By Chuck Harman, IFW Board Member What is fragmentation? It’s the breaking of an item or market into smaller self-contained pieces or entities. As has been said many times, by many people, wrestling and wrestlers’ best qualities are often their worst qualities as well. Independence and self-reliance are two qualities that can be both good and bad. They are certainly […]

By Chuck Harman Board Member, International Fraternity of Wrestlers First know that Commissioner Bowlsby is a friend of wrestling. As that friend, he dishes out some tough love in his speech at the NCAA Wrestling Championships in St Louis to a standing room only crowd of more than 250 men and women with a deep commitment to wrestling. The overall […]

We are taking a slightly different and more simplistic approach to a predictions contest for the upcoming NCAA Wrestling Championships: all you have to do is to choose the name of the lowest seeded wrestler who you think will win his weight class at the tournament (at any weight). Seeds can be found on the brackets. The winner gets a […]

Who or what organization has the responsibility of marketing wrestling? Is it USA Wrestling (USAW)? As the national governing body of wrestling, USAW’s responsibilities lie in sanctioning clubs and events, as well as working with our national teams, so marketing wrestling is not their primary objective. Is it the National Wrestling Coaches Association (NWCA)? Once again, the answer is no, […]

USA Wrestling’s ‪#‎Super8‬ Women’s Wrestling Week is here! In honor of Women’s Wrestling Week, any past or present female wrestlers, coaches, or officials will receive a 50% discount off an IFW membership. Use the code WOMEN when registering at www.ifwrestlers.org/join-now from today until March 8th, 2015. Spread the word among your female wrestler friends and colleagues