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Shoot wrestling is a combat sport
Combat sport

A combat sport is a competitive contact sport where two combatants fight against each other using certain rules of engagement, typically with the aim of simulating parts of real hand to hand combat....
 and a general term that describes a range of hybrid fighting systems originating in Japan
Japan

Japan is an island country in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, People's Republic of China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south....
 in the late 1970s, in close association with Japanese professional wrestling
Professional wrestling

Professional wrestling, or pro wrestling, is a non-competitive professional sport, where matches are prearranged by the Professional wrestling promotion List of professional wrestling terms#B, and is also considered an athletic performing art, containing strong elements of catch wrestling, mock combat and theatre....
. Shoot wrestling has several sub-disciplines eg. Shootfighting
Shootfighting

Shootfighting is a combat sport and martial art, with competitions governed by the International Shootfighting Association . Shootfighting incorporates techniques from a multitude of traditional martial arts, the most principle of these being Muay Thai and Catch Wrestling....
, Shooto
Shooto

Shooto is a combat sport that is governed by the Shooto Association and the International Shooto Commission. Shooto was originally formed in 1985, as an organization and as a particular fighting system derived from shoot wrestling....
, Pancrase
Pancrase

Pancrase Hybrid Wrestling is a mixed martial arts organization founded in Japan in 1993 by professional wrestlers Masakatsu Funaki and Minoru Suzuki....
, RINGS submission fighting and Shoot boxing
Shoot boxing

Shoot boxing is a combat sport which allows kicking, punching, throwing, and standing submission. It was developed from kickboxing by Caesar Takeshi....
.

The term "shoot
Shoot (professional wrestling)

In professional wrestling, a shoot refers to any unplanned event – that is, an event that is "real" and not staged. The term originally referred to a Takedown in amateur wrestling; this was adapted to mean a legitimate attack or fight , which was in turn broadened to mean unstaged events in general....
" refers to the real application of techniques, as opposed to a "work". The shoot wrestling techniques are often applied in shoot-style professional wrestling
Professional wrestling

Professional wrestling, or pro wrestling, is a non-competitive professional sport, where matches are prearranged by the Professional wrestling promotion List of professional wrestling terms#B, and is also considered an athletic performing art, containing strong elements of catch wrestling, mock combat and theatre....
 matches, which feature predetermined outcomes, but with much technique applied in a stiff
Stiff (professional wrestling)

To be stiff in professional wrestling is to hit an opponent with force. This could be the result of a Shoot , but some wrestlers have worked stiffly throughout their careers....
 or full contact
Full Contact

Full Contact is a Hong Kong films of 1993 Cinema of Hong Kong Hong Kong action cinema produced and directed by Ringo Lam. The film stars Chow Yun-Fat, Simon Yam, Anthony Wong Chau Sang, and Ann Bridgewater....
 manner.

orically, shoot wrestling has been influenced by many martial arts such as freestyle wrestling
Freestyle wrestling

Freestyle wrestling is a style of amateur wrestling that is practiced throughout the world. Along with Greco-Roman wrestling, it is one of the two styles of wrestling contested in the Olympic games....
, Greco-Roman wrestling
Greco-Roman wrestling

Greco-Roman wrestling is a style of amateur wrestling that is practiced throughout the world. Along with freestyle wrestling, it is one of the two styles of wrestling contested in the Olympic games....
, catch wrestling
Catch wrestling

Catch wrestling is a style of wrestling. Catch wrestling is arguably the ancestor of modern grappling, professional wrestling, mixed martial arts and no-holds-barred competition....
 in the beginning and Karate
Karate

or , and often mis, is a martial arts developed in the Ryukyu Islands from indigenous fighting methods and Chinese martial arts kenpo. It is primarily a striking art using punching, kicking, knee and elbow strikes and open-handed techniques such as knife-hands and ridge-hands....
, Muay thai
Muay Thai

Muay Thai is a form of hard martial art practiced in large parts of the world, including Thailand and other Southeast Asian countries. The art is similar to others in Southeast Asian such as: pradal Serey in Cambodia, lethwei in Myanmar, tomoi in Malaysia, and Lao boxing in Laos....
 and Judo
Judo

, meaning "gentle way", is a modern Japanese martial art and combat sport, that originated in Japan in the late nineteenth century. Its most prominent feature is its competitive element, where the object is to either Throw one's opponent to the ground, immobilize or otherwise subdue one's opponent with a grappling manoeuvre, or force an opponent...
 in the final stages.

