend. We found Mathew Vincent’s tutorial videos on the different events and went for it from there. While at the event both years they had me wrestle my dad in Scottish Kilt Wrestling (a real David v Goliath as he has about 5 inches of height and 60+lbs on me). It was such a simple and fun wrestling event, and I’m glad to see it represented on your channel!
@Sensei Seth We're too busy drinking whisky and shooting things in Northern Scotland to do much kilt wrestling anymore. There's all these wild birds that need filled with lead shot, and they're not going to do it themselves.
Seth, next you should try the German martial art of Blitzkrieg, where you...oh wait, that could technically be applied to anything. You probably tried that in the Scottish games. In that case, knocked another one out the park without even knowing it! I'll make a medal out of cardboard and send it to you. I can do this since (the majority of) my ancestors trace directly back to Germany. Sehr gut, Lehrer Seth!
Hey Seth, I love that you tried the heavies and Backhold at the Highland Games! I actually competed this June at my First Highland Games. Heavies and Backhold Just Like you. I noticed that you had a gable grip in your matches. In scotland you re only allowed to use sgrip. Were you allowed to just use the grip, which is more comfortable for you?
We didnt have a proper understanding of the rules, so we decided any grip was legal. Youll notice Rashaun had an interlocking grip, and everyone else but me used a gable grip
I remember a video by Oz (@EnglishMartialArts) where he said with other (non "fixed grip") styles of wrestling there are a ton of situations in a clinch where if he was losing he'd normally repummel in or change to another grip. With backhold suddenly you have to be sensitive to every little detail of the over-under clinch because you can't run away from it- that is ALL there is! I also remember seeing a documentary called "Warlord of Highland Wrestling". The documentary was dedicated to Mad Max" McDougald, who was a backhold wrestling champ and promoter for an area. In the documentary he said he learnt it the ol' fashion way- it was a group of good ol' country boys, who like you, were learning by doing with no coach or lessons lol. He spent his summers at the games losing every bout and becoming obsessed with it, offering to wrestle anyone who would during the games. He said it took him three summers to actually understand how the wrestling game worked (what he someone needed to do to and why someone won or lost the bout in a given circumstance). Super cool you tried this out even if the results were not as favourable as your sumo tournament!
Uchi mata is a hip throw to truly execute it u have to get ur hip infront of them then use the foot to throw with the momentum, i see it quite hard to get the hip in with that backhold grip.
I think this is the truest form of wrestling because it's all about technique. While there are some ways to hurt your opponent, that's not the focus of this game. That's also the thing about this kind of wrestling, it's a game at its roots. There is a reason they call the competition "the Highland Games". It's also probably the purest form of pitting strength against strength.
To be fair winning in Scotland is less impressive than the fact that it was the world championship. Most of us haven't even heard of backhold. It's not like judo in Japan where winning in Japan is as hard or harder than major international tournaments. Also there's only 5 million of us and we suck at the sports that we DO care about.
Aye on the grappling front the international sport styles are far better known, for our population we tend to do reasonably well in Judo at the Commonwealth level, and Sally Conway picked up an Olympic Bronze in 2016 and World Judo Championships Bronze in 2019. I knew about Backhold because of an interest in Judo and "other-wrestling", local history and traditions but it's really not widely known about.
Almost no one has heard about this that I never even thought to suggest it. But if backhold wrestling gets a video, you HAVE to visit its gaelic sibling, Irish Collar and Elbow wrestling. They have jackets.
This is an interesting form of wrestling...not only you are kinda worried about getting slammed on the ground, but you also need to think about the handhold amd you cannot create space
Bro I love that you do this. I find martial arts so fascinating & seeing so many I've never heard of is fun af. Would love to see you try Schwingen (Swiss wrestling) & Bartitsu as well! Since you mentioned it in that one skit I've been hoping you try it once of these days.
Yeah I don't even know who he'd be able to train with in Bartitsu... I'm guessing there are only a couple of clubs here and there, and probably none in his area. Interesting martial art though for sure.
Origin theory for backhold, though it's purely speculative: When fighting with a sword and shield, you can often collide and end up in this kind of 50/50 clinch. I think the sport began as a way to train for that moment specifically.
The UK has a few "martial arts" like this. Down my way we have Cornish wrestling (as you can guess it's wrestling from cornwall) that's pretty much the same as kilt wrestling, but for real men. What I really want to see is sent try shin kicking. It's from the Cotswolds (I think) and involves 2 people holding each other by the shoulders and, wearing clogs, they kick each other in the shin until one person let's go. It sounds dangerous but you do get to stuff your trousers with straw. Seth could make a whole series on insane (often dangerous) British sports such as cheese chasing.
