Say Uncle!: ?Catch-As-Catch-Can and the Roots of Mixed Martial Arts, Pro Wrestling, and Modern Grappling

by Jake Shannon

Say Uncle is the definitive book on the history, players, and techniques of catch-as-catch-can grappling.

Catch-as-catch-can, or "catch wrestling" for short, is the great-granddaddy of today's mixed martial arts, professional wrestling, freestyle wrestling, and many reality-based self-defence systems. It is a nearly lost form of Western martial art that is rich in history and full of painfully brutal techniques. Say Uncle...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1550229613
• ISBN13: 9781550229615
• Release Date: June 2011
• Publisher: ECW Press
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 1.02 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.7" x 9.8"