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Wraaaaaaaaaaaastling .... w/physics


csoup88

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In desperation for blog posts I realized that I had a gold mine before me! That gold mine is the sport of wrestling! This favorite past time of mine incudes many physics principals as while brute strength may help, using leverage is the best way to win. So for this post let's examine one of the most basic wrestling moves out there... the double leg!

The double leg a simple move where the attacker will shoot into his opponents legs, his head will be on the left side and with his arms he swings up the opponent and finishes on top in a dominant manner.

How does this use physics you ask??? Well in many manners, for one the right arm of the attacker must be low as atleast his opponents knee for the move to be successful, combining this with head position, the attacker will put his head into the side of the other wrestler as he pulls the opponents right leg in. This creates a fulcrum, the poor sucker is swung on his hips and his legs go straight to the ceiling and his face smashes straight into the mat. By attacking at the knee the wrestler has more torque, he can apply more force with less power than if he tried to attack their thigh for example, which is both stronger and closer to his hips making it a far less easier to swing the opponent into the air.

Using this method is much easier than trying to physically just lift the man into the air with all the muscles in your body, you have no mechanical advantage which leads to most JV kids getting slammed on their face in attempting to shoot on their opponent.

Jordan Burroughs is pretty awesome at this move as seen in this picture from wrestlingisbest.com

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