As a Scottish man living in East Kilbride (a town just outside of Glasgow in Scotland) i can confirm this is legit.... not common even here... but definitely legit.
I think you won because (obviously this is just a guess) you got 0-2 against the winner, you won 1, and in your other 2 losses you took a round? Not seeing other matches makes it harder to tell but that is my guess
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Love your content but something strange has happened with this video. YT kept placing it at the top of my notification feed for hours upon hours. The only reason I can think it occurred is because you are a man in a dress, YTs algo forced you over the other notifications that were coming in at the very same time. I'd be interested to hear from you if your engagement has increased on this video?
I was wondering if you could do that when it matters, as it matters in battle. Could you crush a man with that throw?
Seth Uchi Mata is one of the more difficult throws in judo (of course your mileage may vary), however, you should try the Mongolian version of uchi mata.
Scottish sumo lol
Who else wants to see all of the B-roll of Seth getting heckled by his wife?
Seth's married? 👀
@PaMuShinJesus Christ there is so much to unpack there but you're not paying me by the hour, the dude asked a question, relax.
@PaMuShin one of the weirdest responses i've ever seen. are you ok in the head?
@PaMuShin You're just revealing way too much about your own insecurities, friend.
@PaMuShinWhat tf did i just read0
I don't think a single person without experience in that competition would have expected it to be stacked with that level of technical and accomplished wrestlers
Which is crazy if you think about it. Wrestling in America comes from Greece right? The original Olympic Games? This originated from hand to hand/sword to sword combat. Highlanders vs Government in the 1700s.
@@jaywilliams6250weirdly, no, Greco Roman wrestling comes from France. They named it that because they wanted to make it sound like it has a historical connection to ancient Greece, but they flat out did not know the rules of ancient Greek wrestling. It seems that their rules were a submission style, iirc. You had to raise one finger to show you were giving up (tapping out comes from Japan), so there are stories about Greek wrestlers who would break their opponents fingers so they couldn't submit even if they wanted to.
@@formlessone8246 ah that is very interesting thankyou. I just thought the main goal of American wrestlers is the compete in the Olympics so I assumed they just took on the sport from the original Olympics lol. I just thought the rules have changed massively over the years as sport became more about the sport and less about the physical domination(destruction) of your opposition and society celebrated public violence less and became softer lol
@@jaywilliams6250 As far as I know, American wrestling has different rules compared to Olympic wrestling. It's not "freestyle" but it's also not "greco-roman" which are both staples of Olympic wrestling. American school/collegiate wrestling is called "folkstyle", but I don't know why. Maybe because it borrows techniques from British (Scottish, Cornish, English) folk wrestling, and maybe some borrowing from Native American wrestling styles. I remember reading that it was based around Greco-Roman wrestling but it soon changed to incorporate other wrestling styles. Wrestlers do go on to compete in Olympics but it's usually the highest caliber collegiate wrestlers who are sent to represent their country, and they also have to adapt to a different ruleset.
@@jaywilliams6250 No it didn't.....it's much much older.....Wrestling is found in almost every culture in the world.
If Scottish Backhold Wrestling evolved from anything, it was Glima...the viking/icelandic style.
The initial mistake here was not the unpreparedness, it was the underwear, you missed the opportunity for a huge powermove.
I love how Backhold showcases such a variety of acomplished grapplers.
I'm going to comment on something that came to my mind last week and since Rokas's last video was with Seth, that will make even more sense.
Rokas be like: I'm on a journey to find myself, to find meaning for martial arts and make aikido great again;
Seth be like: LULZ LEMME TRY SOME WEIRD S**T
😂😂
I love both of them, but that contrast is so funny, IMHO 😂
After doing so well taking sumo lessons and then competing, Sensei Seth asks himself …”do I really even need the lessons?”
You should try Glima next. Some versions are just viking age wrestling, but originally it was 2 men face to face wrestling grasping only a waste belt
I second that suggestion!
I'm hoping you mean waist belt.
The rules set are very practical to modern self defence
Alright, Seth has gotta just be making up these martial arts by now
All joking aside, there's A LOT of different wrestling traditions around the world and variations of wrestling in specific circumstances.
Some examples I am aware of includes Oil wrestling, wrestling in sand, and parts of the MCMAP where they wrestle partially submerged in water.
Ya gotta think that wrestling has to be the oldest martial art. Plus you can do it without damaging the other guy to resolve issues in a town....
@@Jotun541 wrestling was in the Olympics in ancient Greece so it is old
How old is Indian mid wrestling?
