Catch Wrestling/BJJ
Catch Wrestling
Catch wrestling (also known as catch-as-catch-can) is an English wrestling style where wrestlers aim to win by pinning or submitting their opponent using any legal holds or techniques. It emphasizes adaptability and seizing opportunities during the match, with fewer restrictions than other wrestling styles – techniques using or targeting the legs are allowed, submissions are allowed, and there are no mandatory grips. It was spread by wrestlers of travelling funfairs who developed their own submission holds, referred to as “hooks” and “stretches”, into their wrestling to increase their effectiveness against their opponents, as well as immigrants through Europe and the Anglosphere.
Elite Catch Wrestling is taught under the guidance of the renowned Adam Tibbitts of Death Roll
Brazilian Jiu Jitsu
Brazilian jiu-jitsu , often abbreviated to BJJ, is a self-defense system, martial art, and combat sport based on grappling, ground fighting, and submission holds. It is primarily a ground-based fighting style and focuses on taking one’s opponent down to the ground, gaining a dominant position, and using a number of techniques to force them into submission via joint locks, chokeholds, or compression locks. It has its roots in jujutsu, judo and catch wrestling.
Adam Tibbitts
Head coach of Deathroll Submission Wrestling. Adam has had a lifelong involvement in wrestling and grappling. Having won multiple national and international titles in various combat sports throughout his career, his passion lies in preserving his Australian Shooter-style catch wrestling lineage and coaching the next generation of wrestlers—whether freestyle, Greco, or catch.
