PROFILE

Deok-Hwan Kim, South Korea

Message from the guestbook:

"Photos of Asian Arm Wrestling Championship 2010 are on our website.

www.armwrestling.kr/photos.html

Best regards,
Meesook Lee
General Secretary
Korea Armwrestling Association
Republic of KOREA

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www.armwrestling.kr/photos.html

Matyushenko.com:
"Goal: to determine the first 10 World pullers in each WAF weight category on the right and left hand.

Basic principles of ranking calculation:

ranking is based on the official scores of World Championships WAF; ranking must reflect stability of pulling (that's why 3 years' period is analyzed); algorithm of ranking is the same for all sportsmen, no sympathy for any particular sportsmen; ranking updates after every official world championship; ranking considers only those pullers who have participated in the official world championship (with possible doping control) during the period of three years.

Criteria of getting points:

current year result - (1-25, 2-17, 3-9, 4-5, 5-3, 6-2); previous year result - (1-18, 2-10, 3-6, 4-4); year before the previous result - (1-11, 2-7, 3-5).

The author of ranking principles - Ivan Matyushenko

Made calculations - Alexey Korovushkin"

See World Ranking on Matyushenko.com...

Vote for your favourite on Northeastboard:

8 Women Round Robin 65kg Left Arm

8 Women Round Robin 65kg Right Arm

Armpower.net: "Annual World Professionals' Armwrestling Cup - Nemiroff World Cup is one of the few events that is visited by fans from all around the world. Before we observed only the national armwrestling fans in the hall of struggles but last years the amount of the fans broaden out with the lovers from as well East as West border. The best supporting example are the fans of Denis Cyplenkov's form Russia. His fans have been putting on T-shirts with his image and taking the front rows and have supporting him till the end of the tournamnets for several years.

As of yet the organizers of the World Professionals' Armwrestling Cup gave over 100 invitations to people who will come to see this unusual sports event live and stay in the group of the strongest armwrestlers in the world.  Mazurenko Armwrestling Promotion Sp. z o.o from Gdynia (main organizer) assures entrance invitations and accomodation at occasional prizes in one of the best hotels on the sea-shore - Sopot Sheraton Hotel for every foreign guests.

So in the name of the organizers,  we would like to ask every one willing to come to send their individual and group propositions to: This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it , Details are accessible at a phone number: +48 58 621 93 08 (from 08.30 to 03.30 of the polish time)."

Armpower.net: "The real surprise at this year’s Nemiroff World Cup – Sopot 2010 may the start of a Russian competitor from Saint Petersburg - Dzambulat Corijev. This Russian competitor declared his start at up to 95kg class at Sopot World Armwrestling Professionals’ Cup as well for left as right hand. Although as he says himself: “my left hand is stronger than the right one, but I would like to repeat my success form 2005 when I ranked 1st on the podium for right hand.

We would like to remind everyone that  John Brzenk who weighted 104kg then fought at +95kg class. A year later – in 2006 John  started at up to 95kg class. Dzambulat Corijev did not manage to beat John in the direct confrontation and finally ranked second (John Brzenk was 1st of course).

“Then it was really taught to compete with John Brzenk. However this year breakthrough may occur as I feel great in left hand rivalry andof yet I can see no competition for me in my class” – said Dzambulat Corijev.

So after two years break the Russian competitor comes back to the armwrestling international arena in a new form. Unfortunately we could not have seen him at this year’s European Championships – Russia 2010  as he was preparing to Nemiroff World Cup. And as we consider his earlier good starts we may expect him to create some confusion in medal zone of up to 95kg class."

Visit Armpower.net and also read about the expected participations of Andrey Pushkar and Ferid Osmanli at this years Nemiroff...

Denis Dubreuil, CAN vs. Andreas Rundström, SWE.

John Brzenk, USA vs. Bill Brzenk, USA.

Gary Goodridge, CAN vs. Jerry Cadorette, USA.

Yukon Jack Armwrestling Championships 1996, Orlando, FL, USA.
Special thanks to Aaron Lengyel for this great video!

