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345: 542: 79:) is a sport with two opponents who face each other with their bent elbows placed on a table and hands firmly gripped, who then attempt to force the opponent's hand down to the table top ("pin" them). The sport is often casually used to demonstrate the stronger person between two or more people. Arm wrestling is an ancient sport that was revived in the 1950s in the United States. In September 1962, the first world wrestling championship was held in Petaluma, California, as this wrestling was called (literally, “wrist wrestling”). 353: 223:. Competitions are usually conducted in either tournament or supermatch form. A tournament usually involves successive rounds of a single match (or "pull") between any two opponents and a large number of total participants. A "supermatch" usually involves anywhere from 3 to 6 matches between two specific athletes, with short rest periods between consecutive matches. The supermatch format is usually reserved for more experienced and high-level pullers, and is analogous to a traditional bout in other combat sports. 531:
diagonal break at or below the shoulder and elbow midpoint. This is significantly more likely when one of the pullers rotates their shoulder inward (as in a press) without first getting behind their hand, a position known as the 'break arm' position. It is for this reason that a common safety cue for beginners is to maintain eye contact with their own hand. This helps prevent rotation of the shoulders away from the arm, and therefore limits the likelihood that the puller will reach the 'break arm' position.
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wrestling. Injuries are more common in casual settings than in competition due to a general lack of conditioning and proper technique. Additionally, participants in casual matches are less likely to be close in strength, and such strength disparities often result in dangerous positions which increase the likelihood of injury.
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overall pulling strength and greater pressures against the opponent. In addition to standard dumbbells and barbells, serious pullers often make use of bands and cable systems with specialized handles in order to more closely replicate the angles and tensions of real armwrestling during weight training.
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There are also rules governing fouls and imposition of penalties, such as when a competitor's elbow leaves the pad where the elbow is meant to remain at all times, when a false start occurs, and attempting to escape arm pinning by breaking the grip ("slipping") with the opponent which may result in a
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Injuries associated with armwrestling occur most commonly between novices or athletes of significant strength difference, when competitors are forced into unsafe positions out of inexperience or inability to maintain advantage. Matches or practices involving experienced pullers with the conditioning
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bone, to a degree seen in few other physical activities. Generally speaking, the bones and connective tissue involved in arm wrestling are not prepared to accommodate the stresses imposed by the sport, and severe injuries can occur without proper training and conditioning. An arm bone may fail in a
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Casual arm wrestling is common between individuals simply as a game or casual contest of strength. Casual arm wrestling is usually performed seated on any available surface (commonly a standard table or chair) and lacks the technical rigor, specially designed table, and regulation of competitive arm
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Various factors can play a part in one's success in arm wrestling, technique and overall arm strength being the two greatest contributing factors. Other considerations such as the length of an arm wrestler's arm, muscle and arm mass/density, hand grip size, wrist endurance and flexibility, reaction
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Back pressure involves contraction of the muscles of the back (primarily the lats), and the biceps, in order to adduct the upper arm and generate force toward the self and away from the opponent. If successful, the application of back pressure increases the elbow angle of the opponent and therefore
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Side pressure involves isometric contraction of the pectoral muscles, internal shoulder rotators, and whole body movement expressed through the elbow joint in order to generate force against the opponent perpendicular to the plane of the palm. This pressure is most directly associated with movement
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The World Arm Wrestling Championship is the largest international arm wrestling competition. Held annually under the auspices of the World Armwrestling Federation. The first official world championship took place in 1979 in Canada. In 1997, there was a division into two WAF federations - the World
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The "hook" or "hooking" is any move classified within the "inside" style of arm wrestling. The defining characteristic of a hook is supination of the hand and forearm, which results in a match centered on pressure applied through the wrist. Generally, a successful hook is more dependent on raw arm
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As with other combat sports in which body weight is recognized to play a significant role in victory, arm wrestling tournaments are usually divided along weight classes as well as left and right-handed divisions. Because most pullers are right-handed, right-handed competitions are both more common
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Tables used for organized armwrestling competitions include elbow pads, which indicate the area within which a competitor's elbow must remain throughout the match, pin pads, which indicate the height an opponent's hand must reach before being considered pinned, and hand pegs, which must be gripped
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The "top roll" or "top rolling" is any move classified within the "outside" style of arm wrestling. The defining characteristic of a toproll is pronation of the hand and forearm, in which the thumb becomes the point in which pressure is applied as you rotate into the opponent's hand. Generally, a
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The "triceps press", "shoulder pressing", or "shoulder rolling" is often described as the third primary move or style of arm wrestling. The defining characteristic of a press is the rotation of the competitor's torso in order to position their shoulder behind their hand. This position allows the
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While there is no consensus among top athletes as to whether table training or weight training is most effective for developing armwrestling strength, it is generally accepted that both are important. Common lifts for armwrestling include bicep curls, wrist curls, and rows, all of which develop
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In Indian hand wrestling, the wrestlers place the outside edge of their feet together, grasp hands, attempt to throw each other off balance. In arm wrestling, the wrestlers kneel, place elbows of right arms on ground, grasp hands. Idea is to force opponent's forearm flat to the
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Secondary hand pressures include supination (as in a hook), pronation (as in a toproll) and "rising", or wrist abduction. Each of these can be used to get an opponent into an uncomfortable or disadvantageous position, from which the initiator can more easily pin.
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Current knowledge of the history of arm wrestling is based on written and pictorial evidentiary sources, and arm wrestling may have existed in any number of ancient or medieval cultures that did not record it. The most popular claims that it was practiced in
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with the non-wrestling arm and are used for additional leverage. These tables vary slightly in their dimensions based on the governing body of the competition, but are always symmetrical with predefined distances between the elbow pads and pin pads.
