ISWA official newsletter

The ISWA is proud to present it’s new upload page. With three titles ready for upload,new titles will be added monthly.

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The ISWA Leg Lock series vol 1

The ISWA Level 1 Syllabus

The ISWA 2010 Catch as Catch Can Seminar part 1

Coming soon

The ISWA 2010 seminar part 2

The ISWA 2011 UK Tour 6 part series

The ISWA Leg Lock Series part 2 –  more fundamentals

The ISWA Leg Lock series part 3 –  The complete Toe Hold tutorial

The Subtle Art of Pinning

The complete guide to upper body throws…and much ,much more!

Eddie Goldman Interview at No Holds Barred!

Here is an in-depth interview with Steve Koepfer of the ASA and I about the 2012 North American Throwdown and the future of Catch Wrestling.

No Holds Barred: Steve Koepfer and Kris Iatskevich on North American Throwdow…

November was truly a busy month for us here at the ISWA

first we had the ISWA CACC Southeastern Regional Championship hosted by Coach Boyd Ritchie in South Carolina.

The event was well organised and everyone had a blast. We got to see some really good wrestling going on.

some of the participants

Next was our Catch as Catch Can seminar fundraiser held on the 19th. We got to cover some really good throwing combinations and quick kill finishes.

Some of the ISWA crew for the event

The following day was the 514 GRAPPLING tournament. ISWA boys Mathieu Allard, Alexandre Caron and Dominic Leclerc respectfully took first and third place in their respective divisions.

Dominic Leclerc 3rd place, Coach Kris Iatskevich, Alexandre Caron 3rd place, Mathieu Allard 1st place and Coach Carl Abdallah

The Following weekend we had the pleasure of receiving Coach Laren Umphlett from Texas and Edward Makarus from Edmonton who dropped by for some training. Coach Umphlett shared with us some very unique training drills and techniques.

Coach Kris Iatskevich, Coach Carl Abdallah, Mathieu Allard, Edward Makarus and Coach Laren Umphlett

You can now upload our instructionals directly from our website.

Available

ISWA LEVEL 1 SYLLABUS

and

ISWA LEG LOCKS VOL 1

More titles will soon be up on the site including many of our seminars and more specific work like Catch Wrestling Takedowns, Pinning combinations, Armlocks, Leg Rides and Counters and much more.

Going to the UK rekindled my love and passion for Catch as Catch Can.

During our ten day visit Coach Carl Abdallah and I had the privilige to immerse ourselves in it’s roots. Meeting up for training sessions with Billy Robinson, Tommy Heyes and Roy Wood all in the same week gave us an inside look into what training was like at the infamous Snake Pit in Wigan.

We got to share many stories about Billy Rilley and the history of Authentic Lancashire style Wrestling. Hopefully we will back there soon for more training, history lessons and those wonderful fish and chips…although the steak and kidney pies were quite a treat also.

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Roy Wood nominated for wrestling award.

Coach Roy Wood, has been nominated for the Unsung hero award in this year’s BBC Sports Personality Of The Year awards.

follow the link below.

Roy Wood Wrestling Award

No one deserves this more than Coach Wood please show your support by voting online!

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The Snake Pit is Back!

We are happy to announce the Snakepit making a comeback to it’s Catch as Catch Can roots.

Coach Roy Wood and his lovely daughter Andrea are genuine and passionate people.

Go say hello and show your support at

www.Snakepitwigan.com

Read more

Check out this Interview with  Catch Wrestling Coach extraordinaire ISWA’ very own Boyd Ritchie.

No Holds Barred: Boyd Ritchie on the Revival of Catch-As-Catch-Can Wrestling
Coach Boyd Ritchie doing what he does best!

Also,come join us November 19th for our Catch Wrestling seminar Fundraiser.

Jason Courchesne wins by submission (Arm Bar) at 3:15 into the first round

Congratulations to Jason Courchesne for yet another win last night at Instinct MMA. This puts Jason at 2-0 in his pro career.
Jason immediately took command after the bell rang,landing very decisive blows and taking his opponent down before taking the full mount for some more punishing blows and ending quickly with an armbar.

Jason Courchesne delivering punishing blows

Jason after the bout with coaches Kris Iatskevich and Dominic Morin

Coaches Carl Abdallah and myself held a seminar tour throughout the UK from September 10th to the 18th.

We met up with some great people and were pleased to see the interest for CACC being so alive.

One of the highlights of our visit came when we had the opportunity to go train with Billy Robinson who was also on a UK tour. Meeting up with coach Robinson again was a treat,not only his he a great coach but quite a character also.

Two days later we had the privilege to meet and train with Tommy Heyes at the Bolton Wrestling Club. Mr Heyes who was trained by Billy Riley at the Snake Pit was a gracious host who took us through some Catch Wrestling techniques and a fair bit of history.

The training session with Mr Heyes was followed by a visit to the Aspull Wrestling Club – the  ” Sankepit”, for a Catch Wrestling session with legendary Catch Wresling coach Roy Wood. Mr Wood’ expertise on the mat is second to none and is a true gentlemen off the mat. We were fortunate to then share a meal and a few pints with Mr Wood, where we swapped stories about the snakepit and some of it’s more famous wrestlers. He even was hospitable enough to have spend the night at his home before we took off in the morning with our heads full of stories and new techniques to play with.

This was followed the following weekend with our two day seminar in Cardiff,were we took all participants through the fundamentals of the ISWA Catch Wrestling syllabus on day 1 followed by a Leg Lock seminar on day 2.

We had a really great time in the UK and are already excited about our next visit.

Kris Iatskevich

Coach Kris Iatskevich and Coach Carl Abdallah will be in the UK from September 10th to September 20th from a series of seminars the main one being held in Cardiff September 17th and 18th

The seminar will cover the I.S.W.A. level 1 syllabus material on day one and a specialist leg lock seminar on day 2.

The times for both days are 11am until 5pm.

The venue is the purpose built dojo at the Cardiff university sports village, the full address is:

Cardiff Sports Village
Talybont Sports Centre
Bevan Pl,
Cardiff
CF14 3UX

For directions to the venue take a look at their site:

http://www.cardiff.ac.uk/sport/

Cost of the seminar will be:

£50 advance payment for 2 days
£30 advance payment for 1 day
£60 pay on the day for both days (turn up on the day)
£35 per individual day (turn up on the day)

Advance payments can be made securely via paypal to:

jam7952@gmail.com

Phone-07825044129

When placing your booking in advance please be sure to state which of the days you wish to attend if booking for one day only, day 1 or day 2.

Congratulations to Mathieu Allard for his decision win last night at K.E.F 4.

It was a tough war for Mathieu going toe to toe with fan favorite Miky Houle.

From Montreal MMA.com

- Sporting a wrestling singlet, Allard put his fighting base to work in the main event, pulling out a close fight with fan favourite Miky ‘the Wolf’ Houle. After Houle took a close 1st round, doing more damage on the ground after his takedown than Allard did with his own, Allard began turning the tide in the 2nd, grinding out a takedown, defending Houle’s attempts, and controlling the fight on the ground from side-control, before later taking Houle’s back. By the 3rd, Houle began having trouble closing the distance, as Allard would land punches as he came in. Landing a takedown later in the round, Allard sealed the deal by advancing to full-mount and landing some ground-and-pound as the fight ended.