Episode 48: I tried British Toe Wiggling? (Weirdly useful)
I know how it came about.
This happens with brothers anyway- you're glad to see em, give em a big hug, and then it's a wrestling match that goes pretty much like that.
It's bro-hug wrestling.
you are morphing into quite the grappler after that sumo thing
I think it's awesome
Glima next!
Id love to see you try Irish Collar & Elbow with Ruadhan McFadden. Hes singlehandedly brought the sport back from extinction through holding competitions at BJJ Globetrotters Camps and he runs a podcast The Hero With a Thousand Holds. Definitely would be interesting
Okay, now Seth has to try Indian mud wrestling (Kushti)
I was there!!! I was in a Folkstyle highschool wrestling competition I was wondering why u where wearing a kilt I even got a picture with u 😂
Lol that's awesome
BAckhold came from Irish Collar and Elbow. Oldest Celtic wrestling image is on the Cross of Kells in Co. Meath, Ireland
Nice! Nordic style (viking style) got three branches of wresling, belt hold, back hold and loose "hold". Belt hold survived in Iceland and is known as Glíma. I know there was a time there was viking-age scandinavian settlers in Great Britain. Backhold surely was practice then, but was it before?
With that said, try Glíma!
Backhold wrestling is one of the oldest martial arts out there. The bouncer at my local pub was a backhold champion! Nice coverage across all the arts.
Seth has to be the definition of a martial artist at this point
Oh definitely so. Watching him wrestle Kyle the 2nd time. He was doing very well, that's when I remembered. Sense Seth is very much a martial artist. He's done such a variety of arts that he can quickly adapt to most anything. His famous chubby surprise.
Trully a jack of all trades, master of none. I mean that in the best possible way because he's always up there, just not always #1.
I'd love to see you try "other wrestling" AKA Pro Wrestling. It's so not easy. In fact, it's super difficult.
😉
@@SenseiSeth Don't hurt yourself dude. Please lol.
@@SenseiSethDO IT
@@tomwalker8944nah, let him cook
Try legit catch wrestling. Like the legit version of pro wrestling. And all you need is level one to be able to compete. At wigan catch wrestling is level one through six. Catch wrestling alliance ( Coach Raul Ramirez studied at wigan until level 4).
backhold.. where you hold backs but NEVER hold back...
Competing with the best in a obscure martial art and coming in 3rd is pretty impressive. The Sumo thing too.
I just recently started practicing various styles of Celtic wrestling (Scottish Backhold, Irish Collar and Elbow, Cornish Wrestling). I was introduced to Backhold and Gouren at a Highlands Games about 15 years ago and always wanted to do it. I wish I hadn't waited so long, but it's sooooo fun. And so awesome to see your channel give it some exposure!
Thanks again for coming out! You ready for "Car Jitsu?" 😅
Dang the camera work on this video is unreal
I love your take on learning new martial arts Seth. A nice mix of competitiveness and humbleness. It's a great mindset for learning something.
Sensei Seth is an absolute unit.
Now try Shin Kicking, featured in our 'Cotswold Olimpicks' (not a misspelling, the event was started over 400 years afore the Olympic Games as we know it) here in England.
I wonder if Seth will come upon against our Eddie Hall, who is taking a similar road in regard to Sumo.
Don't worry, Sensei Seth. I have "nearly hairless legs" too, despite being a grown man of partially Scottish lineage. Chicks dig hairless legs! Or so I tell myself . . .
This was very entertaining. Nice to see you try something new that you aren’t automatically great at.
It's cool you're doing these now. I just got into my he genealogy and i got allot of ancestors from Scotland
I've been waiting for this since the last video
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What a transition...
Good play, Seth! Always fairing well in rulesets you've never tried before. A true contender.
Now, let's add more historic wrestling fashions to your list. Next you have to try Coiléar agus Uille (Collar-and-elbow) and style of Irish jacket wrestling where each man grips their opponents collar in their right hand, their right sleeve at the elbow with their left, and get them to land flat on their back in the process (similar to Ippon in Judo). It kind of died off by the 1900's, but recently saw a revival in 2019 with people wearing heavy, belted gi, like the kind you would be used to, since the old rules only stated "The men shall wear knit shirt and short coat or jacket, not extending below the hips, with strong collar and elbow for grasp of the opponent, and thin rubber sandals on the feet."
Sensei Seth you are my inspiration
I love the enthusiastic armature vibe you bring. The world needs more people like you.
