A good wrestling round often turns on a small piece of information. Who wants the head? Who is hunting the single leg? Who is trying to get behind to the waist? Once that intention becomes obvious, the opponent can start taking it away. That is why the secret dice game works so well.

When my client and I first started his wrestling personal training journey, we trained through the lens of Greco-Roman wrestling. That style limits attacks to the upper body, which means no leg grabs or trips. Lesson five finished this area of training with the par terre position. Five lessons later, we revisited the par terre position, but this time from the freestyle wrestling perspective. This shift opened up a whole new world of grips, tactics, and leg attacks.