Birth of London Amateur Wrestlers (LAW)
The London Amateur Wrestlers club was set up by Jek in early 1996 as an initiative to promote the close combat sport of grappling to all enthusiasts irrespectively.
City University AW (CUAW)
A few months later, Jek together with 3 friends, 2 Freestylers and 1 Brazilian Jitsu player started Britains first university wrestling club in City University.
Birmingham AW (BAW) - set up in September 1997
BAW was set up on application by Steve. Unfortunately this group is now closed.
Kingsway College AW (KCAW) - set up in September 1999
Led by Alison Mahony, Sports Officer, KCAW was set up in August 1999. However due to Alison's departure and the college's disposal of its sports hall, this group is now closed.
Manchester AW (MAW) - set up in April 2000
Our submission squad attended a few tournaments in Rochdale, Manchester on invite from David afterwhich this group was set up. This group is now full and not accepting new members.
City & Islington AW (CAIAW) - set up in June 2002
Responding to several students from the college who had trained with Ozgun in Hackney, this group was set up. The group terminated when the students graduated to City University.
LAW together with its affiliates is most probably the largest British wrestling group of clubs with approximately 350 members and a large international electronic emailing list.
LAW is always prepared to assist any collection of wrestling enthusiasts organise themselves.
Our Practice Sessions
FOR MEMBERS & GUESTS ONLY - NO CHANCE CALLERS
Our club practices both Olympic (Freestyle & Greco Roman) and Grappling (Submission) wrestling
Our practice sessions operates on a full wrestling training programme.
Further details on our practice and venues, click on Practice Sessions
Who regulates us?
LAW is affiliated to the British Wrestling Association (BWA) which links us to FILA, the international wrestling governing body of the Olympic Council and is also a member of the WWB, USA and the EGLSA, Europe for Olympic wrestling. Under grappling, we are affiliated to the British Grappling Affiliation, a self governing body regulating submission wrestling in the UK.
Questions?
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answers to the same questions again and again is both tiring, boring and
cumbersome, so before you email or ring us, please click
here for our Frequently Asked Questions section for answers to the
usual questions everyone ask us.
By all means, contact us should the answers not satisfy you or is non
existent!
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