Great Job man! The whole breaking grip rule probably was to ensure no weapons were drawn during a match!
it's crazy how stacked such a niche sport seems to be
YES! I briefly competed in Highland Games competitions for 2 years in a row with my friend. We found Mathew Vincent’s tutorial videos on the different events and went for it from there. While at the event both years they had me wrestle my dad in Scottish Kilt Wrestling (a real David v Goliath as he has about 5 inches of height and 60+lbs on me). It was such a simple and fun wrestling event, and I’m glad to see it represented on your channel!
@Sensei Seth We're too busy drinking whisky and shooting things in Northern Scotland to do much kilt wrestling anymore. There's all these wild birds that need filled with lead shot, and they're not going to do it themselves.
Seth is a great ambassador for martial arts. Respect for experiencing new cultures
Seth, next you should try the German martial art of Blitzkrieg, where you...oh wait, that could technically be applied to anything. You probably tried that in the Scottish games. In that case, knocked another one out the park without even knowing it! I'll make a medal out of cardboard and send it to you. I can do this since (the majority of) my ancestors trace directly back to Germany. Sehr gut, Lehrer Seth!
Awesome video
Looking at all this wrestling types,ever thought about the classic Greco Roman ? They have a very strong clinch skill and peculiar takedowns.
Backhold is one of my favorite rule sets and there are several variants globally.
I actually really enjoy these 2 videos on the Highland games and backhold
Dude your comedy has been getting better every video. The pacing to the camera killed me. XD
Hey Seth,
I love that you tried the heavies and Backhold at the Highland Games!
I actually competed this June at my First Highland Games.
Heavies and Backhold Just Like you.
I noticed that you had a gable grip in your matches. In scotland you re only allowed to use sgrip.
Were you allowed to just use the grip, which is more comfortable for you?
We didnt have a proper understanding of the rules, so we decided any grip was legal. Youll notice Rashaun had an interlocking grip, and everyone else but me used a gable grip
Now I want to try the highland games, looks fun as hell
Tying for third in a competition with 4 guys isn't a great accomplishment, but it is an accomplishment. We take those.
I remember a video by Oz (@EnglishMartialArts) where he said with other (non "fixed grip") styles of wrestling there are a ton of situations in a clinch where if he was losing he'd normally repummel in or change to another grip. With backhold suddenly you have to be sensitive to every little detail of the over-under clinch because you can't run away from it- that is ALL there is! I also remember seeing a documentary called "Warlord of Highland Wrestling". The documentary was dedicated to Mad Max" McDougald, who was a backhold wrestling champ and promoter for an area. In the documentary he said he learnt it the ol' fashion way- it was a group of good ol' country boys, who like you, were learning by doing with no coach or lessons lol. He spent his summers at the games losing every bout and becoming obsessed with it, offering to wrestle anyone who would during the games. He said it took him three summers to actually understand how the wrestling game worked (what he someone needed to do to and why someone won or lost the bout in a given circumstance). Super cool you tried this out even if the results were not as favourable as your sumo tournament!
You did awesome! Good on you for trying new things, the guys look like they been doing it a while
Glíma (Iceland), Schwingen (Swiss) or Ssireum (Korea)
Not fair he knows sumo and hes wearing a kilt so his power is over 9000
Uchi mata is a hip throw to truly execute it u have to get ur hip infront of them then use the foot to throw with the momentum, i see it quite hard to get the hip in with that backhold grip.
Now Seth can travel to Scotland and test himself with Scotsmen
He’s got to have a deep fried mars bar and haggis when he does too
Lá não há cueca por baixo da kilt.
@@tiagogontar379Most people wear underwear with a kilt, especially as people have decided it is acceptable to lift them to check.
@@85481😂
Which would be much easier. He's already wrestled Kyle who whupped them all already :)
I think this is the truest form of wrestling because it's all about technique. While there are some ways to hurt your opponent, that's not the focus of this game. That's also the thing about this kind of wrestling, it's a game at its roots. There is a reason they call the competition "the Highland Games". It's also probably the purest form of pitting strength against strength.
To be fair winning in Scotland is less impressive than the fact that it was the world championship. Most of us haven't even heard of backhold. It's not like judo in Japan where winning in Japan is as hard or harder than major international tournaments.
Also there's only 5 million of us and we suck at the sports that we DO care about.
Aye on the grappling front the international sport styles are far better known, for our population we tend to do reasonably well in Judo at the Commonwealth level, and Sally Conway picked up an Olympic Bronze in 2016 and World Judo Championships Bronze in 2019.
I knew about Backhold because of an interest in Judo and "other-wrestling", local history and traditions but it's really not widely known about.
More difficult than you think
Yeah Koringa is a beast! Played capoeira with him a few times.
A win is a win, congrats.
I love to see these kinds of folk wrestling! It looks a lot like backgrip glima!
