From http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2008/mma/09/01/olympics.mma/index.html
Ben Askren competed in the Beijing olympics at 163lbs. The article doesn’t say if he wrestled freestyle or greco. I was just wondering if anyone had anymore information on the guy.
Um… How about:
Yes, I know that, but I was looking for maybe a personal story or something?
Sorry, bored at work again.
Wow, I’ve just watched some YouTube vids of his matches. He’s got a weird, weird style that should translate into an incredible (especially inverted) guard game:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZWJcmCA8A8Q
I wonder how long it took him to get that purple belt…
askren is what we in the wrestling community call funky, or a scrambler, as for it helping his guard game, I seriously doubt it, I’m a scrambler too, and frequently do even weirder stuff than askren(though against less talented opponents) and it didn’t help my guard a bit, as far as passing the guard though, yes it helps there. FEAR THE FRO