Karl Istaz
Karl Istaz

Karl Istaz was a professional wrestler and trainer born in Antwerp, Belgium, best known by his ring name Karl Gotch. The German suplex is named after Gotch....
 is one of the most important figures in the development of shoot wrestling.






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Shoot wrestling is a combat sport
Combat sport

A combat sport is a competitive contact sport where two combatants fight against each other using certain rules of engagement, typically with the aim of simulating parts of real hand to hand combat....
 and a general term that describes a range of hybrid fighting systems originating in Japan
Japan

Japan is an island country in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, People's Republic of China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south....
 in the late 1970s, in close association with Japanese professional wrestling
Professional wrestling

Professional wrestling, or pro wrestling, is a non-competitive professional sport, where matches are prearranged by the Professional wrestling promotion List of professional wrestling terms#B, and is also considered an athletic performing art, containing strong elements of catch wrestling, mock combat and theatre....
. Shoot wrestling has several sub-disciplines eg. Shootfighting
Shootfighting

Shootfighting is a combat sport and martial art, with competitions governed by the International Shootfighting Association . Shootfighting incorporates techniques from a multitude of traditional martial arts, the most principle of these being Muay Thai and Catch Wrestling....
, Shooto
Shooto

Shooto is a combat sport that is governed by the Shooto Association and the International Shooto Commission. Shooto was originally formed in 1985, as an organization and as a particular fighting system derived from shoot wrestling....
, Pancrase
Pancrase

Pancrase Hybrid Wrestling is a mixed martial arts organization founded in Japan in 1993 by professional wrestlers Masakatsu Funaki and Minoru Suzuki....
, RINGS submission fighting and Shoot boxing
Shoot boxing

Shoot boxing is a combat sport which allows kicking, punching, throwing, and standing submission. It was developed from kickboxing by Caesar Takeshi....
.

The term "shoot
Shoot (professional wrestling)

In professional wrestling, a shoot refers to any unplanned event – that is, an event that is "real" and not staged. The term originally referred to a Takedown in amateur wrestling; this was adapted to mean a legitimate attack or fight , which was in turn broadened to mean unstaged events in general....
" refers to the real application of techniques, as opposed to a "work". The shoot wrestling techniques are often applied in shoot-style professional wrestling
Professional wrestling

Professional wrestling, or pro wrestling, is a non-competitive professional sport, where matches are prearranged by the Professional wrestling promotion List of professional wrestling terms#B, and is also considered an athletic performing art, containing strong elements of catch wrestling, mock combat and theatre....
 matches, which feature predetermined outcomes, but with much technique applied in a stiff
Stiff (professional wrestling)

To be stiff in professional wrestling is to hit an opponent with force. This could be the result of a Shoot , but some wrestlers have worked stiffly throughout their careers....
 or full contact
Full Contact

Full Contact is a Hong Kong films of 1993 Cinema of Hong Kong Hong Kong action cinema produced and directed by Ringo Lam. The film stars Chow Yun-Fat, Simon Yam, Anthony Wong Chau Sang, and Ann Bridgewater....
 manner.

History of shoot wrestling and shoot-style wrestling

Historically, shoot wrestling has been influenced by many martial arts such as freestyle wrestling
Freestyle wrestling

Freestyle wrestling is a style of amateur wrestling that is practiced throughout the world. Along with Greco-Roman wrestling, it is one of the two styles of wrestling contested in the Olympic games....
, Greco-Roman wrestling
Greco-Roman wrestling

Greco-Roman wrestling is a style of amateur wrestling that is practiced throughout the world. Along with freestyle wrestling, it is one of the two styles of wrestling contested in the Olympic games....
, catch wrestling
Catch wrestling

Catch wrestling is a style of wrestling. Catch wrestling is arguably the ancestor of modern grappling, professional wrestling, mixed martial arts and no-holds-barred competition....
 in the beginning and Karate
Karate

or , and often mis, is a martial arts developed in the Ryukyu Islands from indigenous fighting methods and Chinese martial arts kenpo. It is primarily a striking art using punching, kicking, knee and elbow strikes and open-handed techniques such as knife-hands and ridge-hands....
, Muay thai
Muay Thai

Muay Thai is a form of hard martial art practiced in large parts of the world, including Thailand and other Southeast Asian countries. The art is similar to others in Southeast Asian such as: pradal Serey in Cambodia, lethwei in Myanmar, tomoi in Malaysia, and Lao boxing in Laos....
 and Judo
Judo

, meaning "gentle way", is a modern Japanese martial art and combat sport, that originated in Japan in the late nineteenth century. Its most prominent feature is its competitive element, where the object is to either Throw one's opponent to the ground, immobilize or otherwise subdue one's opponent with a grappling manoeuvre, or force an opponent...
 in the final stages.

