Catch Wrestling Skill Level 2: Beginner by Joel Bane

What Will You Learn?

Catch wrestling ends matches in ways jiu jitsu never taught you, and Joel Bane teaches it the way it is passed down at Snake Pit U.S.A., as an art instead of a sport.

Bane already laid the foundation in Catch Wrestling Skill Level 1, where he built a ten part system for people with no catch background at all. Level 2 is what comes after: the same material trained at a higher level, plus the positions and attacks that only make sense once you can hold the front headlock and the double wrist lock. Now he's giving you the rest of the beginner curriculum.

You get the drills first, then the tie ups and the takedowns off the front headlock and the double wrist lock, then the counters when someone shoots on you. From there it is escapes: side control, mount, back control, head and arm, north south. Then the turtle from both sides, the Saturday night ride against a guard puller and against closed guard, the leg attacks, and finally the attacking volumes from body scissors, side control, over under, mount and the back, closing with submission defense. This isn't just a pile of techniques, it's the second step of a curriculum, built to be trained in order.

Whether you come from wrestling, jiu jitsu or nothing at all, catch gives you a different set of answers: cranks, rides and pins that make people move so you can take the finish.

The escapes alone are worth the time. Most grapplers learn one way out of side control and one way out of mount, and Bane gives you the bridges, the sit outs and the pendulums that catch wrestlers have used for a century.

If you've ever wondered why catch wrestlers seem to be attacking even while they are stuck underneath, this is the material that builds that habit.

Learn the beginner curriculum the way Snake Pit U.S.A. teaches it, one volume at a time.

What Exactly Do You Get?

Part 1: Drills

• Brazilian Leg Drill
• Butterfly Leap Frog Drill
• Inverted Triangle Drill
• Inverted Scythe Arm Bar Drill
• The Snake Pit U.S.A. Inside-Inside Transition Drill: All Six Positions

Part 2: Tie Ups, Attacks And Takedowns

• Establishing The Front Headlock (FHL)
• FHL Standing Power Choke To Strangle
• FHL To Grovit
• FHL To Standing Guillotine
• FHL Snap Down & Base Rip
• FHL Salto
• Half Alch Pivot
• Half Alch Salto
• Establishing The Double Wrist Lock (DWL) & DWL Pivot To War Catch Finish
• DWL Kick Over To War Catch DWL Finish
• DWL Ground Hype
• DWL Salto

Part 3: Takedown Counters, Side Control Escapes And Mount Escapes

• FHL Standing Switch
• DWL Kick Over Vs. Outside Single
• War Catch Outside Single Whizzer Roll
• Over Under Bridge/Corkscrew Combo
• Force The Table Top W Clothesline To Y Escape Entry Loop Choke Bridge
• Side Choke (Power Choke Grip) Style Vs. Regular Side Control Bridge To Side Choke
• Superman Bridge
• Bridge To Heel Hook
• The Houdini

Part 4: Back Control, Head And Arm And North South Escapes

• Sit Out Vs. Two Hooks To Bridge Out The Back Door
• Tripod Leg Pummel
• Olympic Style Elbow To Ground To Back Frame
• Basic S-Grip Bridge
• North South Defense And Chin Strap Bridge
• Regular Pendulum To Snap & Stand In Base
• Inside Tie Pendulum Drag To Top Referee-Back

Part 5: Turtle Counters, Defenses And Attacks

• Long Sit Out Reverse Switch
• One Quarter Nelson Counter - Elbow Clamp Roll Under
• Half Nelson Counter (Opponent Failed To Break You Down)
• Three Quarter Counter - Elbow Clamp Sit Out And Turn In
• Chicken Wing Spiral Breakdown To Crab Ride To Half Nelson To Cow Catcher
• FHL To 10 Finger Guillotine To Bulldog Choke
• FHL Turn - Gator Roll, Half Alch Into Cow Catcher
• FHL To Half Alch To Cow Catcher
• Cement Mixer Off Failed Half Alch To Cow Catcher & Leg Scissors Choke

Part 6: The Saturday Night Ride

• Ankle Control & Drag Pull And Lift To Reverse Gut To FHL
• Standing Toe Hold
• Cross Side Achilles Lock
• Old Catch Elbow In Ear & Inside Tie Shuffle Guard Break To High Leg
• Triangle Defense Style Guard Break To Cradle Into Side Control
• Combat Base - Removing The Pant Leg Guard Break Taint Splitte

Part 7: Leg Attacks And Passing

• Achilles - Ankle Lock & Power Achilles Lock From Single X
• Three Toe Holds From CACC Reap
• Cross Side Achilles - Ankle Lock To Inverted Heel Hook From Outside Leg Scissors
• Leg Staple To High-Leg Inside Figure Four Leg Lock Entry
• Inside Knee Cut To High-Leg Into Inside Figure Four With Far Side Leg Collection Entry
• Foot Wedge Pass
• Knee Under Hip Limp Leg
• Push Up Pass
• Removing The Lockdown

Part 8: Body Scissors And North South Attacks

• Arm Drag To Hand To Lat, Hand To Mat Two Hooks In Breakdown
• Whizzer To FHL Base Rip
• Arm Bar To Razor Arm Bar To Reverse DWL
• High Scissors Arm Bar To Reverse Triangle To DWL Into Coil Lock
• Wrist Lock Vs. Frame & Kill The Under Hook North South Style Choke
• Fisherman's Crank & Paper Cutter
• Fujiwara DWL W Wrist Roll & W.A.R Catch Finishes
• North South Choke Entry - All 3 Basic N-S Chokes & Punch Choke

Part 9: Over Under, Head And Arm And Mount Attacks

• Wrist Lock V Opponent's Frame & Palm Away Top Wrist Lock (TWL)
• Elbow In Ear TWL Straight Back To Modified Telephone
• Frame Punch Elbow Drop Arm Bar Back To TWL
• Gift Wrap To Fisherman's Crank 2 & Near Side TWL (Grip Switch)
• TWL With Legs
• Two Shoulder Punch Arm Bar Rips
• Two Punch Chokes & A Fist Choke
• Diaphragm Crush (Unicorn) & Sunrise Crank
• Mothers Milk Face Lock
• Armbar Vs TWL Defense
• TWL To Side Choke
• S-Mount Arm Bar Into Scythe Arm Bar
• Hurdler Mount Drill

Part 10: Back Control Attacks And Submission Defense

• Billy Robinson War Catch Style Wrist Lock Attack To Chokes
• Face-Locks - Zombie Lock, Upper Mouth, Nose & Orbital & Bear Hug Face Lock
• DWL Control To Arm Bar
• Guillotine Defense Vs FHL Style Entry
• Double Wrist Lock From Sat Night Ride Defense - Post To Half Nelson
• Leg Lock Defense - Achilles - Ankle Lock Defense Same Side 1 - Knee Clamp
• Heel Hook Defense 1
• Heel Hook Defense 2