Seth you should do glima it is a Viking martial art
Kendo! You as karateka will be amazed
Almost no one has heard about this that I never even thought to suggest it. But if backhold wrestling gets a video, you HAVE to visit its gaelic sibling, Irish Collar and Elbow wrestling. They have jackets.
Basically just Greco mixed in with sumo
Seth's Scottish impression at the end was funny. And it's possible that's how it started.
I heard double ice cream before a sumo championship is the sign of a prosperous UA-cam channel.
This is an interesting form of wrestling...not only you are kinda worried about getting slammed on the ground, but you also need to think about the handhold amd you cannot create space
You also have to worry about the torque on your shoulders because the only way to alleviate it is to break your grip.
You gotta try out Sanda or Shuai Jiao next! Hell, Mongolian wrestling would be cool too.
Excellent job mate, now you've just gotta' try Cornish wrestling. 💪😁
Bro I love that you do this. I find martial arts so fascinating & seeing so many I've never heard of is fun af. Would love to see you try Schwingen (Swiss wrestling) & Bartitsu as well! Since you mentioned it in that one skit I've been hoping you try it once of these days.
Yeah I don't even know who he'd be able to train with in Bartitsu... I'm guessing there are only a couple of clubs here and there, and probably none in his area. Interesting martial art though for sure.
Origin theory for backhold, though it's purely speculative: When fighting with a sword and shield, you can often collide and end up in this kind of 50/50 clinch. I think the sport began as a way to train for that moment specifically.
U should really try gatka, a sikh martial art, it's about weapons
You should try Mongolian wrestling, looks fun
The UK has a few "martial arts" like this. Down my way we have Cornish wrestling (as you can guess it's wrestling from cornwall) that's pretty much the same as kilt wrestling, but for real men. What I really want to see is sent try shin kicking. It's from the Cotswolds (I think) and involves 2 people holding each other by the shoulders and, wearing clogs, they kick each other in the shin until one person let's go. It sounds dangerous but you do get to stuff your trousers with straw.
Seth could make a whole series on insane (often dangerous) British sports such as cheese chasing.
You could combine purring with Cornish and try Devonshire wrestling
So the rules forbid the high crotch lift. Makes sense given thekilt
You do it with a knee ;-)
As a Scottish man living in East Kilbride (a town just outside of Glasgow in Scotland) i can confirm this is legit.... not common even here... but definitely legit.
East Kilbride, home of the legendary Robert "Big Rab" MacNamara, undisputed world heavyweight champion of Backhold and Cumbrian Wrestling.
I love that the crap like climbing a tree with Axes for sport is legit not just from Disney Sitcom
lol this videos editing is reaching god tier
As an American of Scottish/Irish descent, as well as a lifelong martial artist, this is very interesting to me. Thanks Sensei Seth!
"You're not living on some cliff in Scotland"....well, it's more of a hill than a cliff but kinda do 😂
"aye rocks don't throw back ye silly bahsterd"
- Bruce Liam, 1578
This is clearly the ancient art of middle school hallway wrestling.
Dudes random tournament third place reward is 100x better than our wrestling state championship reward 😭
"Good job liftin that rock, can ya throw me tho?" Definitely sounds like something a scott would say
Every time Seth post, my day gets 100x better
need to see Seth visit that Las Vegas gunfights place, they have milsim and a bit of cqc
Have you ever considered making a video about Yağlı güreş = turkish oil wrestling? It is by far one of the stranges Martial Arts I´ve ever heard of...
Sensei, you are a student in every art you participate in. I think you hold back, but it's not about being the best.
Doing Scottish back-hold wrestling feels like the no-gi version of Sumo.
Getting in that hold against a greco guy is a one way flight ticket to the ground. You should try greco for a future video.
I wrestled Kyle yesterday in a Sumo match. He whipped me good.
I look forward to competing with you sometime.
Aye, no' bad, Seth. Yea'll dae better next year!
That accent you did even had my ancestors shaking their heads. lmao
As a wrestler myself, your grip was killing me… 😉
Seths wife: You got an Axe? For what? 😂😂
You did awesome man! Don't be hard on yourself for not winning a martial art you've never done.
I think you won because (obviously this is just a guess) you got 0-2 against the winner, you won 1, and in your other 2 losses you took a round? Not seeing other matches makes it harder to tell but that is my guess
Try Indian wrestling next Seth. I dont think there are any authentic 'akhadas' in the US tho
Like my first judo tournament. I beat. I got bronze and I was like I could have sworn I was last but I'll take it
Probably, the third place is given to whoever passes, though the 8:47 two times without any damages