Karl Istaz
Karl Istaz

Karl Istaz was a professional wrestler and trainer born in Antwerp, Belgium, best known by his ring name Karl Gotch. The German suplex is named after Gotch....
 is one of the most important figures in the development of shoot wrestling. Karl Istaz eventually travelled to the American professional wrestling where he found moderate success. It was his tour to Japan
Japan

Japan is an island country in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, People's Republic of China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south....
 though, that set the stage for the birth of shoot wrestling
Shoot wrestling

Shoot wrestling is a combat sport and a general term that describes a range of hybrid fighting systems originating in Japan in the late 1970s, in close association with Japanese professional wrestling....
.

Istaz gained legendary status in Japan, earning the name of Kamisama ('god
God

God is a deity in theism and deism religions and other belief systems, representing either the sole deity in monotheism, or a principal deity in polytheism....
 [of wrestling]'). In the 1970's he taught catch wrestling based hooking and shooting to the likes of Antonio Inoki
Antonio Inoki

, real name , born February 20, 1943) is a professional wrestling promoter and retired Japanese professional wrestler and Mixed martial arts who now resides in New York City....
, Tatsumi Fujinami
Tatsumi Fujinami

is a Japanese professional wrestler who is famous for his gimmick as "The Dragon." He is the one who is credited for inventing the Dragon Sleeper and the Dragon Suplex....
, Yoshiaki Fujiwara
Yoshiaki Fujiwara

is a Japanese actor, and Professional wrestling who has worked for New Japan Pro Wrestling, Pro Wrestling ZERO-ONE, and Universal Wrestling Federation ....
, Satoru Sayama
Satoru Sayama

is a Japanese professional wrestler, best known as the original Tiger Mask. He's wrestled under his real name as well as the names Sammy Lee, and masked Super Tiger, Tiger King, Tiger Mask and The Mask of Tiger....
, Masami Soranaka, and Akira Maeda
Akira Maeda

is a Japanese people professional wrestler, also known as Kwik-kik-Lee for his time on the British Wrestling show World of Sport . He is credited as the innovator of the shoot-style of professional wrestling during the late 80's....
. Most of these professional wrestlers already had backgrounds in legitimate martial arts. Masami Soranaka had been a student of full contact Karate
Karate

or , and often mis, is a martial arts developed in the Ryukyu Islands from indigenous fighting methods and Chinese martial arts kenpo. It is primarily a striking art using punching, kicking, knee and elbow strikes and open-handed techniques such as knife-hands and ridge-hands....
, kodokan Judo
Judo

, meaning "gentle way", is a modern Japanese martial art and combat sport, that originated in Japan in the late nineteenth century. Its most prominent feature is its competitive element, where the object is to either Throw one's opponent to the ground, immobilize or otherwise subdue one's opponent with a grappling manoeuvre, or force an opponent...
, and Sumo
Sumo

is a competitive contact sport where a wrestler attempts to force another wrestler out of a circular ring or to touch the ground with anything other than the soles of the feet....
. Yoshiaki Fujiwara was already a Muay Thai
Muay Thai

Muay Thai is a form of hard martial art practiced in large parts of the world, including Thailand and other Southeast Asian countries. The art is similar to others in Southeast Asian such as: pradal Serey in Cambodia, lethwei in Myanmar, tomoi in Malaysia, and Lao boxing in Laos....
 fighter and black belt
Black belt (martial arts)

The term black belt has become widely known as way to describe an expert in martial arts,where a practitioner's level is often marked by the color of the belt....
 in judo. Satoru Sayama had studied Muay Thai with Toshio Fujiwara
Toshio Fujiwara

Toshio Fujiwara is a well known Japanese former kickboxer who teaches at his own gym, Fujiwara Gym, in Tokyo. His most famous student in recent years is Satoshi Kobayashi, but many other well known kickboxers and mixed martial artists have also trained with him....
 and went on to study Sambo
Sambo (martial art)

Sambo is a modern martial art, combat sport and self-defense system developed in the Soviet Union and recognized as an official sport by the USSR All-Union Sports Committee in 1938, presented by Anatoly Kharlampiev....
 with Victor Koga. This would eventually lead to added influences of Karate
Karate

or , and often mis, is a martial arts developed in the Ryukyu Islands from indigenous fighting methods and Chinese martial arts kenpo. It is primarily a striking art using punching, kicking, knee and elbow strikes and open-handed techniques such as knife-hands and ridge-hands....
, Muay thai
Muay Thai

