Ask Cael: I am only in intermediate and am very small. What do you think is a good move that I can use to my advantage?

Story Published Tuesday, June 29th, 2010

 name:                  Dillon Hilton

question:              I am only in intermediate and am very small.  What do you think is a good move that I can use to my advantage?

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Whatever techniques you feel more comfortable with are the ones you should probably spend extra time to develop.  One way to figure that out is by looking at what techniques you tend to attack with when you wrestle live.

The cool thing about wrestling is everybody will wrestle a little different.  There is not one style that works for everyone, or one move either.  The important thing is that you work hard on the fundamentals and essential positions, such as: good stance, stance motion, penetration step, shot defense and sprawling, set ups to shots, break downs, shot finishes, holding position and escaping from bottom, etc. 

Work with your coach to further develop those essential areas.  As you do that, you will develop the specific moves that you do for each of those positions.  Your moves should have a fundamental aspect of positioning and technique, but you will naturally put your own spin on the moves depending on your body type and strengths.

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