This article needs additional citations for verification. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. Find sources: "Bear hug" – news · newspapers · books · scholar · JSTOR(March 2011) (Learn how and when to remove this message)
Bear hug
Wrestler applying the bear hug hold from behind
Classification
Clinch hold
Style
Wrestling
AKA
Bodylock
Chris Masters applying a bear hug from the front on Shawn Michaels.
In wrestling, a bear hug, also known as a bodylock, is a grappling clinch hold and stand-up grappling position where the arms are wrapped around the opponent, either around the opponent's chest, midsection, or thighs, sometimes with one or both of the opponent's arms pinned to the opponent's body. The hands are locked around the opponent and the opponent is held tightly to the chest. The bear hug is a dominant position, with great control over the opponent, and also allows an easy takedown to the back mount position.
A variation of the bear hug is the inverted bear hug, where one wrestler has his hands locked behind his opponent's mid or lower back and presses his forehead into their sternum, while pulling his locked hands inwards towards himself, forcing his opponent to bend backwards and fall. It is a painful move as much pressure is being exerted onto the opponent's sternum, often hurting the back bones and muscles as well as forcing air out of the lungs.
The move was used by Terrible Ted, an actual 600-pound (270 kg) bear which took part in wrestling exhibition matches in the US and Canada between 1950 and 1975.[citation needed]
In wrestling, a bearhug, also known as a bodylock, is a grappling clinch hold and stand-up grappling position where the arms are wrapped around the opponent...
"BearHug" is the debut single by British musical duo the 2 Bears. It was released on 29 May 2011 as a digital download in the United Kingdom. The song...
Free Hugs Campaign Haptic communication Hug machine Pound hug Side hug Cuddle party Bearhug National Hugging Day "hug - Origin and meaning of hug by Online...
that continued the 2013 campaign "Smokey BearHug". The campaign depicted Smokey rewarding his followers with a hug, in acknowledgement of using the proper...
the opponent and then wraps both of their arms around them in a reverse bearhug, sometimes clutching their hands together by the wrist for added pressure...
the established clinical test for examination of the subscapularis. The bearhug test (internal rotation while palm is held on opposite shoulder and elbow...
the stricken worker, McBride exited the vehicle and attacked her with a bearhug. Believing the woman's life was in danger and that he could snap her neck...
[citation needed] In 2004, Meet the Care Bears, Care Bears Holiday Hugs, Care Bears Christmas Eve, and the Care Bears: Journey to Joke-a-Lot soundtrack album...
turkey trot, and grizzly bear. The bunny hug was performed to the music of America's great ragtime composers. The bunny hug, like other "animal" dances...
question of protocol, mulled over by the media, was whether Deng would bear-hug Gorbachev or offer him a handshake. This came under careful scrutiny of...
Foundation has expanded into two main programs: Bear Discoveries, which focuses on funding for research, and BearHugs, which focuses on giving children and their...
throwing the opponent. The double underhooks can be used to advance into a bearhug by locking the hands behind the back, and holding the opponent close to...
Michael D.; Reed, Bill (February 28, 2012). "A bear-hug farewell to Jan Berenstain, cocreator of the Bear family". Philadelphia Inquirer. Archived from...
vest. Staff Sergeant Atkins selflessly tackled the suicide bomber in a bearhug, pinning him to the ground and shielding his Soldiers from the imminent...
Gaon Digital Chart, but debuted at number 51 on the Gaon Download Chart. "BearHug" did not enter the Gaon Digital Chart, but debuted at number 48 on the...
expand, likening this approach to a "well-intentioned but suffocating bearhug". Similarly, The Guardian described it as a "management game that's obsessed...
the Philadelphia Spectrum on November 22, 1985, quickly submitting to a bearhug by jobber Ron Shaw. In 1986, Sammartino left the WWF and joined the American...
believed to be the creator of the professional wrestling version of the bearhug as well as the person who popularised the hack squat; additionally, Hackenschmidt...
Bears are carnivoran mammals of the family Ursidae (/ˈɜːrsɪdiː, -daɪ/). They are classified as caniforms, or doglike carnivorans. Although only eight...
Flap", "Teddy BearHug" Greg Truman – backing vocals on "Wags the Dog", "Henry's Dance", "Do the Flap", "Hat on My Head", "Teddy BearHug" Gerry Brady...
the time, including Stanley Stutz, saw Watson engaged in an underwater "bearhug" with his "flailing" wife, after which he headed for the surface while...
from moving away or striking effectively. Typical clinch holds include: Bearhug Collar tie Overhook Pinch grip tie Underhook A pinning hold (also known...
Global Information