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athlete to better utilize their triceps strength and body weight, and is usually only attempted in neutral or advantageous positions in order to finish an opponent. A press can be accessed from either a hook or toproll.
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The primary hand pressure is "cupping", or wrist flexion. The flexing of the wrist by the forearm muscles bends back the opponent's wrist, and dramatically decreases their accessible leverage during the match.
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The contestant on the right is in an injury-prone or "break arm" position. His shoulder must be in line with or behind the arm, as seen with the contestant on the left. This is cause for a referee to stop the
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Table training often involves pulling many casual or semi-serious matches from various starting positions, and developing one's strategy and techniques against a large variety of opponents and styles.
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There are many styles and moves in arm wrestling, each with their own relative balance of hand and arm pressures. The three most common general moves are the hook, toproll and press.
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Since 1998, arm wrestlers have participated in two world championships. In 2006, the federations decided to end the division and work together as the World Armwrestling Federation.
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Many force vectors, or "pressures", contribute to the overall success of an armwrestler. Generally speaking, these pressures can be classified into hand pressures and arm pressures.
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The rules and regulations for arm wrestling are designed to create an even playing field and to prevent broken bones. Below are some of the general arm wrestling regulations:
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One's opposite (non-wrestling) hand must remain on the peg at all times. (If one slips off the peg and quickly regains contact it does not count as a foul in most cases)
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informs me that wrist-wrestling is practiced also by Spaniards and Cubans, each contestant putting his elbow on a piece of money from which he may not remove it.
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In the early years other names were used to describe the same sport, including arm turning, arm twisting, twisting wrists, wrist turning and wrist wrestling.
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of the hands toward the pin pad, and as such is often the main or only pressure instinctively utilized by novices trying to pin their opponent.
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holding an informal arm-wrestling contest at a picnic, awarded to players who are able to raise their total high score to an exceptional level.
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in the nineteenth century, possibly via the influence of Japanese contact; these arm-wrestlers would place a piece of money under each elbow.
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Arm wrestling in the United States was formerly also called "Indian arm wrestling"; some sources suggest the practice originated amongst
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To make a winning pin, a player must take any part of the opponent's wrist or hand (including fingers) below the plane of a touch pad.
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loss. Paraphrasing USAF rules, arm wrestlers must straighten their wrists with less than a one-minute time lapse during set up.
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successful toproll is highly dependent on technique and the strength of the hand and forearm, more so than a hook or press.
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If the elbow of the offensive competitor comes off the pad prior to a pin it will not be counted and a foul will be given.
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The three major arm pressures in arm wrestling include side pressure, back pressure, and "posting" or upward pressure.
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Intentional slip-outs are fouls, which occur when player's palm completely loses contact with the other player's palm.
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Competitors must start with at least one foot on the ground. After the "go" players may have both feet off the ground.
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Talk on Indian life, followed by Indian games, Indian foot wrestling, Indian hand wrestling, Indian club wrestling.
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Common injuries include humeral shaft fractures, shoulder trauma, muscle strain, golfers' elbow, and less commonly
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Improvement at armwrestling is most driven by two factors: strength development/conditioning, and experience.
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The Footy Show: Former NRL player Ben Ross taken to hospital after arm wrestle with Wendell Sailor
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Competitors will always conduct themselves in a sportsperson-like manner while at the tournament.
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Competitors will forfeit the match with a second foul. (Subject to change based on foul limits)
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Modern-day practices and depictions of arm wrestling have been widely practiced during the
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features an arm wrestling scene in which one competitor's arm suffers a compound fracture.
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participated in an arm wrestling match against another Australian former rugby league and
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strength (centered on the biceps) than hand control and technique compared to a toproll.
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Two people with their arms in a starting position, elbows down with hands locked together
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If opponents lose grip with one another, a strap is applied and the match is restarted.
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with the arms or images of wrestling with the hands or of dancing for arm wrestling).
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World Armwrestling Federation (WAWF) - World Armsport Federation (WAF) - 1998-2005
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The shoulder of both players must be in a square position before the match starts.
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time, and other traits can lend advantages of one arm wrestler over another.
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Arm wrestling puts substantial torque/torsion stress on the upper arm's
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The most important arm wrestling rule: the referee's decision is final.
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In September 2018, in an office arm wrestling match between two
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Competitors may not touch their body to their hand at any time.
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and more prestigious than equivalent left-handed competitions.
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in 1962; later those (WWC's) World championships were known as
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Shoulders may not cross the center of the table at any time.
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Armsport Federation and the World Armwrestling Federation.
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and other American youth in the early to mid 20th century.
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and knowledge to stay safe very rarely produce injuries.
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All starts will be a "Ready… Go!" The cadence will vary.
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A false start is a warning. Two warnings equals a foul.
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Index

Armwrestling
Arm Wrestling (video game)

ancient Egypt
ancient Greece
wrestling
Edo-period
Japanese
romanized
Kojiki
Spaniards
Cubans
Native American peoples
Lenape
Boy Scouts
1950s
World’s Wristwrestling Championship, Inc.
Petaluma
California
Petaluma



World Armwrestling Federation

humerus
pectoralis major

rugby league
Ben Ross

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