ICE MAN Beach wrestling tournament this weekend

[Benois]

I wanted to pass along to everyone that this weekend will be the inaugural event for the ICE MAN Beach wrestling tournament located at ICE Performance Training Center in Altoona. The great thing about beach wrestling: matches are short and FUN! We will have brackets for kids, women, and men of all age divisions.

For more details and to sign up, go to www.iceperformancetraining.com/upcoming-events. Otherwise, just come on out Saturday morning and we'll get you signed up.

Hope to see everyone there!

 

[ping72]

 

[Benois]

That is a GREAT question! Sooooo....

What is beach wrestling??

On sand, inside a 23’ diameter circle. Standing position – no ground wrestling -1 period, maximum of 3 minutes

Scoring:

3 points wins the match (no fall)

-1 point for a Takedown or Push-out.

-2 points for a Takedown with Back Exposure

Tiebreaker criteria:
1st – Wrestler with 2 point move 2nd – Last person to score

If no score after 3 minutes…match keeps going until someone scores. No stoppages…No timeouts, No injury time, No blood time. (except by decision of referee or to get sand out of face).
Penalties: 1 Point for an illegal action. (2nd offense – wrestler defaults match)
Illegal Actions:
– Kicking, slapping or punching (includes malicious cross faces)
– Butting heads, attacking the face, or pulling hair
– Throwing sand or pulling clothing
– Head-only holds or holds/moves that may lead to dislocation or harm
– Standing throws with the intent to harm the head or neck
– Stopping the match for any reason (except sand in face)


To help you visualize:

 

[LBlindHawk]

Your first post says this event will have mens, womens, and kids brackets. But is it common for males and females to wrestle each other in this style? (per video above)

 

[Benois]

Great question. We plan to have separate women's and men's divisions.