Tangent Tuesday: Gatekeepers In Martial Arts

The subject for this month's Tangent Tuesday is Gatekeepers, the folks in martial arts who want to ensure that everyone practices martial arts the way THEY want you to.
Plus a bonus overview of Catch Wrestling history in the 20th Century.

[@gailvalleymartialarts]

I've trained at 3 different Luta Livre gyms and to me, it seems exactly the same as nogi BJJ. Just regular submission grappling.

[@fighting.words.ma.library]

I wonder how much of that is from cross-pollination with BJJ and how much is from the natural outgrowth of submission wrestling rules.

[@PsycJoe02]

I wonder what the criteria for authentic catch would be

[@fighting.words.ma.library]

Same 😄