In message <feo509+5d0g@eGroups.com>, Louie Pastore
<louie@...> writes
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> > Thanks Louie, I look forward to seeing the details.<
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> Hi again Terry....
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> The term itself goes back to at least 1742 when it was written down
> and basically means `to try (for) a fall' - to wrestle or grapple
> with
> an opponent, a wrestling match, a tussle.
> Wrestlers were known as `Shakkers' which was also the name given to
> moving racks in a threshing-mill
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> Louie
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Does this mean, bearing in mind that the reference mentions not using
barred and unbarred holds that the term refers to unskilled wrestling!
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Cheers,
Terry
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Terry Brown