Welcome, fighting enthusiasts!
You may be here because you’ve heard first-hand stories of the efficiency and ruthlessness of Catch Wrestling. You may have seen my multi-page feature in Black Belt Magazine, or read that Black Belt Magazine honored me as one of the world’s top-20 street fighters. You may have seen my state-of-the-art strength and conditioning ideas written about in American Health and Fitness Magazine. You may have read a review of my seminal submission grappling series, The Lost Art of Hooking. Or, you may be one of the countless fighters and grapplers who has turned to me to learn a complete and fully integrated fighting system — one that, when properly mastered, will not only turn you into a dominant all-around fighter, but will in fact transform you into the kind of person who feels confident and at ease in just about any surroundings.
Regardless of your reason for visiting, you’ve come to the right place. And here’s why: Tony Cecchine’s American Catch Wrestling — while adaptable to sport competition — is first and foremost reality based. True, I’ve trained men and women who have fought and won in such events as UFC, Pancrase, NAGA, IFC, and the like. But more importantly, my teachings have helped change (and in some cases even save) lives. Because in the world outside the ring or cage, there is no tapping out — and people who train with the availability of a ready concession in mind will be unprepared for the potentially more brutal reality of the streets.
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Take your time and explore this site. Learn about my American Catch Wrestling system in its entirety — from its emphasis on controlling when, where, and how a confrontation takes place to its seamless integration of striking, wrestling, ripping, and submission grappling – and I’m sure you’ll agree that my complete approach to fighting offers an advantage over the rather segmented and artificial way many other “fight systems” piece together various disciplines in the attempt to approximate what in American Catch Wrestling is an organic whole.
For more, be sure to check Catch TV and Radio for a brief sampling of the kinds of things you will learn as a member of the American Catch Wrestling community. For longer lessons, full-length broadcasts, interactive instruction (including annotated video and video upload capabilities), and a forum dedicated to learning rather than to typical internet trash talk and style wars, consider our Member’s Club — the space for the serious fighter to get expert advice on fighting, nutrition, conditioning, and mental preparedness from me, my instructors, and the dedicated members of the American Catch Wrestling community.
Yours truly,
Tony Cecchine


















