September 2023 St Augustine Clinic

MAKING A DIFFERENCE THROUGH WRESTLING

As my Dad said before passing, "There is always one more person to help". He was always helping others and I am doing the same. This is the reasoning for starting Will Of A Warrior - Kangas Wrestling

Who Is Coach Kangas?

I grew up in Pennsylvania and started wrestling at age 6 and walked off the mat my senior year in college with a loss at Nationals. In my career I had the opportunity to work with some of the best wrestlers in the world at camps and training at Fox Catchers.

Last year with much help from friends, I started my journey to one of my goals in life. I look to have a foundation to help children in education and fitness. I focus on these two areas because I grew up with a learning disability and my work ethic in wrestling helped me overcome these challenges and become successful in my career. I feel these two pillars will give children a foundation to grow so I set out to provide coaching in my own style and make an impact, not just by showing moves but also in ways of thinking and approaching life and learning. Through Donations and Sales of my Apparel I look to support our community in Education and Fitness. In my first year I was able to have a $500 Women's Scholarship and this year look to add a Men's Scholarship. With only a few clinics in 2022 and a monthly summer schedule for 2023 Kangas Wrestling is moving forward and looking to Make A Difference through Wrestling.

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In today's session

Prior to jumping into wrestling drills and technique I take time and talk about lessons I have learned. In this session I discuss how we all can be leaders. Leadership and Motivation by demonstration.

Today's wrestling clinic will focus on a few important areas

• Recognize common positions that fall into your wrestling style. Build confidence that you are in a familiar position

• Finishing your moves consistently - example, Turk, Tight Waist, Cross Wrist

• Controlling your opponent - see Technical Points

• Best time to score from bottom and the Importance of Wrist Control and Clearing Hips

Drills, Moves and Technique

• Defending shots and a series of takedowns from a sprawl or Downblock

• Inside Ties to takedowns

• Tight waist breakdown

• Finishing from a defended takedown (bad or defended shot)

• Working from bottom and scoring points

My Daily Goals:

I want to learn Everyday, I want to teach what I have Learned, Work with others and constantly improve from what I have taught and learned

* Questions or comments in today's wrestling session will help me improve as a coach.

Thank you for your support,

Demetri Kangas

KangasWrestling@gmail.com

Detailed breakdown on todays series

Technical Points

- Always put my opponent in danger

- Controlled wrestling- don't rush unless needed

- Control my opponents hips

- Keep my hips high / off mat

- Block/Remove a post and apply pressure

- Become familiar with certain positions and learn to be there often - Turk, Peterson,

Warm Ups

1. Cobra stretch

2. Square Fast Feet -Sprawl - Sprawl Chest up Push Back, Left Hip Right Hip (Push Head Down)

3. Snap Spin Drill - Inside Tie, Club, Spin,

4. Change Direction. Break down Jump to other side....

Series 1

Block Shot Sprawl or Down Block

1. Cover - Cobra Stretch position

2. Slide Legs Back - Hip Pressure - Creates Space

- Head Pressure - Cross Face or quick Spin

- 1/4 Nelson

- 1/4 To Pancake

- Front Headlock

- Rotate - Head in hole

- Rotate - Knee Block

- Throw by

- Rotate right - no head in hole

- Rotate left as you try and get the ankle

- Cow Catcher

- Monkey / Gator - Role

* Can Not Break Grip - Head Pinch Hip Tilt - Each way

3. Defensive from underneath

- spin out comeback on top hit a move

- Knee block

Series 2

Inside Ties work for me - Why do I like inside ties?

Inside Tie

- Different Grips

- Great Defense

- Inside Tie Head in Temple

- Inside Tie Club use head to create angel

Takedowns from Inside Tie

- - Inside Tie Club ankle Pick

- Club Snap - Duck Under

- Pull Right - Fireman

- Snap - Duck Under

- Snap - Double finish with leg behind to trip

- Snap - Sweep - Setup to pull right then pull left as I sweep

** Combined the above setups with knee taps

Series 3

Breakdown

Tight Waist Tilt

- My topside setup -

- Head, tight waist,

- Forearm is the chop, Drive over the arm, Knee in thigh, Use Knee in butt

- Trap Arm *** Strictly hold the arm tight to side and cross wrist

- Tilt is over the shoulder, Hips on top,

- Hop to other side

- Cross Wrist

- Turk, Navy, Thread - Half, Claw

Adjust angle Tight Waist Break down

- Tight waist, Forearm Chop

- Cross hand to knee, Drive over

- Get cross wrist or even deeper

- Tilt

- Hop to Other side

- Turk, Butcher

Series 4

Finishing from bad positions

- Hips under and Hips High

- If Opponent has a chest wrap... you must work your head into the thigh and apply pressure

- Crackdown

- Iranian

- Forearm sweep complete

Series 5

Push Back Standup

- Low Hips work Grip/Hands

- Away from body and get away

- Standing switch with Shoulder Pressure

- Return Standing Peterson - Common Position - Missed Headlock,

Use Momentum

- Tripod to 3 finishes

- Peterson

- Out the Back - reversal

- Out the Back and get 1

• Very common position

Series 6

Defense against a known Shooter

- Favor to my best defense side

- Heavy Hip

- Ready for Whizzer.. 1/4 Nelson Series Pressure down... Lift up fist

Extra Series

Snapback Made Easy

- Pull Hips Down

- No Chop but push arm away

- Snap back with a fist

Head lever

- Pop to half

- Pop to Back - re-lace - finish with half, double bar etc.

- Pop to Back - cow catcher to wrist - cinch in to turn