Hello, I am Yevyel Ruin, and I will first be going over the basics of the wrestling training program and then move on to training interaction later on.

The beginner wrestling training program would of course begin with the essential stretching (All major muscle groups but the lower back) and warm up exorcises including: push-ups, sit-ups, hill climbers, and a little series of movements known together as Dead man’s (has other names) where you go from a vertical base, fall onto your hands, lower quickly to your belly, swing your legs in front of you, then back behind you, then do a push-up pull your feet beneath your stomach and rays to a standing position and repeat. The warm up is very important to ready your muscles for any strenuous activity. Warm muscles also function significantly better hot rather than cold as you probably already know if you have ever fallen into freezing water and tried to get back out. Not easy.

After that you would go right into the Back Bump also known as the Schoolboy Bump named after the move itself and what the move makes you do. landing flat on your back with your arms straight out from your shoulders at the same time from a standing position. You’d be doing a few dozen of these one after the other until you got them down and got used to how they make you head feel. Next you would move on to the Front Bump (also named Biel Bump, flip bump, and rolling bump.) where you will put your butt over your head forward in the air and land on your back. Basically doing a front flip and not making it, landing on your feet (slightly before your lower back) arms (parallel the body) and back (flat) at just about the same instant. You’d be made to prepare for the landing by doing a handstand and tipping over to land in that manner.

Next you’ll be kicking out. A lot! Kicking those feet up and out and shoving a body off you own several times before being aloud to hit the ropes. Which when you approach a rope you’ll have your hand reaching out for it, grab it, bend the elbow level the shoulder, and taking it in under the arm, catching the rope with your arm pit and springing off. This is for control so as not to slip in between the rope and break your nose or get whiplashed.

Next would fallow running to the turn buckle and then landing outside over the ropes.

And then snapping (reaction to attacks: punches, kicks, etc.) this can be read as acting, or really getting hit but turning your face to make it look harder, and bumping if it’s really powerful. We personally like to pull potatoes which means really hit each other. Not all wrestlers are like that so they have the snapping system for this reason. Striking to the face is rare but when done is to the cheek bone with a palm or slap, the rest are most often directed at the crown of the head, or caller (side of the neck) with a forearm and palm. Pro wrestling has no fist contact even though they make it seem and sound as if there is. It’s even in the rule book (“no clenched fists“). chops are also used often (not actually a chop but instead a stiff slap with the turned palm of the hand. If the hand was not turned fingers could break). Kicks to the face are most often read as bump worthy unless you go for the daze and then fall shortly after. Also kicks to the gut are setups for key moves and throws (which you knew).

After all that you’d then be ready to learn chain wrestling or “grappling” which is yet another foundation of the wrestling world. See, a wrestling may only actually trademark 4-5 actual moves. The rest in between is just the lead up to them. So those reactions and lead ups (or segways) hitting the ropes, going to the turnbuckles, being thrown to the outside are just fillers of space between actual moves the wrestler is known for doing. I in particular like to switch it up where I do as many random moves as possible because I don’t wish to be closed off to 5 moves. But the grappling give a move, receive a move concept is a basic wrestling skill to build suspense and leave the people with a thought of the match being to close to call.

Always train with a partner for experience in timing, communication, and rhythm of the other. Wrestling is most often not choreographed. It’s made up on the spot. But if there was not communication (wrestling code) the other guy would be edgy and off rhythm do to the fact that he doesn’t know what’s in store for him. Grappling is on the other hand easy because you feel each other out for what’s happening and most often just pull them into whatever you're going to do whether they’re ready or not they should know right away.

Next would be from the top rope or higher ground moves which you learn with a mat, then nothing, then a body. And then finally the main moves. Which number in the thousands including holds, submissions, daredevil, standing: power or quick moves, and combo lead moves.

The requirements of the novice wrestling program should be met before venturing into the advanced moves and techniques. For reasons of familiarity, rhythm, strength and stamina. Injuries most often happen when one of the wrestlers attempts something they are unaccustomed to or do the move to someone who is not failure with how to take a curtain technique.

It seems a lot to cover but it’s really not. You get these basic training requirements down then you’ll be a pretty sharp well rounded wrestler.

Thanks for your time.
~ Ruin