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USAWrestling 2025 Women's National Championships
Images by Robbert Wijtman Link to full gallery

Final X WTT 2025 Newark
Images by Robbert Wijtman Link to the gallery

Grappling Nationals and WTT 2025 Los Angeles Images by Robbert Wijtman Link to gallery

PanPAms 2023 Santiago Judo Images by Robbert Wijtman

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Tough as nails little Girls

By Robbert Wijtman

Coaching literature often claims that young women favor relational environments, whereas young men respond to direct, competitive methods. But these generalizations can limit our coaching effectiveness. Link to full article

The Controversy at the boxing venue during the Paris Olympics

Part 1 of a 3 part series

By Robbert Wijtman

PARIS, July, 2025 - Why were two Olympic Gold Medalists recently stripped of their medals and banned from competition?
Imane Khelif (Algeria), 66Kg boxing and Lin Yu-Ting (Chinese Taipei), 57Kg boxing, and flag barer for her country, were both determined ..... Link to full article

Dwayne Johnson's The Smashing Machine reviewed
By Sven Coanraad

The Smashing Machine was an out and out failure.....or was it?
Link to the full review

Opinion and Commentary

The Burden of Being an Olympian

By Robbert Wijtman

Ask a group of sports camp attendees, “Who here wants to be an Olympian?” Almost all will...... Click here for the rest of the article

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Sand wrestling has a long history and a very bright future

Wrestling on dirt or sand has been done since the beginning. Before Catch wrestlers fought in hay-covered barns and Jujitsuka trained on

hemp mats, men fought for positions of power in the dirt. Ancient
Olympians wrestled in a sand..... Link the the full article

USADA

What is Sermorelin?

Sermorelin is a synthetic peptide that mimics the action of growth hormone-releasing hormone (GHRH), stimulating the pituitary gland to increase the body’s natural production of human growth hormone (hGH). Originally developed for medical purposes, Sermorelin has also become a subject of interest—and controversy—in the realms of anti-aging, regenerative medicine, athletics, and anti-doping.

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Feature

Combat Wrestling was UWW's attempt at a MMA type attraction.
By Robbert Wijtman

Combative Wrestling was UWW's attempt to get into the MMA market. If you pad wrestlers in striking gear and tell them,...... Click here for the rest of the article

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Pancration is the oldest known style of fighting.

Modern practitioners' battles are documented in a photo gallery from Serbia

Taekwondo

High kicks and strikes were on display at the 2019 Pan/Am Games

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Why isn't Grappling in the Olympics?
By Steve Ramos

Jiu Jitsu, commonly translated as “the gentle art,” is widely recognized as one of the most effective forms of self-defense in the world. Over the past decade, sport jiu jitsu has exploded in popularity. Yet despite its global reach, professional athletes, and growing spectator base, it remains absent from the biggest stage in international sport: the Olympic Games. Link to article

Gender Identity: Part 2

Part 2 of a 3 part series.

By Robbert Wijtman

With other sports adapting gender testing, complications and confusion about results and ramifications start to come out...Link to the full article

Raging Heavyweight

By Robbert Wijtman

NEWARK, N.J. JUNE 14, 2025 - Wyatt Hendrickson rages in on a blast double leg take-down. The match - second in a best of three series - was part of the Final X event. Held in Newark, New Jersey, on June 14, 2025, it was the final cross between the winners of the

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US Open and the World Team Trials. A USA national team spot at the 125Kg weight class was in contention.

Another Look at Sermorelin

Why all the interest in Sermorelin?

Sermorelin is a peptide growth hormone-releasing hormone (GHRH) analog that has spawned interest from anti-agers to athletes.

Link to the full article

Surviving Ohio State: A Battle We Must All Fight

HBO's documentary reviewed

By Joey Krebs

HBO's Surviving Ohio State - its landmark documentary - unveils a legacy of abuse and cover-up at The Ohio State University. Its June 18 release broke through the walls of silence and denial surrounding the sexual abuse scandal at the university.

Link to full article

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PanPAms 2023 Santiago Judo Images by Robbert Wijtman

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USADA

What is Sermorelin?

High kicks and strikes were on display at the 2019 Pan/Am Games

Part 2 of a 3 part series.

By Robbert Wijtman

With other sports adapting gender testing, complications and confusion about results and ramifications start to come out...Link to the full article

Raging Heavyweight

US Open and the World Team Trials. A USA national team spot at the 125Kg weight class was in contention.

Another Look at Sermorelin

Surviving Ohio State: A Battle We Must All Fight

HBO's documentary reviewed

By Joey Krebs