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

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! traces the background of this unique sport through America and Japa...