Richard,

I appreciate you putting the rules up on the forum. How many of us have witnessed a wrestler getting choked on the mat? As long as kids are being taught to ride up around the neck and use moves that involve an arm around the neck, we will continue to see it happen. It has been something that I have seen being used more and more from the riding position. It reminds me of the submission holds being used in MMA and UFC type matches. I am now seeing another wrestling technique being used by more wrestlers than in years past that also looks like a submission move (the body scissors). When used together, they are even worse. I am sure some of you reading this, maybe many of you, will find my thoughts on this to be way off base. I just think that some of our young wrestlers are learning to do moves that don't teach them how to wrestle the right way (kind of like the kid you see coming out to throw the headlock every time they are on their feet).