History of Arm Wrestling

Series Summary

If you're a long-haul trucker looking to make some extra cash on the side, or just a father with an estranged son, arm wrestling may just be your way back into his life. You may need to go "over the top" once or twice, but in the end, you'll win his love, and a shiny new semi-truck. Then again, if you're not Sylvester Stallone, and let's face it, most of us aren't...none of that may work. But arm wrestling is still a time-honored tradition of masculine prowess, and despite what you may think about the skill level involved, arm wrestling requires a surprising amount of technique and strategy.

In this free video series, our expert Johnny Rambo will show you all you need to know to be a great arm wrestler. He will talk about the history of arm wrestling, underground arm wrestling, arm wrestling stretching & exercises, and how to use a tension bar. He will also teach you how to exercise with dumbbells and push-ups for arm wrestling, and all about finger wrist and hand positions and techniques for arm wrestling. Johnny will talk about tournament rules, including fouls, tables, & etiquette for professional arm wrestlers.

Video Transcript

"Hi, this is Johnny Raimbo of New York City, and today on behalf of Expert Village I?m going to teach you how to arm wrestle. Johnny Raimbo here, and I guess we'll talk about a little history of arm wrestling. It was traditionally referred to as wrist wrestling, and it started in California back in 1952. A little town, it was northern California, known as Petaluma. It was a couple of guys, they were bored, at least I imagine that's what they were doing. They were like oh what do we do today, oh let's test each other?s strength. Alright so we have Bill Subarani, and Jon Bergusson and I think it was Dave Devoto. Three important names that helped start this come lately type of craze that relatively speaking was not a sport, but these guys with such high hopes, and drive, and passion, made it so. Continuing on the history of arm wrestling. 1969 it was made popular through ABC's Wide World Of Sports. Since then it's just gained popularity through The Learning Channel, CBS, and all over the internet. Now you have internet shopping for arm wrestling. Closing the history of arm wrestling. It pretty much just keeps gaining in popularity and it's something that I would like to share with the average joe, like myself."