Wrestling up from all-fours

Wrestling up from all-fours is a descriptive name for wrestling up — naming the recovery of standing from a hands-and-knees base.

Etymology. “Wrestling up” names the contested return to the feet; “from all-fours” names the hands-and-knees base it begins on. The label specifies the all-fours starting point of the same stand-up skill.

Mechanics. Getting up from all-fours means destabilising the top player’s control as the bottom player rebuilds posture: clearing the riding weight and breaking the top connection lets the hips lift, so the stand-up turns on unsettling the rider before the legs can drive the body upright.

Cross-reference. “Stand-up from turtle” and “Base up” are sibling aliases. Full mechanical coverage on Wrestling Up (Turtle Bottom).