Muay Thai is a form of hard martial art practiced in large parts of the world, including Thailand and other Southeast Asian countries. The art is similar to others in Southeast Asian such as: pradal Serey in Cambodia, lethwei in Myanmar, tomoi in Malaysia, and Lao boxing in Laos....
 and Judo
Judo

, meaning "gentle way", is a modern Japanese martial art and combat sport, that originated in Japan in the late nineteenth century. Its most prominent feature is its competitive element, where the object is to either Throw one's opponent to the ground, immobilize or otherwise subdue one's opponent with a grappling manoeuvre, or force an opponent...
 to the wrestling style.

One of his students, Antonio Inoki
Antonio Inoki

, real name , born February 20, 1943) is a professional wrestling promoter and retired Japanese professional wrestler and Mixed martial arts who now resides in New York City....
 hosted a series of mixed martial arts
Mixed martial arts

Mixed martial arts is a Contact sport combat sport that allows a wide variety of fighting techniques, from a mixture of martial arts traditions and non-traditions, to be used in competitions....
 matches in which he pitted his "strong style professional wrestling" against other martial arts. Inoki would go on to promote these techniques in his professional wrestling promotion, New Japan Pro Wrestling
New Japan Pro Wrestling

is a major professional wrestling promotion in Japan and is a member of the National Wrestling Alliance, founded by Antonio Inoki in 1972. Owing to its TV program aired on TV Asahi, it is the largest wrestling promotion in Japan and one of the largest in the world....
.

Later on, many wrestlers became interested in promoting an even more realistic style of professional wrestling and in 1984, Universal Wrestling Federation
Universal Wrestling Federation

The name Universal Wrestling Federation may refer to:*Universal Wrestling Federation , an American professional wrestling promotion owned by Bill Watts...
 was formed. The UWF was a professional wrestling organisation, which promoted the strong shoot style/strong style wrestling. This essentially meant that it employed effective and practical martial arts moves, which were applied with force. The organization even hosted some real mixed martial arts matches, where the wrestlers were able to test their shoot wrestling techniques against other styles.

After the breakup of the original Universal Wrestling Federation
Universal Wrestling Federation (Japan)

The original Japanese-based Universal Wrestling Federation was a Professional wrestling in Japan promotion from 1984 to 1986, formed by wrestlers who had left New Japan Pro Wrestling....
, shoot wrestling branched into several disciplines. Each of the disciplines were also strongly influenced by other martial arts.

The major forms of shoot wrestling

Shoot wrestling branched into several sub disciplines after the breakup of the original Universal Wrestling Federation
Universal Wrestling Federation (Japan)

The original Japanese-based Universal Wrestling Federation was a Professional wrestling in Japan promotion from 1984 to 1986, formed by wrestlers who had left New Japan Pro Wrestling....
. The main forms are listed below.

  • Yoshiaki Fujiwara
    Yoshiaki Fujiwara

    is a Japanese actor, and Professional wrestling who has worked for New Japan Pro Wrestling, Pro Wrestling ZERO-ONE, and Universal Wrestling Federation ....
    's students Masakatsu Funaki
    Masakatsu Funaki

    , best known under his stage name is a Japanese professional wrestler who performed in New Japan Pro Wrestling, PWFG, as well as the UWF. He is also the co-founder of Pancrase along with Minoru Suzuki, one of the first modern-day non-rehearsed shoot wrestling promotions ....
     and Minoru Suzuki
    Minoru Suzuki

    is a Japanese professional wrestler and mixed martial arts. During the 1990s he was known as one of the best fighters in the Pancrase promotion, but returned to regular puroresu in 2003, where he has become a perennial top contender for all major Japanese heavyweight championships....
     formed Pancrase
    Pancrase

    Pancrase Hybrid Wrestling is a mixed martial arts organization founded in Japan in 1993 by professional wrestlers Masakatsu Funaki and Minoru Suzuki....
    , which is also a fighting style under shoot wrestling.
  • Another Yoshiaki Fujiwara
    Yoshiaki Fujiwara

    is a Japanese actor, and Professional wrestling who has worked for New Japan Pro Wrestling, Pro Wrestling ZERO-ONE, and Universal Wrestling Federation ....
     student Bart Vale formed Shootfighting
    Shootfighting