YUKON JACK 1996 TOP FINISHERS

Light weight Men:
1. Andreas Rundström
2. Denis Dubreuil
3. Bill Ballinger
4. Dave Patton
5/6. Jason Vale
5/6. Mike McGraw

Middle weight Men:
1. John Brzenk
2. Bill Brzenk
3. Sylvain Perron
4. Aaron Lengyel
5/6. Kevin Bongard
5/6. Mike Selearis

Heavy weight Men:
1. Gary Goodridge
2. Jerry Cadorette
3. Ron Bath
4. Eric Woelfel
5/6. Mike Davis
5/6. Reggie Ward

Women:
1. Dot Jones
2. Deb McNeil
3  Liane Dufresne
4. Barb Zalepa
5/6. Mary McConnaughey
5/6. Elaine Blick

Bath vs. Cadorette

Ron Bath, USA vs. Jerry Cadorette, USA.

Heavyweight semi final. Winner meets Gary Goodridge in final.
Incredible match!!!

Lots of photos from Unified Nationals in Billings, USA (Aug. 6-8) have been posted on Armsbyjc.com. See them here:

http://www.armsbyjc.com/2010USAFNationals1/album/index.html

http://www.armsbyjc.com/2010USAFNationals2/album/index.html

PROFILE

Sung-Yeol Baik, South Korea

Jimmy Van Orden @ Northeastboard:
"The article was written by a super-heavyweight powerlifter named Terry Todd, who was world champion during the early 1970s. Todd, as I recall, also held a Ph.D. degree and was a prolific writer about weightlifting, arm wrestling and other strength sports. At one time, he worked for Bob Hoffman, owner of the York Barbell Club and coach of the U.S. Olympic weightlifting team for several decades.
The Sports Illustrated article focuses on Turner's career and delves into the history of arm wrestling."

"It was the middle of May, and out-side the Greater Scranton YMCA the air was a brutal combination of humidity, flatulence from the nearby Interstate and, of course, the effluvium of Greater Scranton itself. Inside the Y, though, the atmosphere was more bracing. It smelled of booze and balm, of barrooms and locker rooms—which was as it should have been upon the occasion of the second National American Arm Wrestling Association Championships. If ever a sport developed out of friendly, and not so friendly, barroom tests of strength, it is arm wrestling.

Halfway through this Saturday morning the meet was about to begin and the 156 male and 12 female contestants were warming up, each with his own words, each in his own way. The smaller men paced quickly, applying analgesic balm and chattering words of courage to themselves. The bigger men lounged around, applying analgesic balm and taking little sips of courage from their Thermos jugs. One of them, wearing a turban, was explaining to everyone within earshot that the perfect drink for a long day of arm wrestling was a blend of protein powder, soy flour, wheat germ, orange juice, fresh strawberries, almonds, bananas, raw eggs and beer.

The warming up continued. Spectators began to fill the auditorium, filing past the burly young ticket taker. The scene seemed remarkably decorous, all things considered, when the ticket taker stepped forward and barred the door. "Hold it, Pop," he said to a middle-aged man in horn-rimmed glasses. "It's two bucks to see the show." To which the middle-aged man replied, with a pleasant, though unblinking, smile, "It doesn't cost me a penny to see the show, Sonny. I am the show." And before the ticket taker had a chance to do or say anything for which he would without question have been sorry, someone shouted, "Hey, it's Al! It's the champ! Al Turner's here!" and the middle-aged gent was surrounded and bustled through the door into the auditorium by a group of laughing men, of every age and size, all trying to talk at once.

The subject of their joy and attention, Allen Turner, seems at first glance an unlikely hero for any group of strength athletes. Born on Jan. 20, 1928, his age alone should serve to disqualify him, and he doesn't radiate the kind of heavy-duty power one associates with arm wrestling. It is puzzling—until you notice the hands. Lord have mercy, what a pair of mitts! Great rough-cut mallets, they fan out from his wrists with tendons the size of guywires and display a set of digits that would look more at home on the feet of a Sasquatch."

Read the rest of the article on Sportsillustrated.cnn.com...

"2010 Unified's in Billings Montana Part 2"

"2010 Unified National Armwrestling Championships Part 3 of 3
Masters and After Pulling."

Video: HandelandJ.

"2010 Unified's in Billings Montana Part 1"

Video: HandelandJ.

"Vazgen and Roman training the next day of UAL 2010, Los Angeles, California."

Video: spitakaryuc.