    Shootfighting is a combat sport and martial art, with competitions governed by the International Shootfighting Association . Shootfighting incorporates techniques from a multitude of traditional martial arts, the most principle of these being Muay Thai and Catch Wrestling....
    .
  • Tiger Mask
    Tiger Mask

    began as a Japanese manga in 1968 and was later adapted into a successful anime series in 1969. In real life, the name has been used by a succession of professional wrestling in Japan characters as a List of professional wrestling terms#G....
     Satoru Sayama
    Satoru Sayama

    is a Japanese professional wrestler, best known as the original Tiger Mask. He's wrestled under his real name as well as the names Sammy Lee, and masked Super Tiger, Tiger King, Tiger Mask and The Mask of Tiger....
    's style of shoot wrestling also includes Muay thai
    Muay Thai

    Muay Thai is a form of hard martial art practiced in large parts of the world, including Thailand and other Southeast Asian countries. The art is similar to others in Southeast Asian such as: pradal Serey in Cambodia, lethwei in Myanmar, tomoi in Malaysia, and Lao boxing in Laos....
     kicks and is called Shooto
    Shooto

    Shooto is a combat sport that is governed by the Shooto Association and the International Shooto Commission. Shooto was originally formed in 1985, as an organization and as a particular fighting system derived from shoot wrestling....
    .
  • Akira Maeda
    Akira Maeda

    is a Japanese people professional wrestler, also known as Kwik-kik-Lee for his time on the British Wrestling show World of Sport . He is credited as the innovator of the shoot-style of professional wrestling during the late 80's....
    's version of shoot wrestling emphasises on submissions and is known as RINGS submission fighting.
  • Kickboxer Caesar Takeshi
    Caesar Takeshi

    Caesar Takeshi is a Japanese former professional kickboxer and the founder of shoot boxing. His real name is Tomofumi Murata . He also has tried acting on movies....
     formed Shoot boxing
    Shoot boxing

    Shoot boxing is a combat sport which allows kicking, punching, throwing, and standing submission. It was developed from kickboxing by Caesar Takeshi....
     with standing submission aspect influenced by catch wrestling
    Catch wrestling

    Catch wrestling is a style of wrestling. Catch wrestling is arguably the ancestor of modern grappling, professional wrestling, mixed martial arts and no-holds-barred competition....
     and shoot wrestling.
  • World renowned gyms like the Lion's Den
    Lion's Den (mixed martial arts)

    The Lion's Den is a mixed martial arts team and training facility that was based out of Susanville, California but has recently moved its headquarters to Reno, Nevada....
    , Takada Dojo and Shamrock Martial Arts Academy propagate shoot wrestling based styles of martial arts.
  • Dutch kickboxer and MMA legend Bas Rutten
    Bas Rutten

    Sebastiaan "Bas" Rutten is a retired Netherlands mixed martial artist and kickboxer. He was the UFC Heavyweight Champion, a three time Pancrase, and finished his career on a 22 fight unbeaten streak ....
     trained with shoot wrestler Masakatsu Funaki.
  • Junior National Korean Tae Kwon Do champion Masa Kin Jim has trained in shoot wrestling. During a brief tour of Japan promoting Korean Martial Arts Masa Kin Jim was fascinated with the style shoot wrestling brought to Martial Arts. He opened one of the first shoot wrestling academies in South Korea in 1998.
  • In 2002 shoot and pro wrestling superstars Jushin "Thunder" Liger and Minoru Suzuki squared off in a Mixed-Martial Arts match-up. Suzuki won via submssion(rear-naked-choke) at 1:48 of the first round.


See also

  • Pancrase
    Pancrase

    Pancrase Hybrid Wrestling is a mixed martial arts organization founded in Japan in 1993 by professional wrestlers Masakatsu Funaki and Minoru Suzuki....
  • Puroresu
    Professional wrestling in Japan

    Professional wrestling in Japan is commonly referred to as in Japanese language, short for "professional wrestling" . The word puroresu was made popular by Hisaharu Tanabe among the English-speaking fans in the early 1990s through Usenet and online services....
  • Shootfighting
    Shootfighting

    Shootfighting is a combat sport and martial art, with competitions governed by the International Shootfighting Association . Shootfighting incorporates techniques from a multitude of traditional martial arts, the most principle of these being Muay Thai and Catch Wrestling....
  • Shooto
    Shooto

    Shooto is a combat sport that is governed by the Shooto Association and the International Shooto Commission. Shooto was originally formed in 1985, as an organization and as a particular fighting system derived from shoot wrestling....


Footnotes


External links

  • Chan, Sam. . bjj.org. URL last accessed January 7 2006.